Prasanna Kumar Roy
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Prasanna Kumar Roy | |
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Keraniganj, Bengal, British India | |
| Died | 1932 (aged 82–83) |
| Alma mater | Pogose School
University of London University of Edinburgh |
| Occupation | academic |
| Spouse | Sarala Roy |
| Children | Charulata Mukherjee |
Prasanna Kumar Roy (1849 – 1932; better known as Dr. P. K. Roy) was an educationist and the first Indian principal of
Early life
The son of Shyam Sundar Ray, he belonged to a family originated from Subhaddya in Keraniganj,
Teaching career
On returning to India, Roy taught at
Roy was active in the affairs of the Sadharan Brahmo Samaj. He was secretary of the Dhaka chapter of the Brahmo Samaj, and secretary and president of Sadharan Brahmo Samaj, Kolkata, for some time. He and his wife used to stay or visit regularly Hazaribagh, which had a small Brahmo community.
Family
Roy's education in London and links with the British establishment made him a prize catch for marriage, and his estrangement from his family was an advantage in this context. He married Sarala, a daughter of Durga Mohan Das, who was a convert to Christianity and a leading stalwart of the Brahmo Samaj. The marriage connected Roy to many leading lights of Bengali society who prospered under the colonial regime after accepting English education and a huge dose of European culture, not least in matters of religion. His wife Sarala was a sister of Abala Bose, wife of scientist Jagadish Chandra Bose; among her cousins were Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das and Sudhi Ranjan Das (later Chief Justice of India).
Roy and Sarala became the parents of two daughters, Charulata Mukherjee and Swarnalata Bose. Roy gave his daughter Charulata in marriage to Satish Chandra Mukherjee, the educationist; they became the parents of Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee, first Indian Chief of Air Staff, the feminist and politician Renuka Ray and Prasanta Mukherjee, a General Manager employed by the Bengal Nagpur Railways.
Roy's other daughter Swarnalata Bose was the mother of five children, two sons, namely Akshay Kumar Bose and Jagat Kishore Bose, and three daughters, being Kamala Dutt (married to B.C. Dutt, Accountant General of
References
- ^ Das, Priyanka (3 September 2020), English: Bust of Dr. Prasanna Kumar Roy, first Indian to serve as the Principal of Presidency (then Hindoo) College from 1902-1905, retrieved 18 May 2022
- ISBN 978-0-7766-2032-9.
a graduate of the Dacca College and of the universities of London and Edinburgh
- Sansad Bangali Charitabhidhan (Biographical dictionary) in Bengali edited by Subodh Chandra Sengupta and Anjali Bose.
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