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Brajendra Kishore Roy Chowdhury (1874 AD - 1957 AD;[1] Bengali Year: 1281-1364 [2]) was a patron of Indian classical music and national education of the Indian national movement.

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Background

He was the zamindar of Gouripur in Mymensingh, Bengal. His son was Pandit Birendra Kishore Roy Chaudhuri, the eminent sitar player, a founder of the music department of Rabindra Bharati University, Calcutta and author of Indian Music and Mia Tansen.^{[citation needed]}

Work

He was one of the principal patrons of the National Council of Education that later became Jadavpur University, Calcutta. He was a member of the Floud Commission in 1939.^{[citation needed]}

Writings

• Marxism and the Indian Ideal (1941)

See also

• Dawn (Bengali educational society)
• National Council of Education
• Jadavpur University

References

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