Bijoy Prasad Singh Roy
Bijoy Prasad Singh Roy (* 1894 in Calcutta ; † November 24, 1961 ) was an Indian politician and cousin as well as private secretary of the Maharajah of Benares , Aditya Narayan Singh .
Life
Singh Roy studied at the Hindu School and the Presidency University in Calcutta, received a Bachelor and Master of Laws from the Law College Calcutta and later a lawyer at the Calcutta High Court .
Political career
In 1921 he was elected to the Bengal Legislative Council in British India and in 1930 was Minister for Local Self-Government. On April 1, 1932, he introduced a bill on municipal regulations. Singh Roy was Sheriff of Calcutta and from 1937 to 1941 in the cabinet of AK Fazlul Huq responsible for the Ministry of Finance in Bengal . From 1943 to 1947 he was chairman of the Bengal Legislative Assembly.
In 1947 he was chairman of the Calcutta Club. After the first Indo-Pakistani war , he gave a speech on an Indo-Pakistani agreement on All India Radio on July 6, 1950 .
From 1958 to 1959, Singh Roy was chairman of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).
Offices
Sir Bijoy Prasad Singh Roy was President of:
- Basanti Cotton Mills Ltd.
- Insulated Cable Company of India Limited.
- Bengal Provincial Railway
as well as director of:
- Imperial Bank of India
- Alkali Chemical Corporation Ltd.
- Lionel Edwards Ltd.
- Belvedere Jute Mills Ltd.
- Budge Budge Jute Mills Ltd.
- Hindustan Development Corp. Ltd.
- British-India Steam Navigation Company
- Birkmyre Bros.
- Duncan Bros. Ltd.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bengal Municipal Bill indian recorder 1932
- ↑ Legislative Assembly under the Government of India Act, 1935. ( Memento of the original from June 19, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . English. Online at legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in.
- ↑ calcuttaclub ( Memento of the original from April 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Photo ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. during a conversation on July 17, 1950 on the AIR transmitter. English. Online at photodivision.gov.in.
- ^ Stanley A. Kochanek, Business and Politics in India , p. 179
- ^ National library
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Singh Roy, Bijoy Prasad |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian entrepreneur and politician |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1894 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Calcutta |
DATE OF DEATH | November 24, 1961 |
Place of death | Calcutta |