Bijoy Prasad Singh Roy

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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

  1. ↑ Bengal Municipal Bill indian recorder 1932
  2. ↑ 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in
  3. ↑ 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.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.calcuttaclub.in
  4. ↑ 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / photodivision.gov.in
  5. ^ Stanley A. Kochanek, Business and Politics in India , p. 179
  6. ^ National library
personal data
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