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| Date transcribed | 2011-08-00 | | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | | Comment | Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work. |
| | Surname | Mitra | | | First Name(s) | Raja Rajendra Lal | | | Birth Year | 1824 | | | Death Year | 1891 | | | Entry | Scholar and antiquarian : belonged to a respectable Sudra family : born Feb. 15, 1824: son of Janamejaya Mitra : educated in Calcutta at English schools, and later at the Calcutta Medical College : turned his attention to Law, but only for a short period : next studied Sanskrit, Greek, Latin, French and German. At the age of 22 he was appointed Assistant Secretary and Librarian of the Bengal Asiatic Society : in 1856 he was appointed Director of the Wards' Institution : when it was closed, in 1880, he retired on a pension. He contributed 114 articles to the Journal of the Asiatic Society : several of his essays were collected and republished in two volumes under the title of Indo-Aryans : also wrote Antiquities of Orissa and Buddha Gaya : and on The Sanskrit Buddhist Literature of Nipal, 1882 : his 128 volumes of writings showed his research, scholarship and erudition : wrote largely for the Hindu Patriot, often inspiring its policy. In 1885 he was elected President of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, and in 1886 took a prominent part in the Second National Indian Congress : was Member of the Calcutta Corporation : D.L. of the Calcutta University, 1875 : Vice-President and President of the British Indian Association : Raj Bahadur, 1877: C.I.E., 1878: and Raja, 1888. The most learned Hindu of his time : he received a special pension in recognition of his services to Literature and Archaeology : his name is well known to antiquarians and savants in every part of the world : died July 26, 1891. |
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