Ananda Chandra Roy (born 1844)

In 1862, after Roy completed his pleadership examination he joined the court in Dhaka.^[2] He purchased a zamidari estate in Bhola from Lucas, an Armenian merchant.^[2] He founded the library in the old court of Dhaka.^[2] He founded Anandamoyee Girls' High School^[3] originally in Bikrampur but later shifted to Armanitola in Dhaka.^[2] He was a member of the East Bengal Landholders Association.^[2]

Roy was a member of the Dhaka Sadharan Sabha (Lit. Dacca People's Association) which campaigned for local authority over municipal services in Dhaka.^[2] Roy was elected ward commissioner in the first municipal election of Dhaka in 1884 from ward-5.^[2] He was subsequently elected chairman of Dhaka municipality and served till 1887.^[2][4][5] He was elected to the Bengal Legislative Council.^[2][6]

Roy was a trustee board member of Jagannath College and governing body of the University of Dhaka.^[2] He was a director of Dhakeswari Cotton Mills. He was opposed to the Partition of Bengal.^[2] He was the lawyer of The Comilla Shooting Case and Alipore Bomb Case.^[2] In 1908, he retired as a lawyer and joined the Indian National Congress.^[2] He was awarded the title of 'Ray Bahadur by the British Raj.^[2]

Roy died in 1935 in Dhaka.^[2] Ananda Chandra Road in Armanitola, Dhaka was named after him.^[2]