Baikuntha Nath Sen

Sen achieved great popularity as a lawyer and orator. He was the first editor of Murshidabad Hitaishi, a reputed weekly. He was a great patron of modern education and was associated with various social as well as political works. He was one of the top leaders of the Indian National Congress in Bengal. In 1916–17, he was elected Chairman of the Reception Committee of the session of the Indian national Congress held in Kolkata.^[2][4] Sen became the first unofficial Indian chairman of Berhampore Municipality, the then Murshidabad District Board which was established by Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms.^[5][1] Baikunthanath invested money to established Bengal Pottery Works along with Raja Manindra Chandra Nandy.^[3]

In 1920, Sen was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) and became Roy Bahadur.^{[citation needed]}