Jatra Mohan Sengupta

Sengupta worked as a lawyer throughout the Bengal Presidency. He joined the Indian National Congress which marked his entry in to politics. In 1898, he was elected to the Bengal Legislative Council. He was elected to the Chittagong Municipality and the Chittagong District Board. He served in the governing body of Chittagong College. He presided over a meeting of the Indian National Congress held in Mymensingh. He helped organize the Bangiya Pradeshik Sahitya Sammelan in Chittagong which was president over by Akshay Chandra Sarkar. He established the Dr. Khastagir Government Girls' High School, named after his father-in-law, in Chittagong. He established J. M. Sen High School in 1913 named after himself (Jatra Mohan Sen School). He established Barama Trahi Menaka High School, named after his parents, in Chittagong. He also established a school named after Binodini, his wife. He established the Jatra Mohan Sen Hall. In 1895, he established a Brahma Mandir.^[2]

Sengupta died on 2 November 1919 in Kolkata, West Bengal, British India.^[2] His son, Jatindra Mohan Sengupta, became a famous politician of Bengal.^[3][4]