Kishorilal Roy Chowdhury
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Kishorilal Roy Chowdhury | |
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কিশোরীলাল রায় চৌধুরী | |
 Chowdhury in 1907 | |
| Born | 19 November 1848 |
| Died | 3 July 1925 (aged 76) |
| Father | Jagannath Roy Chowdhury |
Kishorilal Roy Chowdhury (19 November 1848 – 3 July 1925)[1] was a Bengali zamindar. He was a member of the Baliati Zamindari.[1]
In 1868, Chowdhury took over the responsibility of the management Dhaka Brahma School, founded by Brojosundar Basu in 1863.[2] He then changed its name to Jagannath School after his father Jagannath Roy Chowdhury.[3] In 1887, the school section of Jagannath College (now Jagannath University since 2005) was separated to form the independent Kishorilal Jubilee School, (now known as the K. L. Jubilee High School & College).[2]
Chowdhury was a member of the trusty board, formed on 1 March 1907, to look after the management of Jagannath College, along with Roy Chandra Kumar Dutt Bahadur and Anand Chandra Roy.[4]