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'''Ananda Chandra Roy''' (c. 1844–1935) was a Bengali politician and lawyer.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Incarnate Word |url=https://incarnateword.in/names/roy-ananda-chandra-ananda-babu |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=incarnateword.in}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Roy was born in about 1844 in [[Dhaka]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Ahmed |first=Sharif Uddin |title=Ray, Ananda Chandra |url=https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php/Ray,_Ananda_Chandra |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=[[Banglapedia]]}}</ref> He family were from Kanurgaon in Southern [[Bikrampur District]] and Brahmans from [[Varendra]].<ref name=":0" /> His father, Gourasundar Ray, was the manager of [[James Wise (civil surgeon)|James Wise]]'s estate and indigo plantation.<ref name=":0" /> He studied at [[Pogose School]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
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==Career==<br />
In 1862, after Roy completed his pleadership examination he joined the court in Dhaka.<ref name=":0" /> He purchased a zamidari estate in Bhola from Lucas, an [[Armenians|Armenian]] merchant.<ref name=":0" /> He founded the library in the old court of Dhaka.<ref name=":0" /> He founded Anandamoyee Girls' High School<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anandamoyee Girls' High School |url=https://anandamoyeeghs.edu.bd/page/history |access-date=2026-03-19 |website=anandamoyeeghs.edu.bd}}</ref> originally in Bikrampur but later shifted to [[Armanitola]] in Dhaka.<ref name=":0" /> He was a member of the East Bengal Landholders Association.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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Roy was a member of the Dhaka Sadharan Sabha (Lit. Dacca People's Association) which campaigned for local authority over municipal services in Dhaka.<ref name=":0" /> Roy was elected ward commissioner in the first municipal election of Dhaka in 1884 from ward-5.<ref name=":0" /> He was subsequently elected chairman of Dhaka municipality and served till 1887.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The official web site of the Dhaka Nawab Family: Royal Residences |url=http://www.nawabbari.com/main_digital.html?string=library/GlimpsesOldDhaka.html |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=www.nawabbari.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Ahmed |first=Sharif Uddin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ae1GDwAAQBAJ&dq=Ananda+Chandra+Roy&pg=PT211 |title=Dacca: A Study in Urban History and Development |date=2018-01-12 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-351-18673-5 |language=en}}</ref> He was elected to the Bengal Legislative Council.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Gupta |first=Jyotis Chandra Das |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mVYQAQAAIAAJ&dq=Ananda+Chandra+Roy&pg=RA6-PA42 |title=A National Biography for India: Containing Biographical Sketches with Portraits of All Indian Great Men and Women who Flourished in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries with an Introduction |date=1911 |publisher=author |pages=42 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Roy was a trustee board member of [[Jagannath College]] and governing body of the [[University of Dhaka]].<ref name=":0" /> He was a director of [[Dhakeswari Cotton Mills]]. He was opposed to the [[Partition of Bengal (1905)|Partition of Bengal]].<ref name=":0" /> He was the lawyer of The Comilla Shooting Case and [[Alipore bomb case|Alipore Bomb Case]].<ref name=":0" /> In 1908, he retired as a lawyer and joined the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref name=":0" /> He was awarded the title of 'Ray Bahadur by the British Raj.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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==Death==<br />
Roy died in 1935 in Dhaka.<ref name=":0" /> Ananda Chandra Road in Armanitola, Dhaka was named after him.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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