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'''Brajendra Lal Mitter''', also known as '''BL Mitter''', was a Bengali British Indian Politician, legal expert, and former acting Governor of [[West Bengal]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=1875|title=B.L. Mitter|url=https://nehruarchive.in/people/b-l-mitter|access-date=2026-09-30|website=The Nehru Archive|language=en-IN}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Constitution Day: Who were members of drafting committee of India's Constitution|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/constitution-day-who-were-members-of-drafting-committee-of-indias-constitution-3292264|access-date=2026-09-30|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref>

== Career ==
After passing his Bar at Law, Mitter practiced at the [[Calcutta High Court]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Venkatakrishnayya|first=M.|url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/At_Home_and_Abroad/h20dAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Brajendra+Lal+Mitter+BL+Mitter&dq=Brajendra+Lal+Mitter+BL+Mitter&printsec=frontcover|title=At Home and Abroad: Being a Brief Sketch of the Life of Dewan Bahadur J.S. Chakravarti|last2=Rao|first2=C. M. Raghavendra|date=1921|publisher=Hare Press|language=en}}</ref>

From 1925 to 1928, Mitter served as the Advocate-General of [[Bengal]].<ref name=":1" /> He was a Law Member of the Government of India from 1928 to 1934.<ref name=":1" /> He was a Member of the Bengal Executive Council from 1934 to 1937 and the [[Advocate general (India)|Advocate General of India]] from 1937 to 1945.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/The_Religions_of_the_World/qDgYAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Brajendra+Lal+Mitter+BL+Mitter&dq=Brajendra+Lal+Mitter+BL+Mitter&printsec=frontcover|title=The Religions of the World|date=1986|publisher=Ramakrishna Mission, Institute of Culture|pages=999|language=en}}</ref> He was the Dewan of [[Baroda State]] from 1945 to 1947.<ref name=":1" /> He was the acting Governor of West Bengal in 1947.<ref name=":1" />

Mitter made some initial contribution to the [[Constitution of India]] before withdrawing due to health reasons.<ref name=":2" /> He worked on the integration of the [[Princely state|princely states]] into India.<ref name=":2" /> He was replaced by Madhav Rao.<ref>{{Cite web|last=@theindpanorama|date=2023-01-23|title=People involved in drafting of the Constitution of India|url=https://www.theindianpanorama.news/people-involved-in-drafting-of-the-constitution-of-india/|access-date=2026-09-30|website=The Indian Panorama|language=en-US}}</ref>

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