Draft:Mohini Mohan Dhar
Mohini Mohan Dhar | |
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| File:Sri. Mohini Mohan Dhar.webp | |
| 2nd Dewan of Mayurbhanj | |
| In office 20 June 1905 – 21 April 1912 | |
| Preceded by | Prasanna Coomar Ghosal |
| Succeeded by | Hari Das Bose |
| Personal details | |
| Children | Dhirendra Mohan Dhar Satyendra Mohan Dhar Esq. |
| Occupation | Judge, Lawyer |
Mohini Mohan Dhar was an Indian lawyer, Dewan and State Judge of Mayurbhanj State in Odisha during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[1][2]
CareerEdit
Dhar was appointed as the Adviser, State Judge and Vice-President of the State Council under Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanj Deo.[3] His responsibilities included overseeing the judicial system, which involved supervising Magistrates, Munsifs, Sub-Judges, and Sub-Divisional Officers in their capacity as Deputy Magistrates. As the Dewan, he was the head of the Revenue Department, which included the Settlement, Agriculture, Zamindar, and Registration Departments.[3][4] Led by Pramatha Nath Bose, in Gorumahisani, mines were leased to Tata Steel in which Dhar, as the Dewan, played the leading role.[5][6][7] He along with Mr. Kidley, was a private tutor to Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanj Deo during his college year at Ravenshaw College, Cuttack.[8][9]
FamilyEdit
He had two children- Dhirendra Mohan Dhar, Bar-at-Law High Court of Calcutta and B.Sc. Engineering Drawing and Design and Practical, applied Mathematics from King's College London[10] and Satyendra Mohan Dhar, Esq, ICS CIE.[11][12][13] 42nd and 44rth Commissioner of Tirhut division, Muzaffarpur, Bihar[14]
DeathEdit
Dhar died of Oropharyngeal cancer in Kolkata.[15]
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ Senapati, Nilamani; Sahu, Nabin Kumar (1967). Orissa district gazetteers : Mayurbhanj. Orissa Government Press, Cuttack.
- ↑ Pakrasi, Jitendra Kumar (4 July 1912). "The new Dewan of Mayurbhanj". Sanjeevani Newspaper. pp. 4–5.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Report on native papers in Bengal for the week ending July 13, 1912- Uriya Newspaper- Page 792, 794 and 795- Inspector-General of Police
- ↑ Orissa district gazetteers : Mayurbhanj Senapati, Nilamani; Sahu, Nabin Kumar, Orissa Government Press, Cuttack, 1967
- ↑ Star of Utkal, Cuttack, 23 September 1905- Page 19
- ↑ The Garjatbasini Newspaper, Talcher, Shawmik Banerjee, 29 July, 1905, Mohini Mohan Dhar Appointed as New Dewan- Page 21
- ↑ Notes on the Geology and Mineral resources of Mayurbhanj," in the Records of the Geological Survey, Vol. XXXI, Part III (1904)
- ↑ Manorama Newspaper, Abhadendranath Kundoo, 18 March 1997, Page 18
- ↑ https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.33176888?seq=1 Report on native papers in Bengal for the week ending April 6, 1907- Bengal (India). Bengali Translator's Office, Bengal (India). Inspector-General of Police- Page- Uriya Newspaper- Page 275
- ↑ "King's Collections : Calendars : Page 352". kingscollections.org. Retrieved 2025-03-20.
- ↑ Pati, Biswamoy (2005-11-01). "Interrogating Stereotypes: Exploring the Princely States in Colonial Orissa". South Asia Research. 25 (2): 165–182. doi:10.1177/0262728005058761. ISSN 0262-7280.
- ↑ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35586/page/2480/data.pdf
- ↑ "Page 1913 | Issue 13758, 8 November 1921 | Edinburgh Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-03-18.
- ↑ "Successor List of Commissioner | Tirhut Division Muzaffarpur | India". Retrieved 2025-03-20.
- ↑ Amrita Bazar Patrika (June 24, 1946), Tushar Kanti Ghosh. Page 6