Subodh Chandra Basu Mallik (9 February 1879 – 14 November 1920), commonly known as ''Raja'' Subodh Mallik, was a Bengali Indian industrialist, philanthropist and nationalist. Mallik is noted as a nationalist intellectual who was one of the co-founders of the Bengal National College, of which he was the principal financial supporter. He was close to

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and financed the latter's nationalist publications including ''

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''.

Mallik was born in Pataldanga suburb of

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to Prabodh Chandra Basu Mallik. He graduated from St. Xaviers College Calcutta and

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before enrolling in fine arts at

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in 1900.

He returned from England before completing his university studies, and immediately delved into the

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. His palatial house in what was then Wellington square in Calcutta became a major hub of political activity. In 1906, Mallik was among a group of leading luminaries of Bengal who founded the National Council for Education to promote indigenous and nationalist education in higher education. His donated Rs 100,000 to support the founding of the Bengal National College. He also founded the Life of Asia Insurance Company. Mallik's political activities earned him the ire of the Raj, and he was deported in 1908 in the wake of the Alipore Bomb Conspiracy. Mallik's nationalist work and generous support of the movement earned him the colloquial title of ''

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'' from his grateful countrymen. SubodhMallikHouse

In independent India, Wellington Square, the site of his palatial residence, was renamed Raja Subodh Mallik Square, while the road housing

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, which emerged from the Bengal National College, is now called ''Raja Subodh Mallik Road''.

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Site of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother
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Lakshmi's House - Sri Aurobindo Institute
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