Gopi Mohun Deb (1798-1847)A Biographical Sketch of David Hare - by Peary Chand Mitra, Gauranga Gopal Sengupta - 1979 Page 176 was one of scions the Shovabazar Raj family, a noted philanthropist educationist and foremost leader of

Calcutta Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , List of renamed places in India#West Bengal, the official name until 2001) is the Capital city, capital of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal, on the eastern ba ...

Hindu Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...

society. He was son of Ram Sundar Deb and was later adopted by his uncle Raja Naba Krishna Deb. Raja Naba Krishan later had a son from his marriage in later life named, Rajkrishna Deb (''Raja Bahadur''), with whom Gopi Mohun shared the affairs of Sovabazar Estate, jointly. Gopi Mohan was a noted

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

scholar and one of the first five founder members and Directors of the Hindu College along with David Hare and others. He was given title of ''Raja Bahadur'' by British and was generally referred to as Raja Gopi Mohun Deb. He was the founder of famous ''

Dharma Sabha Dharma Sabha was formed in 1830 in Calcutta by Radhakanta Deb. The organization was established mainly to counter the ongoing social reform movements led by protagonists such as Raja Ram Mohun Roy and Henry Derozio. More specifically, the impetus ...

'', a conservative Hindu religious body, which spoke on views and rights of Hindus. His son Raja Radhakanta Deb was also a noted a scholar and a leader of the Calcutta Hindu society.

References

See also