Dictionary of Indian Biography/Chandra, Bholanath

by Charles Edward Buckland

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CHANDRA, BHOLANATH (1822–)

Born 1822 : educated at the Hindu College : in 1843 became a clerk in the Union Bank, Calcutta; afterwards apprenticed to Messrs Haworth, Hardman & Co. : appointed, in 1845, their agent fortheu : Cossipur Sugar Refinery : served for 30 years : began to publish his "Travels" serially in the Englishman's Saturday Journal in 1866–7 : issued together in 2 vols, in 1869, in England, with an introduction by J. T. Wheeler (q.v.) : published, in 1894, a life of Raja Digambar Mitra, C.S.I. : an author of undoubted literary ability and powers of observation.