The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Roy, Hon’ble Girja Nath
Roy, Hon’ble Girja Nath, Maharaja Bahadur (1907); b. 18600; a.s. of Maharani Shyam Mohini; educ: at the Queen’s College, Benares; succeeded to estate, 1883; has founded the Diamond Jubilee School, a Weaving School, a Sanskrit Patasala, etc., in Dinajpur; has borne the expenses of the completion of the Khagra and Thomson canals; formerly Member, Legislative Council of East Bengal and Assam; Member of the Municipal and District Boards of Dinajpur; also Honorary Magistrate; Maharaja, 1883. Address: Dinajpur, Bengal Presidency, India.