Raja Digambar Mitra, C.S.I., His Life and Career (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893. Excerpt: ... THE FAMILY AND HEIRS. tAJA Digambar died leaving a widow, a widow daughter-in-law, and two infant grandsons. He had a son, Grish Chandra Mitra, who died in his lifetime. Grish Chandra had turned out a graduate of the Calcutta University, and taken to the profession of a Vakil or Pleader. Intending to qualify himself for the Bar, he proceeded to England in 1867, in the company of the late Babu Shama Charan Law, the brother of Maharaja Durga Charan Law. But after staying about a year they returned together. One morning in 1870, Grish Chandra rode out towards Sealdah on a powerful new waler. The animal shied at something, and becoming unmanageable, Grish Chandra tried to get down from its back. But unfortunately one of his legs got fixed in the stirrup, and the fiery horse running at full speed carried him along dangling on its side, his head violently striking against the road all the way. The horse was not stopped till it had gone thus over a mile of ground. Grish Chandra was brought home nearly dead-unconscious. The father received him with a shock that is to be conceived and cannot be described. He offered thousands of rupees to any one who could cure Grish Chandra, but who died a short while after his arrival. With great presence of mind the Raja sent information to the Police of his son's accidental death. The father bore the affliction heroically. But the mother became crazed from that dav, and still survives a most wretched lunatic. Grish Chandra left a daughter and two very infant sons. During the minority of the latter, . Babu Mahendranath Bose, an ex-Sub-Judge, and the cousin of the late Raja, carefully discharged the duties of his executorship. Faithful to his trust, the estate, husbanded with economy under his administration, has prospered by the..