Brajendra Kishore Roy Chowdhury
# Brajendra Kishore Roy Chowdhury

Brajendra Kishore Roy Chowdhury (1874 AD - 1957 AD; Bengali Year: 1281-1364) was a patron of Indian classical music and national education of the Indian national movement.

## Background

He was the zamindar of Gouripur in Mymensingh, Bengal. His son was Pandit Birendra Kishore Roy Chaudhuri, the eminent sitar player, a founder of the music department of Rabindra Bharati University, Calcutta and author of Indian Music and Mian Tansen.

## Work

He was one of the principal patrons of the National Council of Education that later became Jadavpur University, Calcutta. He was a member of the Floud Commission in 1939.

## Writings

* Marxism and the Indian Ideal (1941)
