DU unveils portrait of Jagannath Hall landowner

The Dhaka University has unveiled a portrait of Kishorilal Roy Chowdhury, the landowner of Jagannath Hall.

DU Treasurer Prof M Jahangir Alam Chowdhury inaugurated the portrait at a function held on 6 April 2026 at the hall auditorium.

The university also inaugurated the Kishorilal Roy Chowdhury Memorial Auditorium during the programme. The Jagannath Hall Alumni Association funded the portrait.

Jagannath Hall Provost Debashish Pal presided over the function, which was attended by Jagannath Hall Alumni Association President Tapan Chandra Majumdar, Gulshan Banani Puja Foundation President Jitendra Lal Bhowmik, former National Board of Revenue member Asim Kumar Roy, Alumni Association General Secretary Nibas Chandra Majhi and Roy Chowdhury family member Bharati Rani Roy Chowdhury.

Among others present were Dhaka University unit Chhatra Dal President Ganesh Chandra Roy Sahas, Hall Sangsad Vice-President Pallab Chandra Barman, General Secretary Sudipto Pramanik, Assistant General Secretary Dwipjoy Sarkar Deepto, Jagannath Hall unit Chhatra Dal Convener Madhusudan Kundu Hrishikesh, Member-Secretary Prosenjit Biswas and Senior Joint Convener Nityananda Pal.

Prof Nepal Chandra Roy, convener of the event organising committee, thanked the attendees.

Kishorilal Roy Chowdhury was born in 1848 in Baliati, Manikganj. His father, Jagannath Roy Chowdhury, was a landowner with a strong commitment to education. In 1884, he established Jagannath College and Jagannath Hall in his father’s name. He died in 1925.