Krishna Govinda Gupta
Sir Krishna Govinda Gupta Calcutta, British India | |
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Sir Krishna Govinda Gupta
Early life and education
Krishna Govinda Gupta was born in a
He was married to Prasanna Tara Gupta, who was a daughter of Nabin Chandra Das. His children were Birendra Chandra Gupta, Jatindra Chandra Gupta, Hem Kusum Sen, married to Atul Prasad Sen, Saraju Sen, Ila Gupta and Nilini Gupta, married to Sir Albion Rajkumar Banerjee, ICS.[citation needed]
Painter Anjolie Ela Menon is a great grand daughter thru Birendra Chandra Gupta.[6]
Career
In the British occupied India appointment to all covenanted posts were reserved for the Britishers only. The posts of Munsif and Sadar Amin were created and opened to Indians in 1832. In 1833, the posts of deputy magistrate and deputy collector were created and opened to Indians. The ICS Act of 1861 established the Indian Civil Service. The Act of 1853 had already established the practice of recruiting covenanted civilians through competitive examinations. Krishna Govinda Gupta appeared in the Indian Civil Service examination[4][7] in 1871 in London and became a probationer. He joined Civil Service on 24 October 1873 as Assistant Magistrate and Collector, being the sixth Indian to join ICS up to that time.[2]
Successively he served in the special duty of controlling
It was a report submitted by Krishna Govinda[8] in 1906, on the potential of fisheries in Bengal, while he was a member of the Excise Committee, that paved the way of creation of the Department of Fisheries in the Government of Bengal in 1908. Encouragement in cultivation of inland fisheries, prawn and other water based farming etc. were a government prerogative since that time. The legacy is still continuing for the fish loving Bengalis in both India and Bangladesh until the present.
On 25 July 1907, Krishna Govinda Gupta along with Dr. Syed Hussain Bilgrami became the first Indian to be nominated as member of the Secretary of State's Council of India.[9] Later he was also appointed as a member of Lord Esher's Army in India Committee in 1920.
List of Indian ICS offices (1861-1899)
Sl No | Name | Year of Examination | Year of Joining |
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1 | Satyendranath Tagore | 1863 | 1864 |
2 | Romesh Dutt | 1869 | 1871 |
3 | Behari Lal Gupta | 1869 | 1871 |
4 | Surendranath Banerjee | 1869 | 1871 |
5 | Ananda Ram Baruah | 1870 | 1872 |
6 | Krishna Govinda Gupta | 1871 | 1873 |
8 | Brajendranath De | 1873 | 1875 |
9 | Cursetjee Rustomjee | 1874 | 1876 |
10 | Perungavur Rajagopalachari | 1886 | 1888 |
11 | Basanta Kumar Mullick | 1887 | 1889 |
12 | Albion Rajkumar Banerjee | 1894 | 1895 |
13 | Atul Chandra Chatterjee | 1896 | 1897 |
Socio-literary activities
Satyendranath Tagore Tagore (1842–1923), an ICS of 1863, was a close associate of Krishna Govinda in his socio literary activities. Taraknath Palit, Monomohun Ghose, Satyendra Prasanna Sinha, Bihari Lal Gupta and Krishna Govinda Gupta were some of the regular participants among the eminent stalwarts of the then Bengal in the majlis (discussions) arranged from time to time in Satyendranath's house in Park Street and Ballygunge.[10]
Legacy
A school called 'Pachdona Sir K. G. Gupta High School' has been established in Pachdona, Narsingdi district (then subdivision) on 1 January 1919. It continues to be one of the most prominent high schools of the district.
References
- OL 30677644M. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ ISBN 978-1403-90949-7.
- ISBN 978-023-039-271-7.
- ^ a b The Indian Biographical Dictionary. 1915.
- ^ "প্রতিষ্ঠানের তথ্য". pskgghs.edu.bd. Archived from the original on 26 September 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ Office of the Secretary of State for India, ed. (1905). India List and India Office List for 1905. Harrison and Sons.
- ^ "মৎস্য দপ্তর". fisheries.narayanganj.gov.bd. Archived from the original on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ISBN 0-313-32280-5.
- ISBN 978-81-8205-472-1.