Darpanarayan Tagore

Darpanarayan Tagore (1731–1793) was a member of the Tagore family, who branched to Pathuriaghata. He worked as dewan to the French East India Company at Chandannagar before moving to Calcutta.^[1] He later became a merchant to Edward Wheeler, who succeeded Colonel Monson as member of the Supreme Council of Bengal headed by Warren Hastings.^[2][3] He later purchased a large zamindari estate in his name at Rajshahi and established himself as one of the leading zamindars in Bengal. He was succeeded by his son Gopi Mohan Tagore.^[4][5]

Darpanarayan Tagore
Born	1731 Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India (now Kolkata, India)
Died	1793 (aged 61–62) Rajshahi, Bengal Presidency, British India (now Rajshahi, Bangladesh)
Successor	Gopi Mohan Tagore
Children	Gopi Mohan Tagore (son)
Parent	Joyram Tagore
Relatives	Hara Kumar Tagore Prasanna Kumar Tagore (grandchildren)
Family	Tagore family

Legacy

Today, there is a street named after him called Darpanarayan Tagore Street. It spans approximately 0.25 kilometers and is situated in the historic Pathuriaghata neighborhood in North Kolkata, between Maharashi Debendra Road and Jadulal Mullick Road—an area closely associated with the Tagore family.^[6]

Family tree

Main article: Tagore_family § Family_tree

See also

• Nilmoni Tagore – Darpanarayan's brother