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. He later became a merchant to Edward Wheeler, who succeeded Colonel Monson as member of the Supreme Council of Bengal headed by Warren Hastings. 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. See also Nilmoni Tagore References 1731 births 1793 deaths Businesspeople from Kolkata Bengali zamindars Tagore family People from Hooghly district Bengali Hindus 18th-century Bengalis Social workers from West Bengal