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Hem Chandra Chowdhury

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Cause of death
  
Natural

Alma mater
  
Presidency College

Resting place
  
Kolkata

Nationality
  
Indian

Died
  
Kolkata

Born
  
Unknown
Calcutta, India

Education
  
Presidency University, Kolkata

Hem Chandra (Chaudhuri) Chowdhury was an Indian-born prominent land owner, real estate developer, and philanthropist. Chowdhury resided in India and is referenced in many early 1890s legal documents establishing some of the first known legal cases in India and Bangladesh for real estate development and landlord tenancy issues.

Angle House

Chowdhury established The Angle House in 1890 The Angle House currently stands in the town of Hemnagar, named after Chowdhury in Gopalpur Upazila. The Angle House is a massive compound comprising multiple buildings. Within the compound are two massive man made lakes. The Angle House currently houses in one of it is buildings the Hemnagar Shashi Mukhi High English School, which was a school founded in 1900 by H.C. Chowdhury in the name of his mother. The school still operates today.

References

Hem Chandra Chowdhury Wikipedia