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PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT INDIAN COLLECTOR

BENJAMIN HUDSON

fl.?1847?–?1862

Portrait of Rajah Pratap Chandra Sinha

Oil on canvas
104 × 68½ in. (264.1 × 173.9 cm.)
Indistinctly signed ‘B. Hudson’ lower right

??4,00,000?–?6,00,000

REGISTERED ANTIQUITY – NON-EXPORTABLE ITEM
(Please refer to the Terms and Conditions of Sale
at the back of the catalogue)
Pratap Chandra Sinha, born in Roshora, Murshidabad in
1827, was bestowed with the title of Raja Bahadur by a
Sanad on 20th April, 1854. He was appointed to the
Companionship of the Star of India by Lord Canning, then
Viceroy of India. Pratap Chandra was a strong advocate for
education, establishing a number of primary schools and
high schools, the High English School at Kandi among
them. He also made contributions to the construction of
hospitals and set up a free dispensary at the Paikpara
Rajbati.

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