Prince Sarat kumar Rai of Dighapatia

Kumar Saratkumar Rai (1876–1946) was a member of the royal family of Dighapatia. A noted scholar, he was the son of the Raja (King) Pramathanath and lived in the Maharaja's Palace. Along with historian Ramaprasad Chanda, he co-founded the Varendra Research Museum, which Lord Dundas the Governor of Bengal, inaugurated on November 1919. He was well traveled, and visited England in 1900. He was a friend of Rabindranath Tagore.

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SaratKumar in Bangladesh Encyclopedia

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