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{{Infobox person <br />
| name = Deva Prasad Sarbadhikari <br />
| native_name = দেবপ্রসাদ সর্বাধিকারী <br />
| image = Devaprasad_Sarbadhikari.jpg<br />
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| caption = <!-- other than just name --><br />
| birth_date = 1862<br />
| birth_place = [[Radhanagore|Radhanagar]], [[Khanakul]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]] <br />
| death_date = 11 August 1935 (aged 73)<br />
| death_place = [[Calcutta]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]]<br />
| alma mater = [[Presidency University, Kolkata|Presidency College]], [[Calcutta University]]<br />
| occupation = lawyer, politician educationist, writer<br />
| awards = <br />
| parents = Suya Kumar Sarbadhikari (father) <br> Hemlata Sarbadhikari (mother)<br />
| spouse = <br />
| children = <br />
}}<br />
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Sir '''Deva Prasad Sarvadhikari''' (or '''Deba Prasad Sarbadhikary''') (1862 – 11 August 1935) was an Indian lawyer, educationist and a vice chancellor of Calcutta University.<br />
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Sarvadhikari came from a wealthy family of Radhanagar in Bengal and was the son of Dr. Soorji Coomar Sarvadhikari, G.M.C.B., Rai Bahadur, who was a naval surgeon in British employment during the 1857 rebellion. Sarvadhikari was educated at the [[The Sanskrit College and University|Sanskrit College]], the Hare School and [[Presidency University, Kolkata|Presidency College]] receiving an MA in 1882 and a BL 1883. He then became a solicitor in 1888. He became a fellow of the University of Calcutta and was a representative at the Congress of the Universities of the Empire held in London in 1911. He was give honorary degrees by the Universities of St Andrews and Aberdeen. In 1914, he succeeded Sir [[Ashutosh Mukherjee|Ashutosh Mukerjee]] as vice-chancellor and served until 1918.<ref>{{cite book|pages=85–87|url=https://archive.org/details/secondsupplement00luckrich/page/123/mode/1up| title=Second supplement to Who's who in India: brought up to 1914| year=1914|place=Lucknow|publisher=Newul Kishore Press}}</ref><br />
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