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'''Jatra Mohan Sengupta''' was a Bengali lawyer and politician.<ref>{{cite book |title=Calcutta Municipal Gazette |date=1939 |publisher=Corporation of Calcutta |page=26 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1PACeARqetcC&q=Jatra+Mohan+Sengupta |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Sengupta was on 30 July 1850 in Barama, [[Chandanaish Upazila]], [[Chittagong District]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British Raj]]. His father, Trahiram Sen, was an Ayurvedic physician. He graduated from [[Chittagong Government High School]] in 1868 and from [[Chittagong College]] in 1870. He completed further studies at the [[St. Paul's Cathedral Mission College]] in Kolkata. He started working the Chittagong commissioner office but left soon after to pursue a law degree. While studying at law school he worked as the headmaster of a mission school. In 1876, he completed his law degree and joined the Chittagong District Bar.<ref name="JMS">{{cite news |last1=Momtaz |first1=Ahmad |title=Sengupta, Jatra Mohan |url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Sengupta,_Jatra_Mohan |accessdate=30 March 2020 |work=en.banglapedia.org |publisher=Banglapedia}}</ref><br />
[[File:Bust Of Jatra Mohan Sengupta in JM Sen hall.JPG|thumb|Bust Of Jatra Mohan Sengupta in JM Sen hall]]<br />
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==Career==<br />
Sengupta worked as a lawyer throughout the Bengal Presidency. He joined the [[Indian National Congress]] which marked his entry in to politics. In 1898, he was elected to the [[Bengal Legislative Council]]. He was elected to the Chittagong Municipality and the Chittagong District Board. He served in the governing body of Chittagong College. He presided over a meeting of the Indian National Congress held in Mymensingh. He helped organize the Bangiya Pradeshik Sahitya Sammelan in Chittagong which was president over by [[Akshay Chandra Sarkar]]. He established the Dr. Khastagir Government Girls' High School, named after his father-in-law, in Chittagong. He established Barama Trahi Menaka High School, named after his parents, in Chittagong. He also established a school named after Binodini, his wife. He established the [[Jatra Mohan Sen Hall]]. In 1895, he established a Brahma Mandir.<ref name="JMS"></ref><br />
[[File:JM Sen Hall, Rahmatganj (01).jpg|thumb|Jatra Mohan Sen Hall]]<br />
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==Death==<br />
Sengupta died on 2 November 1919 in Kolkata, [[West Bengal]], [[British India]].<ref name="JMS"></ref> His son, [[Jatindra Mohan Sengupta]], became a famous politician of Bengal.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aranha |first1=Jovita |title=Faced Tragedy & Imprisonment, Yet This Brit Lady Didn't Stop Fighting for India's Freedom! |url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/162806/nellie-sengupta-freedom-struggle-history/ |accessdate=30 March 2020 |work=The Better India |date=23 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Daryanani |first1=Mohan B. |title=Who's who on Indian stamps |date=1999 |publisher=Mohan B. Daryanani |isbn=978-84-931101-0-9 |page=366 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZZPtAAAAMAAJ&q=Jatra+Mohan+Sengupta |language=en}}</ref><br />
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