Dwarka Nath Mitra (1833 to 1874) was a well known lawyer and a judge of the Calcutta High Court. Born in the Hooghly district, he was educated at Hooghly College, where he excelled in mathematics and English literature, and studied law at Presidency College before joining the bar at the Sadr Diwani Adalat in 1856. In 1867, at the age of 34, he was appointed a judge of the High Court after the death of Sambhunath Pandit, the first Indian judge of that court. The Viceroy of India, Lord Northbrook, described him as one of the most brilliant men he had ever met. He died on 25 February 1874 at the age of 41.
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Dwarka Nath Mitra was born in 1833 in Hooghly district
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was a famous lawyer and judge of the Calcutta High Court
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