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222 the Collector of the 24-Parganas. Promoted to be Dewan to the Board of Revenue, he held that post with honour and distinction for many years, retiring from Government service in 1834. Once more drawn towards commercial enterprises, he entered into partnership with Mr. William Carr and Mr. William Prinsep, establishing the firm of Carr Tagore & Co., being one of the first Indian gentlemen to enter into mercantile business in Calcutta on the European model. Associated with others in the establishment of the Union Bank, a leading Zemindar in half a dozen districts, the friend of Ram Mohan Ray and a keen supporter of every scheme of advancement and every institution destined to promote the welfare of the Hindu Community, he was for long one of the most prominent and respected men in Bengal, bringing fresh honour to the name he bore. His grandson Satyendranath Tagore had the distinction of being the first Indian to pass the competitive examination for the Indian Civil Service. Maharaja Ramnath Tagore C.S.I. was the loyal associate of his brother Dwarkanath Tagore in all his enterprises, being connected with almost every public society in Calcutta, literary, scientific and charitable. His whole career was one of public usefulness and benevolence.

From Darpa Narayan, the elder son of Joyram Tagore, from whom Sir Jotindra himself was descended, have sprung others of the name no less worthy