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 Early in 1874 the Hon'ble Justice Dwarka Nath Mitter, one of his best friends and compeers, left the world at the age of 41. The loss of such an intimate weighed upon his heart. Towards the middle of the next year his health continuing to decline he thought it high time to draw up a will in which disinheriting his first-born he settled the property on other lawful heirs. The disposition which he made of his belongings is indicative of his large-heartedness inasmuch as we find that very few were forgotten. He must have had grounds for severity towards his son, for his whole nature was opposed to caprice and injustice. However this may be, Narayan Chandra afterwards came into the estate agreeably to the decision of the Calcutta High Court where he had preferred a suit.

A month later Vidyasagar solemnised the marriage of his third daughter Vinodini Devy with Suryya Kumar Adhikari, a graduate of the Calcutta University and teacher of Hare School. Vidyasagar soon