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 school had also been started at Shyampukoor some years back. The new college building was ready for use by the end of 1886 and was formally opened in January next. The purchase of the site and the erection of the stately edifice cost him a lac and a half of rupees.

In 1885 he sold his remaining one-third share of the Sanskrit Press to his friend Raj Krishna Banerji for Rs 5,000. The money went a great way to pay off old scores. In monetary concernments he was always strict and honest. While Principal of the Sanskrit College, the Government had advanced him about Rs 4,000 to publish some books on Arithmetic, History and other subjects and sell them at popular prices. As owing to several causes he failed to perform the task, he reimbursed the money with interest when they had forgotten all about it.

Towards the middle of the year Maharaja Jatindra Mohan Tagore and his younger brother Raja Sourindra Mohan