Darpanarayan Tagore

Darpanarayan Tagore (1731-1793) was the scion of Tagore family, who branched to Pathuriaghata. He worked as Dewan to French East India Company at Chandannagar and later shifted to Calcutta. He later became a merchant to Edward Wheeler, who succeeded Colonel Monson as member of the Supreme Council of Bengal headed by Warren Hastings. He later purchased a large zamindari estate in his name at Rajshahi and established himself as one of the leading zamindars from Bengal. He was succeeded by his son Gopi Mohan Tagore.