Dwarka Nath Mitra (1833 - 25 February 1874) was a famous lawyer and judge of the

Calcutta High Court The Calcutta High Court is the oldest High Court in India. It is located in B.B.D. Bagh, Kolkata, West Bengal. It has jurisdiction over the state of West Bengal and the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The High Court buildi ...

. Dwarka Nath Mitra was born in 1833 in

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and educated at

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where he excelled in mathematics and English literature. He studied law at Presidency College and joined the bar at the

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in 1856. He was appointed a judge of the High Court in 1867 at the age of 34 years old.

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, described Dwarka Nath Mitra as one of the most brilliant men he had ever met and said if he were "put ... in a trio with

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and Lowe ... would not be the least clever of the three." He died at the age of 41 on 25 February 1874.

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