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'''Purna Chandra Lahiri''' was and Indian Administrative officer during British Raj of India<ref name=a>{{cite book|title=The Modern Review, Volume 72 by Ramananda Chatterjee|year=1942|publisher=Prabasi Press|page=179-180|url=http://books.google.co.in/books?ei=vjSLUoioFLGViAf734HYBA&id=mvwEAAAAMAAJ&dq=Rai+sahib+Poorna+Chandra+Lahiri&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=+Lahiri}}</ref> |
'''Purna Chandra Lahiri'''(1872-1942) was and Indian Administrative officer during British Raj of India. He started his career as an Inspector of Police in Calcutta and retiered as Deputy Commissioner of Police of Calcuuta. <ref name=a>{{cite book|title=The Modern Review, Volume 72 by Ramananda Chatterjee|year=1942|publisher=Prabasi Press|page=179-180|url=http://books.google.co.in/books?ei=vjSLUoioFLGViAf734HYBA&id=mvwEAAAAMAAJ&dq=Rai+sahib+Poorna+Chandra+Lahiri&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=+Lahiri}}</ref> As an Inspector of Police, it was he who arrested [[Aurobindo Ghose]] in 1908 in connection with the Alipore Bomb Case.<ref>The Modern Review by Ramananda Chatterjee - 1959- Volume 106 - Page 287.</ref>Later, he got promoted to post of Deputy Commissioner of Police and his role was highly appreciated in handling of Hindu-Muslim riots of Calcutta, which took place in April 1926 and took unprecedented fury and ferocity.<ref>The Modern Review by Ramananda Chatterjee - 1942- Volume 72 - Page 180.</ref> |
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He from service in retired 1927.<ref name=a/> In view of his services he was first created as [[Rai Sahib]] and later elevated to status of [[Rai Bahadur]] in 1917.<ref name=a/> |
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Purna Chandra Lahiri(1872-1942) was and Indian Administrative officer during British Raj of India. He started his career as an Inspector of Police in Calcutta and retiered as Deputy Commissioner of Police of Calcuuta. [1] As an Inspector of Police, it was he who arrested Aurobindo Ghose in 1908 in connection with the Alipore Bomb Case.[2]Later, he got promoted to post of Deputy Commissioner of Police and his role was highly appreciated in handling of Hindu-Muslim riots of Calcutta, which took place in April 1926 and took unprecedented fury and ferocity.[3] He from service in retired 1927.[1] In view of his services he was first created as Rai Sahib and later elevated to status of Rai Bahadur in 1917.[1]