# Saradaranjan Ray

> Saradaranjan Ray was a Bengali teacher of mathematics and Sanskrit who worked at Aligarh University and at Calcutta. He was also a cricket enthusiast and promoter who has been called the "W.G. Grace of India" and as the father of cricket in Bengal. He founded "The Town Club", a cricket club in Calcutta that played against European teams in the Eden Gardens from 1895. He was the elder brother of Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury and hence a paternal great-uncle of Satyajit Ray.

*Indian cricket enthusiast and professor from Bengal*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Athlete ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131))
- **Category:** Athletes
- **Born:** 1858-05-26
- **Died:** 1925-10-30
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Saradaranjan Ray was a Bengali teacher of mathematics and Sanskrit who worked at Aligarh University and at Calcutta. He was also a cricket enthusiast and promoter who has been called the "W.G. Grace of India" and as the father of cricket in Bengal. He founded "The Town Club", a cricket club in Calcutta that played against European teams in the Eden Gardens from 1895. He was the elder brother of Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury and hence a paternal great-uncle of Satyajit Ray.

## Fame
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## Sources
- [Saradaranjan Ray](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saradaranjan_Ray)
- [সারদারঞ্জন রায়](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%9E%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC)
- [சரதரன்ஜன் இராய்](https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9C%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AF%E0%AF%8D)
- [ساردا رنجن رائے](https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%86_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%92)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108117396)

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