Today(11 January) is the birth anniversary of Lakshminarayan Roy Chowdhury (1866-1933). The first professional photographer of the Indian sub continent. The venture he started is still going strong in Dariapur, Patna by the name of Roychoudhury & Co by his great grandson.
You won’t find too many details of him online, sadly.
You can get some information about his life on the following blog:
https://firstindianphotographer.wordpress.com/
Image courtesy: Wikimedia
