Paresh Lal Roy

Paresh Lal Roy was an Indian amateur boxer, credited with popularising the sport among Indians. He is known as the Father of Indian Boxing.

Roy came from the landlord family of Lakhutia in Barisal district. He was born onDecember 1898, he was the third of six siblings of Peary Lal Roy and Lolita Roy. Indra Lal Roy was his younger brother. Roy came from a family of highly qualified and established persons. His father was a barrister and his maternal grandfather Dr. Surya Kumar Goodeve Chakraborty was one of the first Indian doctors to be trained in Western medicine.

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