Editing Subrata Roy (section)

== Early life ==
Subrata Roy was born into a [[Bengali Hindu]] family in [[Araria district|Araria]] on 10 June 1948<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 May 2015 |title=I Hope To Spend My Birthday With You: Sahara Chief |url=https://www.forbesindia.com/article/special/i-hope-to-spend-my-birthday-with-you-sahara-chief/40373/1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329165342/https://www.forbesindia.com/article/special/i-hope-to-spend-my-birthday-with-you-sahara-chief/40373/1 |archive-date=29 March 2023 |access-date=16 November 2023 |website=Forbes India |language=en}}</ref> to Sudhir Chandra Roy and Chhabi Roy. His father and mother came from [[Dhaka]], [[Bikrampur]], [[East Bengal]] (now [[Bangladesh]]) from a rich landlord family named ''[[Bhagyakul Roy family|Bhagyakul Zamindar]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 May 2012 |title=India's Sahara Group |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=235474 |access-date=27 May 2012 |publisher=thedailystar.com |archive-date=3 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120903092524/http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=235474 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>বাঙ্গালীর বিত্ত সাধনা সাহারার ইতিকথা, (Bangalir Vitta Sadhana: Saharar Itikatha), [[Mani Shankar Mukherjee]], 2003</ref>

Roy studied at [[Holy Child Institute Girls' Higher Secondary School|Holy Child Institute]] in [[Kolkata]] and later studied [[mechanical engineering]] at Government Technical Institute, Gorakhpur.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 February 2011 |title=Subroto Roy Biography |url=http://business.mapsofindia.com/business-leaders/subroto-roy.html |access-date=27 February 2011 |publisher=mapsofindia.com |archive-date=15 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120115200918/http://business.mapsofindia.com/business-leaders/subroto-roy.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Roy started his first business in [[Gorakhpur]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 July 2003 |title=Subrata Roy |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/calcutta-times/Im-serious-about-Tollywood-Subrata-Roy/articleshow/47318861.cms |access-date=11 July 2004 |publisher=timesofindia.com |archive-date=2 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102034920/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/calcutta-times/Im-serious-about-Tollywood-Subrata-Roy/articleshow/47318861.cms |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=24 May 2012 |title=Sahara India |url=http://www.newagebd.com/detail.php?date=2012-05-24&nid=11326 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102030950/http://www.newagebd.com/detail.php?date=2012-05-24&nid=11326 |archive-date=2 November 2013 |access-date=27 May 2012 |publisher=newagebd.com }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=15 March 2019 |title=Subrata Roy Sahara An incredible journey From Gorakhpur to Lucknow |url=https://www.leaderbiography.com/the-incredible-journey-of-subrata-roy-sahara/ |access-date=9 November 2021 |website=Leader Biography |language=en |archive-date=9 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109130252/https://www.leaderbiography.com/the-incredible-journey-of-subrata-roy-sahara/ |url-status=live }}</ref>