Article (magazine)  (2014)  Page(s) 69.  
 
Although garden roses have been popular in India from the time of the Moghuls, there appears to have been no Indian raised varities of cultivated roses until the beginning of the last century. The earliest record available is of the variety 'Dr. S. D. Mukherjee' (1935) bred by B. K. Roy Chaudhury and 'Ramakrishna Dev' by B. S. Bhattacharji (1941).

Article (magazine)  (2014)  Page(s) 70.  
 
Row Chowdhury (Dr. S. D. Mukherjee, Bagha Jatin, Dr. P. Banerjee, Muzibar)....from the eastern part of the country in the pre indepence era....

Article (magazine)  (2014)  Page(s) 155.  
 
...the earliest mentioned Indian raised variety seems to be one mentioned .D. Mukherjee" introduced by B.K. Roychoudhary in 1935.