Sir Nikhilesh Dutta (born January 5, 1939) is a Bangladeshi #barrister who was #calledToTheBar as a Member of the Honourable Society of the #InnerTemple, #London, England. For his contribution in promoting inter-religious harmony, he was conferred with a #knighthood as a #KnightBachelor by #QueenElizabethII in 2007. Dutta, with a legal practice in the #SupremeCourtOfBangladesh, was the first national who was called to the Bar as a barrister on 8 February 1972 from independent Bangladesh.