On 9 Jan 1842, Dwarakanath boarded his own steamer, the India, for the Suez. His European Physician, Dr. MacGowan, his nephew Chandra Mohan Chatterjee, his aide-de-camp, Paramananda Moitra, three Hindu servants and a Muslim cook accompanied him. In London, the British Prime Minister, Robert Peel (in office from December 1834 to April 1835 and June 1841 to June 1846) President of the Board of Control, Lord Fitzgerald, Prince Albert, Dutchess of Kent, Queen Victoria and others received him. (Pictures from top to bottom).
He spent 23 June with the Queen, reviewing troops. On 8 July, he was invited to a dinner with the Queen. The Queen noted in her diary, "The Brahmin speaks English remarkably well, and is a very intelligent, interesting man" (Queen Victoria's journal, 8 July 1842 ).
Dwarakanath left England on 15 October for Paris.
