| Name(s) |
SURENDRANATH
BANERJEA (Bannerjee) - Sobriquet: RASHTRAGURU |
| Date of
Birth |
November 10, 1848
– Calcutta, Bengal, India. |
| Date of
Death |
August 06, 1925
– Barrackpore, Bengal, India. |
|
Identity |
Indian Professor & Freedom
Fighter. |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
- July 26, 1876 - He founded the Indian
National Association (INA) which was
intended to be the centre of an all - India political
movement.
- December 28-30, 1883 - The first
session of the National Conference, sponsored by INA, was
held in Calcutta, which was attended by more than a hundred
delegates from different parts of India.
- December 28, 1885 - the first session
of the Indian National Congress was held in Bombay, Banerjea
could not attend due to certain pre-occupations..
- 1886 - INA was merged into Indian
National Congress; He was elected the Congress
President in Poona.
- 1879 - He founded the
newspaper, The Bengalee.
- 1902 - He was elected the
Congress President in Ahmedabad.
- 1905 - He was in the forefront of the
movement against partition of Bengal in 1905.
- 1912 - His persistent efforts and
full-fledged support of all sections of Indian society,
finally compelled the British to reverse the bifurcation of
Bengal in 1912.
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Other Events &
Developments |
- One of the earliest Indian
political leaders during the British
Raj.
- He was strongly opposed
to the racial discrimination
perpetrated by British officials in
India.
- Eruption of protests all across
India were held after the arrest of
Banerjee for publishing remarks in
his paper, in contempt of court.
- He was a strong advocate
of goods manufactured in India
against foreign products.
- He was knighted for his
political support of the British
Empire.
- He published an important work,
‘A Nation in Making’
which was widely acclaimed.
- His philosophy was somewhere
midway between those with extremist
view of political action and the
non-cooperation movement of Mahatma
Gandhi.
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Commemorations |
- Following institutions are
created / named in his honour:
- Barrackpore Rastraguru
Surendranath College, Raiganj
- Surendranath Mahavidyalaya,
Surendranath College,
Surendranath College for Women,
Surendranath Evening College,
and Surendranath Law College.
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