caption death_date death_place religion birth_place image_size nationality ethnicity birth_date image article_title name occupation
surendranath banerjee 6 august 1925 barrackpore barrakpore , west bengal , india -rrb- , bengal presidency , british india -lrb- now hinduism calcutta , west bengal , india -rrb- , bengal presidency , british india -lrb- nowkolkata 200 indian bengali hindu 10 november 1848 b 0110a.jpg surendranath banerjee
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surendranath banerjee

sir surendranath banerjee -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- 10 november 1848 -- 6 august 1925 -rrb- was one of the earliest indian political leaders during the british raj .
he founded the indian national association , one of the earliest indian political organizations , and later became a senior leader of the indian national congress .
he was also known by the sobriquet , rashtragur surendranath banerjee was born in kolkata -lrb- calcutta -rrb- , in the province of bengal to a bengali brahmin family .
he was deeply influenced in liberal , progressive thinking by his father durga charan banerjee , a doctor .
banerjee was educated at the parental academic institution and at the hindu college .
after graduating from the university of calcutta , he traveled to england in 1868 , along with romesh chunder dutt and behari lal gupta , to compete in the indian civil service examinations .
he cleared the competitive examination in 1869 , but was barred owing to a dispute over his exact age .
after clearing the matter in the courts , banerjee cleared the exam again in 1871 and was posted as assistant magistrate in sylhet .
however , banerjee was dismissed soon from his job owing to racial discrimination .
banerjee went to england to protest this decision , but was unsuccessful .
during his stay in england -lrb- 1874 -- 1875 -rrb- , he studied the works of edmund burke and other liberal philosophers .
these works guided him in his protests against the british .
he was known as the indian burke .
