Who was dismissed from Indian Civil Services?
Who was dismissed from Indian Civil Services?
The correct option is D Surendranath Banerjee
Surendranath
Banerjee was born in Calcutta (Kolkata), in the province of Bengal to a Bengali
Brahmins 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.Banerjee was soon dismissed for making a serious judicial error. He
went to England to appeal his discharge, but was unsuccessful because, he felt,
of racial discrimination.
Surendranath Banerjee was born in Calcutta (Kolkata), in the province of Bengal to a Bengali Brahmins 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.Banerjee was soon dismissed for making a serious judicial error. He went to England to appeal his discharge, but was unsuccessful because, he felt, of racial discrimination.
