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Date transcribed2011-01-01
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Banerji    
First Name(s)  Surendranath    
Year of Birth  1848    
Entry  Second son of Durga Charan Banerji, medical practitioner, Calcutta : born Nov., 1848 : educated at the Doveton College, Calcutta : B.A., 1868 : passed in England the competitive examination for the Indian Civil Service, 1869 : went out to Bengal, 1871 : Assistant Magistrate at Sylhet : ceased to be a member of the Civil Service in March, 1874 : became a Professor of English Literature in the Metropolitan Institution, 1876 : joined the Free Church Institution and Duff College, 1881 : founded the Ripon College, 1882 : proprietor of the weekly Bengalee in 1878 : imprisoned for one month in the civil side of the Presidency Jail, 1883, for contempt of court : established the Indian Association, 1876 : represented the Calcutta Corporation in the Bengal Legislative Council, 1893 : President of the 11th meeting of the Indian National Congress at Poona, 1895, of the 18th at Ahmadabad, 1902 : elected a Fellow of the Calcutta University by the Graduates, 1904.     
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