biography
| name: |
Banerjea, Sir Surendranath
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pronunciation:
[banerjee]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1848–1925)
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| biography:
| Indian politician and journalist, born in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), E India. A fervent nationalist, he founded the Calcutta Indian Association in 1876 and was editor of The Bengali newspaper (1879–1921). He was one of the initiators of the Indian National Congress, but subsequently broke with Congress because of its extremism. |
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