PSC Question Bank- Surendranath Banerjee was born in 1848 in Kolkata, West Bengal.
- He cleared the Indian Civil Service exam, but wasn't allowed to work due to racial discrimination.
- Surendranath Banerjee founded the Indian National Association along with Anandamohan Bose in 1876 to bring Hindus and Muslims together for political action.
- Surendranath also founded Indian National Liberation Federation.
- Merged the INA with the Indian National Congress in 1886 because of their common goals.
- In 1879, he founded the newspaper, The Bengalee.
- Surendranath Bannerjee was the first Indian person to be arrested for journalism.
- Founded the Ripon College (Now called Surendranath College) in Kolkata in 1882.
- He was also known by the sobriquet Rashtraguru.
- He was elected as the INC President in 1895 at Poona and in 1902 at Ahmedabad.
- A Nation in Making- is the book by Surendranath Banerjee.
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His work had a very great impact on the lives of many people and was able to give hope and faith in the best to those who have almost completely lost it.