Surendranath Banerjee

(1848-1925)

Indian politician

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Sir Surendranath Banerjee (Bengali: সুরেন্দ্রনাথ বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়) (10 November 1848 – 6 August 1925) was one of the earliest Indian political leaders during the British Raj. He founded the Indian National Association, through which he led two sessions of the Indian National Conference in 1883 and 1885, along with Anandamohan Bose. Banerjee later became a senior leader of the Indian National CongressSurendranath welcomed Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms, unlike Congress, and with many liberal leaders he left Congress and founded a new organisation named Indian National Liberation Federation in 1919. He was one of the founding members of the Indian National Congress.

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Born	10 November 1848 Kolkata, Bengal, British India
Died	6 August 1925 (aged 76) Barrackpore, Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India (now Kolkata, West Bengal, India)
Zodiac	Scorpio
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