At a very young age, Surendranath Banerjee cleared the British-instituted #IndianCivilService examinations but was dismissed due to racial discrimination. He whipped up a strong protest against this.
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In 1868, after graduating from the University of Calcutta, he travelled to England along with Romesh Chunder Dutt and Behari Lal Gupta to appear for the ICS exams. Though he passed the exam in 1869, he was dismissed because of a dispute over his proper age.
After this matter was sorted out in a court of law, Banerjee reappeared for the exam and again cleared it in 1871. He was appointed as the assistant magistrate in Sylhet but was chucked out due to racial discrimination.
Upon returning to India, Surendranath instead started working as an English professor, and in the time to come, he launched 'The Bengal' newspaper and the #IndianNationalAssociation in 1876.
He employed these forums to address political and social issues like the age limit for Indian students appearing for ICS. He rebuked the #racialdiscrimination practised by British officers through public speeches all over the country, which made him very popular.
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