Gooroodas Banerjee | |
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 Bust of Gooroodas Banerjee at the University of Calcutta | |
| Born | 26 January 1844 |
| Died | 2 December 1918 (aged 74) Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation(s) | Jurist, scholar, professor |
Sir Gooroodas Banerjee (also Gurudas Bandyopadhyay,[1][2] 26 January 1844 – 2 December 1918) was an Indian judge of the Calcutta High Court.[3] In 1890, he also became the first Indian Vice-Chancellor of University of Calcutta.[4][5]
- ^ Bengal's Renaissance - Page 41 Sitansu Sekhar Mittra - 2001 "In his convocation address given on 24th January, 1891 to the graduates from the University of Calcutta Gurudas Bandyopadhyay, the first Indian Vice Chancellor of an Indian university, insisted on making Bengali the medium of instruction in ..."
- ^ Review Indian Economic & Social History 3 Jul 2010 – "Encyclopaedia Indica... Jagdish Sharan Sharmah..... For example, Gurudas Banerjee, the lucky stiff, gets three entries. First, on page 110 of volume 1, he is 'Banerjee, Gooroodas (1844-1918). ' In the very next entry on the very same page he is 'Banerjee, Sir Gurudas. (1844-1918).' Then on page 121, after meandering around through 'Banda Nawaz Chisti, Shrine of,' 'Banaras Hindu University,' 'Bamaur,' 'Banaji, ......"
- ^ Sushil Chaudhury (13 September 2016). Trade, Politics and Society: The Indian Milieu in the Early Modern Era. ISBN 9781351997270. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ^ Rediff Q&A Answer for: The first Indian to become Vice Chancellor of a university? Archived 24 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine
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