Brahman family in Calcutta: educated at the Hindu College: in 1829, became a teacher in the Hare School, Calcutta: came under the influence of Derozio and Dr. Duff, and was converted to Christianity in 1833: became a teacher in the C.M.S. School in Calcutta, and in 1837 was ordained a clergyman in the Church of England: from 1852 to 1868, was a Professor in Bishop's College, Calcutta: Fellow, 1858, of the Calcutta University: Doctor of Law, 1876: Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Calcutta: Examiner in Sanskirt, Hindi, Tamil, and Uriya: M.R.A.S.B., also of the British Indian Association, Calcutta Corporation, and Board of Examiners: was made a C.I.E.: was in his later years regarded by Government as a Head and Leader of the Indian Community: wrote many books and pamphlets, chief among which are Dialogues on. Hindu Philosophy and Aryan Witness: he knew eleven languages well: his name will pass to posterity as a great scholar and linguist: died May 11, 1885.
BANERJI, SIR GURU DAS (1844–)
Born near Calcutta, Jan. 26, 1844: educated at the Hare School, Presidency College and Calcutta University: B.A. (1863), M.A. (1864) in Mathematics, gold medal: B.L. (1865): Law Lecturer at the Berhampur College: began to practise in the High Court in 1872: Doctor of Law in 1876: Tagore Law Professor, 1878: lectured on "Hindu Law of Marriage and Stridhan": Fellow of the Calcutta University, 1879: member of the Bengal Legislative Council, 1887: acted as Judge of the High Court, 1888, confirmed in Jan. 1889: Vice-chancellor of the Calcutta University, 1890–3: member, 1902, of the Indian Universities' Commission: retired in Jan., 1904: knighted the same year: wrote A Few Thoughts on Education.
BANERJI, HEM CHANDRA (1838–1902)
Educated in his village and at the Hindu College, Calcutta: Scholar: entered Government service in the Military Auditor General's office: B.A.: munsif at Howrah and Serampur: practised as a High Coiurt Vakil from 1862, and became Senior Government Pleader: as a Bengali poet he had perhaps no rival in modern Bengal: died 1902.
BANERJI, KALI CHURN ( ? -)
Educated at the Calcutta University: M.A.: B.L.: a leading pleader in the Calcutta High Court: member of the Bengal Legislative Council: Registrar of the Calcutta University: President Y.M.C.A., Calcutta: a Brahman convert to Christianity: has taken a prominent part in all social, religious and educational movements of the day.
BANERJI, SURENDRANATH (1848–)
Second son of Durga Charan Banerji, medical practitioner, Calcutta: born Nov., 1848: educated at the Doveton College, Calcutta: B.A,, 1868: passed in England the competitive examination for the Indian Civil Service, 1869: went out to Bengal, 1871: Assistant Magistrate at Sylhet: ceased to be a member of the Civil Service in March, 1874: became a Professor of English Literature in the Metropolitan Institution, 1876: joined the Free Church Institution and Duff College, 1881: founded the Ripon College, 1882: proprietor of the weekly Bengalee in 1878: imprisoned for one month in the civil side of the Presidency Jail, 1883, for contempt of court: established the Indian Association, 1876: represented the Calcutta Corporation in the Bengal Legislative Council, 1893: President of the nth meeting of the Indian National Congress at Poona, 1895, of the 18th at Ahmadabad, 1902: elected a Fellow of the Calcutta University by the Graduates, 1904.
BANKS, JOHN SHERBROOKE (1811–1857)
Major: joined the Indian Army in 1829: was employed on civil duties for a time, but in 1842 served in Pollock's Kabul force: was in the Military Secretariat: accompanied Lord Dalhousie to Burma, and was on his personal Staff: joined the Oudh Commission and became Commissioner of Lucknow: was in the Residency during the siege, and succeeded Sir Henry Lawrence as Chief Commissioner from the latter's death until his own on July 21, 1857.
BARBOUR, SIR DAVID MILLER (1841–)
I.C.S.: born 1841: educated at Queen's College, Belfast: went to India, 1863: served in Lower Bengal,
