Adding up to Bengalis masculinity.
When Cornwallis introduced the civil services in India, Indians would only get chance of holding office after charter act of 1833. But was implemented after 1853. Satyendra Nath Tagore cracked the exam in 1863 becoming the first Indian.
When Cornwallis introduced the civil services in India, Indians would only get chance of holding office after charter act of 1833. But was implemented after 1853. Satyendra Nath Tagore cracked the exam in 1863 becoming the first Indian.
To crack ICS, where European classics had predominant share of marks. The max age was 23 and min age was 19. Within few yrs Romesh Dutt, Behari Lal Gupta and Surendranath Banerjee ,Ananda Ram Baruah(Assamese), Krishna Gupta, Brajendranath De cracked ICS.
Seeing this the British reduced the max permissible age from 21 to 19. From 1855- 1899, 9/14 passouts from ICS held in London were Bengalis.
Syed Ahmed Khan ranted before the Islamic crowd in Lucknow how Bengalis are capturing the Administration in British India.
Syed Ahmed Khan ranted before the Islamic crowd in Lucknow how Bengalis are capturing the Administration in British India.
Lord Dufferins Aitchison committee recommendations of 1886 to hold examination simultaneously in India and London and raising the age limit due to Indian congress pressure was finally implemented in 1922 after montford reforms of 1919.
From 1900 till 1947 10/40 Qualified people were Bengalis. Starting from Sarat Kumar Ghosh and Gurusaday Dutt to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose who would resign later. Ananda Sankar Ray, Biren Chakraborty and Subimal Dutt ranked consecutively in ICS from 1927-28.
Ending with NK Mukherjee in 1941. Post independence Bengalis were same dominant in Civil services until communists came to power in Bengal.
Bengalis also fought in WW1. The 49th Bengali regiment was totally composed of ethnic Bengalis. Inspite of British categorising Bengalis as non martial race, it dropped the theory then. From Karachi the regiment was dispatched to Mesopotamia. 56 soldier laid down their lives.
As many as 235 Bengali soldiers were engaged in Baghdad to supress the Kurdish rebellion, 1919. 26 Bengalis volunteered to fight for France in 17th company of France's 11th colonial infantry regiment. Indra lal Roy became the only fighter ace of India. 1916, Bengal Ambulance
Corps comprised of Bengalis was sent to Mesopotamia. Jogendra Nath Sen, only non white of 15th west Yorkshire regiment was more learned and capable than his peers.
Karun Krishna Majumder fought in WW2 bombed the shit out of Japanese solo on his Lysander aircraft. He was among the 12 outstanding airmen according to life magazine. Ajitendu Chakrabarti who fought in WW2 and first Indian to rank of Commodore in Royal navy.
& post independencebecame the Rear admiral and FOCIF. Adhar Kumar Chatterji also became Chief of the Naval staff and 1st Admiral of Indian Navy. JN Chaudhuri became COAS and led the Op Polo, crushed the Razakars, 1965 Indo pak war and founding father of BSF.
Subroto Mukerjee was the one of the 5 Indians of RAF 1931 BATCH. He fought in WW2, was vice air Marshall in 1947 Indo pak war, and India's first chief of Air staff. Bengalis shaping India's armed forces.
1877, Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikari kicked the football back to Britishers and led a mass revolution in Indian sports. In 1892, the all Bengali all Indian team of Nagendra defeated the East Surrey regiment 2-1 becoming the first Indian team to do so. This started the IFA.
July 29 1911, The Mohunbagan FC triumphed over the British Raj. 11 bare footed Bengalis(Indians) defeated the East Yorkshire in 2-1 goal. This would give rise to football and pent up nationalist sentiment of Indian independence movement.
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