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Discuss the political goals of Surendranath Banerjee.
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Solution
Surendranath Banerjee founded the Indian Association in 1876. He was a great intellectual and the first Indian who passed the Indian Civil Services competitive examination. Due to British discrimination he was rejected on a very flimsy ground. This was a shock to him but at the same time it filled in him the spirit of nationalism. He decided to educate the Indians about the discriminatory attitude of the English towards the Indians. His political goal encouraged him to start an English daily newspaper under the name, ‘The Bengali’. He was a man of talents. He was a first class journalist, a narrator and educationist. All these qualities helped him to achieve his goal of spreading nationalism among people. He forcefully protested the repressive measures of the British Government. He opposed the Vernacular Press Act, the Arms Act And the treatment of the English towards the Indian workers in tea and indigo plantations. He achieved some success towards his political goal.
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