Satyendranath Tagore (1 June 1842 – 9 January 1923) was an Indian
Bengali civil servant, poet, composer, writer, social reformer and linguist from
Kolkata
Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...
,
West Bengal
West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fou ...
. He was the first Indian who became an
Indian Civil Service
The Indian Civil Service (ICS), officially known as the Imperial Civil Service, was the higher civil service of the British Empire in India during British rule in the period between 1858 and 1947.
Its members ruled over more than 300 million p ...
officer in 1863
He was a member of
Bramho Samaj.
Biography
He was born to
Maharshi Debendranath Tagore and Sarada Devi on 1 June 1842 at
Tagore family
The Tagore family (also spelled as ''Thakur''), with over three hundred years of history,Deb, Chitra, pp 64–65. has been one of the leading families of Calcutta, India, and is regarded as one of the key influencers during the Bengali Renaissa ...
of Jorasanko in
Kolkata
Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...
. His wife was
Jnanadanandini Devi.
They had one son and one daughter
Surendranath Tagore
Surendranath Tagore (1872–1940) was a Bengali author, literary scholar, and translator. He is particularly noted for translating a number of works of Rabindranath Tagore to English.
Early life and background
A member of the Tagore family of ...
and
Indira Devi Chaudhurani respectively.
He was a student of
Presidency College. He was the first Indian officer of
Indian Civil Service
The Indian Civil Service (ICS), officially known as the Imperial Civil Service, was the higher civil service of the British Empire in India during British rule in the period between 1858 and 1947.
Its members ruled over more than 300 million p ...
(ICS). He joined the service in 1864.
Literary works
* Sushila O Birsingha
* Bombai Chitra
* Nabaratnamala
* Striswadhinata
*Bouddhadharma
*Amar Balyakotha O Bombai Prabas
*Bharatbarsiyo Ingrej
*Raja Rammohan Roy
*Birsingha
*Amar Balyakotha
*Atmakotha
*Shrimadbhagvatgita
He wrote many songs. His patriotic Bengali language song "Mile Sabe Bharat Santan, Ektan Gago Gaan" (unite, India's children, sing in unison), which was hailed as the first national anthem of India.
Death
He died on 9 January 1923 in Kolkata.
See also
*
Tagore family
The Tagore family (also spelled as ''Thakur''), with over three hundred years of history,Deb, Chitra, pp 64–65. has been one of the leading families of Calcutta, India, and is regarded as one of the key influencers during the Bengali Renaissa ...
*
List of Indian members of the Indian Civil Service
*
List of Kolkata Presidencians
The following is a list of notable people associated with the old Presidency College, Calcutta.
Most Notable
*Swami Vivekananda, the great Nationalist Indian Hindu monk, a chief disciple of the 19th-century Indian teacher Ramakrishna, key figure ...
*
Hindu Mela Hindu ''Mela'' was a political and cultural festival started in 1867 in Calcutta. Its primary objective was to instill a sense of national pride among the city-dwellers to indigenous handmade products rather than imported British-made products. It i ...
*
List of Bengali-language authors (alphabetical)
References
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External links
Satyendranath Tagore at Bengali wikisource*https://indianmasterminds.com/features/tales-from-the-legends/satyendranath-tagore-the-first-indian-civil-servant/
*https://www.thebrahmosamaj.net/samajes/adibrahmosamaj.html
*https://iasbabuji.com/ias-ips-officers/satyendranath-tagore/
*https://granthagara.com/writer/1854-satyendranath-tagore/
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1842 births
1923 deaths
Bengali writers
Bengali Hindus
Indian writers
Linguists
People from Kolkata
Indian civil servants
Indian Civil Service (British India) officers
Indian composers
Indian social reformers
Social workers from West Bengal
Writers from West Bengal
19th-century Bengalis
20th-century Bengalis