A Nation in Making. Being the Reminiscenes of Fifty Years of Public Life

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A Nation in Making. Being the Reminiscenes of Fifty Years of Public Life

1925

The present spirit of opposition and intolerance observable among some of our people was unknown ; and reverence for the head and the elders of the family was the resounding note of the Hindu household. [...] Those who were dissatisfied with the old faith and felt the stirrings of the new spirit created' by the eloquence of the great Brahmo leader found comfort and consolation in the teachings of the new religion. [...] But a few weeks after the declaration of the result of the examination an advertisement 4supposed to be the work of an Indian) appeared in the newspapers to the effect that if the fifty-first candidate (he was She first among the unsuccessful candidates) would comunicate with a person whose address was given he would hear something to his advantage. [...] Mellish had no difficulty in obtaining a favourable hearing and the following résumé of the proceedings in Court will explain the attitude of the judges in regard to the merits of the case : Mr. [...] But they excelled in those high qualities which should distinguish all pioneers ; and when as in their careers it sometimes happened there was a conflict between the claims of the Service and those of the nation they preferred the latter and exalted the interests of the motherland above the sectional cocerns of the class to which they belonged.
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Pages
435
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United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.144308
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Frontmatter
i-xv Surendranath Banerjea view
Chapter I My Boyhood and Early Days
1-9 Surendranath Banerjea view
Chapter II My First Visit to England
10-21 Surendranath Banerjea view
Chapter III My Home-Coming and Official Career 1871-1874
22-30 Surendranath Banerjea view
Chapter IV 1875-1882
31-39 Surendranath Banerjea view
Chapter V The Indian Association
40-55 Surendranath Banerjea view
Chapter VI Reactionary Government and Its Consequences
56-67 Surendranath Banerjea view
Chapter VII Journalism
68-73 Surendranath Banerjea view
Chapter VIII The Contempt Case: Imprisonment
74-84 Surendranath Banerjea view
Chapter IX Political Activities 1883-1885
85-97 Surendranath Banerjea view
Chapter X The Indian National Congress
98-110 Surendranath Banerjea view
Chapter XI The Congress Deputation to England
111-122 Surendranath Banerjea view
Chapter XII My Legislative Council Work
123-134 Surendranath Banerjea view
Chapter XIII The Indian National Congress 1894-1896
135-149 Surendranath Banerjea view
Chapter XIV Two Clouded Years
150-158 Surendranath Banerjea view
Chapter XV The Struggle for Recognition
159-169 Surendranath Banerjea view
Chapter XVI 1900-1901
170-176 Surendranath Banerjea view
Chapter XVII The Universities Act
177-183 Surendranath Banerjea view
Chapter XVIII The Partition of Bengal
184-189 Surendranath Banerjea view
Chapter XIX The Boycott and 'Swadeshi' Movements
190-199 Surendranath Banerjea view
Chapter XX Swadeshism and 'Bande-Mataram'
200-206 Surendranath Banerjea view
Chapter XXI By-Issues of the 'Swadeshi' Movement
207-211 Surendranath Banerjea view
Chapter XXII The Settled Fact
212-219 Surendranath Banerjea view
Chapter XXIII Barisal
220-227 Surendranath Banerjea view
Chapter XXIV After the Barisal Conference
228-236 Surendranath Banerjea view
Chapter XXV Passive Resistance
237-247 Surendranath Banerjea view
Chapter XXVI The Revolutionary Movement in Bengal
248-256 Surendranath Banerjea view
Chapter XXVII My Visit to England in 1909
257-282 Surendranath Banerjea view
Chapter XXVIII The Anti-Partition Movement
283-291 Surendranath Banerjea view
Chapter XXIX Work in the Imperial Council
292-302 Surendranath Banerjea view
Chapter XXX The Reforms and the Growth of Extremism
303-320 Surendranath Banerjea view
Chapter XXXI Deputation of the Moderate Party to England 1919
321-332 Surendranath Banerjea view
Chapter XXXII My Return to India and Ministerial Appointment
333-343 Surendranath Banerjea view
Chapter XXXIII My Work as Minister
344-358 Surendranath Banerjea view
Chapter XXXIV Municipal Legislation
359-367 Surendranath Banerjea view
Chapter XXXV My Work as Minister
368-379 Surendranath Banerjea view
Chapter XXXVI Diarchy
380-391 Surendranath Banerjea view
Chapter XXXVII Conclusion
392-404 Surendranath Banerjea view
Appendices
405-410 Surendranath Banerjea view
Index
411-420 Surendranath Banerjea view

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