Satyendranath Tagore

{{Short description|First Indian ICS officer}}

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{{Use Indian English|date=April 2023}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Satyendranath Tagore
{{no bold|সত্যেন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর}}

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| image = Satyendranath Tagore.png

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| caption = Satyendranath Tagore c.1863

| birth_date = 1 June 1842

| birth_place = Calcutta, Bengal, British India (now Kolkata, India)

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1923|01|09|1842|06|01|df=y}}

| death_place = Calcutta, Bengal, British India

| occupation = Civil servant, poet, composer, writer, social reformer & linguist

| known_for = First Indian to be an ICS officer (present-day equivalent to IAS officer), Indian feminist movement

| nationality = British Indian

| spouse = Jnanadanandini Devi

| predecessor = Debendranath Tagore

| successor = Surendranath Tagore

| children = Surendranath Tagore (son)
Indira Devi Chaudhurani (daughter)

| mother = Sarada Sundari Devi

| father = Debendranath Tagore

| relatives = Dwijendranath, Hemendranath, Jyotirindranath Tagore, Swarnakumari, Rabindranath Tagore (siblings) +9 others

| family = Tagore family

| organization = Brahmo Samaj

| alma_mater = Presidency College, Kolkata{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}

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Satyendranath Tagore (1 June 1842 – 9 January 1923) was an Indian civil servant, poet, composer, writer, social reformer and linguist from Calcutta, Bengal. He was the first Indian who became an Indian Civil Service officer in 1863.{{Cite web|date=2019-02-05|title=Satyendranath Tagore (1842–1923); brother of Rabindranath|url=https://scotstagore.org/satyendranath-tagore-1842-1923-brother-of-rabindranath-by-christine-kupfer/|access-date=2022-01-30|website=The Scottish Centre of Tagore Studies|language=en-GB}}{{Cite web|title=Tagore, Satyendranath |url=https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php/Tagore,_Satyendranath|access-date=2022-01-30|website=Banglapedia}}{{Cite news |title=The Tagore women: A step ahead of their times|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/the-tagore-women-a-step-ahead-of-their-times|access-date=2022-01-30|work=The Daily Star|language=en}} 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 of Jorasanko in Kolkata. His wife was Jnanadanandini Devi.{{Cite web|title=A special write up on Indian Author Satyendranath Tagore|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/patrika/a-special-write-up-on-indian-author-satyendranath-tagore-1.1074112|access-date=2022-01-30|website=www.anandabazar.com|language=bn}} They had one son and one daughter Surendranath Tagore and Indira Devi Chaudhurani respectively. He was a student of Presidency College. He was the first Indian officer of Indian Civil Service (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.{{Cite web|title=The First Indian to Join the I.C.S. (Satyendranath Tagore Biography) - Free Online India|date=4 September 2016 |url=https://www.freeonlineindia.in/first-joini-c-s-satyendranath-tagore/|access-date=2022-01-30|language=en-US}}

Family tree

{{main|Tagore_family#Family_tree}}

See also

References

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