Dismissed from Indian Civil Service — UPSC Prelims PYQ 1999
Which one of the following Indian leaders was dismissed by the British from the Indian Civil Service?
- Satyendranath Tagore
- Surendranath Banerji
- R. C. Dutt
- Subhash Chandra Bose
Explanation
Option (b) is correct
- Surendranath Banerjee was the Congress leader dismissed from the ICS in the early 1870s, an act widely seen as racial discrimination. This pushed him into public life and nationalist politics. By contrast, Satyendranath Tagore was the first Indian to join the ICS, Romesh Chunder Dutt retired, and Subhas Chandra Bose resigned in 1921.
Answer: (b) Surendranath Banerji
