Satyendranath Tagore

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Date of birth: 
01 Jun 1842
City of birth: 
Calcutta
Country of birth: 
India
Current name city of birth: 
Kolkata
Current name country of birth: 
India
Date of death: 
09 Jan 1923
Location of death: 
Calcutta, India
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About: 

First Indian to enter the Indian Civil Service (ICS) through the competitive exams in London. Elder brother of Rabindranath Tagore (second son of Debendranath Tagore). Posted to the Bombay ICS, where he served his entire career from 1864 to 1897. His wife is said to have introduced/adapted the use of wearing a blouse with a sari for Bengali women.

Connections: 

Mary Carpenter, Michael Madhusudan Dutt (lived together in London for a short while), Manomohun Ghose (barrister), Rabindranath Tagore.

Network: 
Rabindranath Tagore
Organizations: 
Brahmo Samaj
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Published works: 

The Autobiography of Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, trans. by Satyendranath Tagore and Indira Devi (Calcutta: S. K. Lahiri, 1909)

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Archive source: 

Rabindra Bhavan, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan