Ambica Charan Mazumdar (1850 – 19 March 1922) was an Indian Bengali politician who served as the president of the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British ...

Early life and education

Born in Sandiya, a village in

Bengal Presidency The Bengal Presidency, officially the Presidency of Fort William and later Bengal Province, was a subdivision of the British Empire in India. At the height of its territorial jurisdiction, it covered large parts of what is now South Asia and ...

Faridpur district Faridpur District ( bn, ফরিদপুর জেলা) is a district in south-central Bangladesh. It is a part of the Dhaka Division. It is bounded by the Padma River to its northeast. The district was named after Farīd-ud-Dīn Masʿūd, ...

(in present-day

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

), Mazumdar graduated from the

Scottish Church College Scottish Church College is a college affiliated by Calcutta University, India. It offers selective co-educational undergraduate and postgraduate studies and is the oldest continuously running Christian liberal arts and sciences college in A ...

as a graduating student of the

University of Calcutta The University of Calcutta (informally known as Calcutta University; CU) is a public collegiate state university in India, located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Considered one of best state research university all over India every year, C ...

.Basu, Pradip. ''The Question of Colonial Modernity and Scottish Church College'' in ''175th Year Commemoration Volume'', Scottish Church College, April 2008, page 43.

Career

He presided over the 1899 Bengal Provincial Conference at

Burdwan Bardhaman (, ) is a city and a municipality in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of Purba Bardhaman district, having become a district capital during the period of British rule. Burdwan, an alternative name for the city, ...

as well as the 1910 Conference in

Calcutta 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, commerc ...

. He had served as the president of the 31st session of the

in 1916 where the famous

Lucknow Pact The Lucknow Pact was an agreement reached between the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League (AIML) at a joint session of both the parties held in Lucknow in December 1916. Through the pact, the two parties agreed to allow representation t ...

was signed between the Congress and the Muslim league and also moderates and extremists of the Congress party came together once again.

Works

*''Indian National Evolution''

References

External links

Politicians from Kolkata Bengali Hindus Presidents of the Indian National Congress 1850 births 1922 deaths Scottish Church College alumni University of Calcutta alumni Indian National Congress politicians from West Bengal 19th-century Indian politicians 20th-century Indian politicians {{WestBengal-INC-politician-stub