Satyendranath Tagore (1 June 1842 – 9 January 1923) was an Indian civil servant, poet, composer, writer, social reformer and linguist from
Calcutta
Kolkata, also known as Calcutta (List of renamed places in India#West Bengal, its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern ba ...
,
Bengal
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. He was the first Indian who became an
Indian Civil Service
The Indian Civil Service (ICS), officially known as the Imperial Civil Service, was the higher civil service of the British Empire in India during British Raj, British rule in the period between 1858 and 1947.
Its members ruled over more than 3 ...
officer in 1863.
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
Kolkata, also known as Calcutta ( its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary ...
. His wife was
Jnanadanandini Devi.
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
The Indian Civil Service (ICS), officially known as the Imperial Civil Service, was the higher civil service of the British Empire in India during British Raj, British rule in the period between 1858 and 1947.
Its members ruled over more than 3 ...
(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.
Family tree
See also
*
Tagore family
*
*
List of Kolkata Presidencians
*
Hindu Mela
*
List of Bengali-language authors (alphabetical)
References
External links
Satyendranath Tagore at Bengali wikisource*https://indianmasterminds.com/features/tales-from-the-legends/satyendranath-tagore-the-first-indian-civil-servant/
*https://www.thebrahmosamaj.net/samajes/adibrahmosamaj.html
*https://iasbabuji.com/ias-ips-officers/satyendranath-tagore/
*https://granthagara.com/writer/1854-satyendranath-tagore/
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1842 births
1923 deaths
Bengali Hindus
Indian writers
Linguists from British India
Writers from Kolkata
Indian civil servants
Indian Civil Service (British India) officers
Indian composers
Musicians from British India
Indian social reformers
19th-century Bengali poets
20th-century Bengali poets