GK
INDIAN HISTORY
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Question
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Satyendranath Tagore
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R. C. Dutt
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Behari Lal Gupta
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Surendranath Banerjee
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Detailed explanation-1: -Satyendranath Tagore, the elder brother of Rabindranath Tagore, became the first Indian to qualify for the Indian Civil Service in 1863.
Detailed explanation-2: -During the British raj, Warren Hastings laid the foundation of civil service and Charles Cornwallis reformed, modernised, and rationalised it. Hence, Charles Cornwallis is known as ‘the Father of civil service in India’.
Detailed explanation-3: -Which one of the following Indian leaders was dismissed by the British from the Indian Civil Service? Notes: Surendranath Banerji cleared the competitive examination in 1869, but was barred owing to a dispute over his exact age.
Detailed explanation-4: -Satyendra Nath Tagore was the first Indian to join the Indian Civil Service. he was posted to the Bombay ICS, where he served his entire career from 1864 to 1897.