Satyendranath Tagore Biography - Birth date, Achievements, Career, Family, Awards

Satyendra Nath Tagore was born on 01 June 1842 in Calcutta, West Bengal (India). His father's name was Devendranath Tagore and mother's name was Sharda Devi. He was the eldest son of his parents. His younger brother's name was Satyendranath Tagore, who was a world famous poet.

Satyendra Nath Tagore died on 09 January 1923 in Kolkata, West Bengal.

The second son of Debendranath Tagore, elder brother of Rabindranath Tagore, and grandson of Dwarkanath Tagore of the Jorasanko branch of the Tagore family of Calcutta (now Kolkata), he learned Sanskrit and English at home. A student of Hindu school, he was part of the first batch of students appearing for the entrance examinations of the University of Calcutta in 1857. He was first placed in the Division and admitted to the Presidency College. His friend Monomohun Ghosh offered encouragement and support, and both set sail for England in 1862 to prepare for and compete for civil service examinations.

He was elected to the Indian Civil Service in June 1863, Satyendranath. He completed his probationary training and returned to India in November 1864. Monomohan Ghosh did not succeed in the examination for ICS, but was called to the bar. Satyendranath was appointed to the Bombay Presidency, which then covered Maharashtra, Gujarat and the western parts of Sindh. He had his first active posting in Ahmedabad, after an initial posting of four months in Bombay (now Mumbai). He traveled around the country, with postings in several cities. Being away from home for a long time, his family members went to visit him and stayed with him for a long time. Among his regular visitors were his younger brothers Jyotindranath and Rabindranath and his sister Swarnakumari Devi. His posting outside Bengal helped him learn many Indian languages. He translated Bal Gangadhar Tilak's Geetarasya and Tukaram's unbroken poems into Bengali. In 1882, Satyendranath was a District Judge in Karwar, Karnataka. He served in the ICS for nearly thirty years and retired in 1897 as a judge of Satara in Maharashtra.

The Tagore family were strong Indian patriots. He was one of the people associated with the Hindu fair, whose purpose was to awaken the spirit of patriotism in the lives of ordinary Indians. Upon retirement, he lived for some time at Park Street and then Balliganj in Calcutta. His home was a meeting place for his friends and relatives. Those coming from outside the family regularly included Taraknath Palit, Monomohun Ghosh, Satyendraprasanna Sinha, Umesh Banerjee, Krishna Govinda Gupta, and Bihari Lal Gupta, who were quite popular in Kolkata society. Some of the books written by him are Sushila O Birsingha (Drama, 1867), Bombay Chitra (1888), Nabaratnamala, Strisavadhinata, Budhdharma (1901), Amar Balyakatha o Bombay Prabhas (1915), Bharatvarsh Ingrej (1908), Raja Rammohan Roy.