Krishna Mohan Banerjee

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1813 – 1885

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Who was Krishna Mohan Banerjee?

Krishna Mohan Banerjee was one of the 19th-century Indian thinkers who attempted to rethink Hindu philosophy, religion and ethics in response to the stimulus of Christian ideas. He himself became a Christian, and was the first president of the Bengal Christian Association, which was administered and financed by Indians. He was a prominent member of Henry Louis Vivian Derozio’s Young Bengal group, educationist, linguist and Christian missionary.

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Born
May 24, 1813
Kolkata
Education
  • Presidency College, Kolkata
Lived in
  • Kolkata
Died
May 11, 1885
Kolkata

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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