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	==Legacy==		==Legacy==
	A road in Chinsura, Hooghly is named after him.<ref name="mapofchinsura">[https://www.google.com/maps/place/B.Dey+Rd,+Hooghly,+West+Bengal+712101/@22.9025053,88.3949378,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x39f893f96abb29e3:0x854c02d1d9d97a7d!8m2!3d22.9025053!4d88.3971265 Map of Chinsura, Hooghly, Bengal]</ref>		A road in Chinsura, the headquarter of Hooghly dictrict, and a town hall in Malda, the headquarter of Malda district, which are both in Bengal, are named after him.<ref name="mapofchinsura">[https://www.google.com/maps/place/B.Dey+Rd,+Hooghly,+West+Bengal+712101/@22.9025053,88.3949378,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x39f893f96abb29e3:0x854c02d1d9d97a7d!8m2!3d22.9025053!4d88.3971265 Map of Chinsura, Hooghly, Bengal]</ref>

	At the time of his centenary celebration in 1952, his second son, [[Basanta Kumar De\|Basanta Kumar Dey]], [[esq.]], a senior officer of the [[Bengal Nagpur Railway\|BNR]]<ref name="liveslessforgotten">[http://rajsaday.com/?p=1950 Lives Less Forgotten: Basanta Kumar De]</ref> took the initiative to publish in three articles sections of his reminiscences in the ''[[Calcutta Review]]''. This work was entrusted to [[Tapan Raychaudhuri]], then of the Department of Islamic History and Culture of the University of Calcutta.<ref name="feministpostcolonialisttheory">[https://books.google.com/books?id=ccFuGe-hBt0C&pg=PA456&lpg=PA456&dq=Brajendranath+De+-+Presidency+College&source=bl&ots=K2kq_JjbhL&sig=V-I5vHvmGjlu79Vk2GPSfn-c9QY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiD0cvf8u7ZAhVMo48KHYq3CRU4ChDoAQgyMAM#v=onepage&q=Brajendranath%20De%20-%20Presidency%20College&f=false Mrinalini Sinha, "Reconfiguring Hiararchies: The Ilbert Bill Controversy, 1883-84", in Reina Lewis and Sarah Mills, ''Feminist Post-Colonialist Theory: A Reader'', New York and London, Routledge, 2003, p. 456]</ref>		At the time of his centenary celebration in 1952, his second son, [[Basanta Kumar De\|Basanta Kumar Dey]], [[esq.]], a senior officer of the [[Bengal Nagpur Railway\|BNR]]<ref name="liveslessforgotten">[http://rajsaday.com/?p=1950 Lives Less Forgotten: Basanta Kumar De]</ref> took the initiative to publish in three articles sections of his reminiscences in the ''[[Calcutta Review]]''. This work was entrusted to [[Tapan Raychaudhuri]], then of the Department of Islamic History and Culture of the University of Calcutta.<ref name="feministpostcolonialisttheory">[https://books.google.com/books?id=ccFuGe-hBt0C&pg=PA456&lpg=PA456&dq=Brajendranath+De+-+Presidency+College&source=bl&ots=K2kq_JjbhL&sig=V-I5vHvmGjlu79Vk2GPSfn-c9QY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiD0cvf8u7ZAhVMo48KHYq3CRU4ChDoAQgyMAM#v=onepage&q=Brajendranath%20De%20-%20Presidency%20College&f=false Mrinalini Sinha, "Reconfiguring Hiararchies: The Ilbert Bill Controversy, 1883-84", in Reina Lewis and Sarah Mills, ''Feminist Post-Colonialist Theory: A Reader'', New York and London, Routledge, 2003, p. 456]</ref>

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Early life and education

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	Dey, who was born in a Bengali (বাঙালি) Hindu (হিন্দু) Uttar Rarhi Kayastha (উত্তর রার্হি কায়স্থ)-Brahmo (ব্রাহ্ম) family, was the son of Durgadas Dey (দুর্গাদাস দে (দেব সরকার)), a Junior Scholar of Hindu College (later Presidency College) Calcutta (1847-1849) and a registrar in Lucknow, and Trailokyamohini Debi (ত্রৈলোক্যমোহিনী দেবী) (nee Basu). His paternal family, which was settled in Bhowanipur in Calcutta from the 18th century, were originally members of the Vaishnavite sect but, influenced by the Bengal Renaissance, joined the Brahmo movement from the middle of the 19th century. His maternal family, popularly called the ''garhkata Basu paribar'' of Anarpur in Barasat, was settled in Maniktala in Calcutta, where he was born. He was born in his maternal grandparents' home at 123, Maniktala Street, Calcutta.<ref name='reminiscences'>Maniktala, a neighbourhood in North Calcutta is named after either Raja Manikram Bose or Manik Pir, both of whom lived there in the 18th and the 19th centuries. Since Manikram or Manikchand Bose, the caretaker of Alinagar (i.e. Calcutta) during Alivardi Khan's reign and an agent of the Nawabs of Oudh, lived in the 18th century and Manik Pir lived in the early 19th century, and a map of Calcutta of 1784 shows the existence of Maniktala then, it is surmised that the locality is, indeed, named after Manikam Bose. Manikram Bose was an ancestor of Brajendranath's maternal grandfather, Rajendralal Basu, a managing clerk of a Scottish solicitor's firm in Calcutta and a lawyer, who fought a case for the Nawab of Farukkhabad in the aftermath of India's first war of independence in 1857. For details see Brajendranath De, "Reminiscences of an Indian Member of the Indian Civil Service", Calcutta, 1925-29.</ref>		Dey, who was born in a Bengali (বাঙালি) Hindu (হিন্দু) Uttar Rarhi Kayastha (উত্তর রার্হি কায়স্থ)-Brahmo (ব্রাহ্ম) family, was the son of Durgadas Dey (দুর্গাদাস দে (দেব সরকার)), a Junior Scholar of Hindu College (later Presidency College) Calcutta (1847-1849) and a registrar in Lucknow, and Trailokyamohini Debi (ত্রৈলোক্যমোহিনী দেবী) (nee Basu). His paternal family, which was settled in Bhowanipur in Calcutta from the 18th century, were originally members of the Vaishnavite sect but, influenced by the Bengal Renaissance, joined the Brahmo movement from the middle of the 19th century. His maternal family, popularly called the ''garhkata Basu paribar'' of Anarpur in Barasat, was settled in Maniktala in Calcutta, where he was born. He was born in his maternal grandparents' home at 123, Maniktala Street, Calcutta.<ref name='reminiscences'>Maniktala, a neighbourhood in North Calcutta is named after either Raja Manikram Bose or Manik Pir, both of whom lived there in the 18th and the 19th centuries. Since Manikram or Manikchand Bose, the caretaker of Alinagar (i.e. Calcutta) during Alivardi Khan's reign and an agent of the Nawabs of Oudh, lived in the 18th century and Manik Pir lived in the early 19th century, and a map of Calcutta of 1784 shows the existence of Maniktala then, it is surmised that the locality is, indeed, named after Manikam Bose. Manikram Bose was an ancestor of Brajendranath's maternal grandfather, Rajendralal Basu, a managing clerk of a Scottish solicitor's firm in Calcutta and a lawyer, who fought a case for the Nawab of Farukkhabad in the aftermath of India's first war of independence in 1857. For details see Brajendranath De, "Reminiscences of an Indian Member of the Indian Civil Service", Calcutta, 1925-29.</ref>

	Dey studied at [[Hare School]], [[Calcutta]], and then Canning Collegiate School and [[Lucknow University\|Canning College, Lucknow]], where he was a student of [[Syed Hussain Bilgrami]]. Always ranking at the top of his class in school, he was placed in the first division in all his final examinations. He came first from his school in the Entrance examination of Calcutta University and fourth in the first division in the First Arts (F.A.) examination of [[Calcutta University]]. A student of English (Honours), he ranked sixth in the first division in his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) examination. Since he was a first divisioner, he was allowed to take the Master of Arts (M.A.) examination of the Calcutta University soon after the completion of his B.A. (Honours) examination. He was ranked second in the M.A. examination and was awarded the silver medal of Calcutta University.<ref name="Full Text of 'Tabaqat-i-Akbari'">[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.116007/2015.116007.The-Tabaqat-i-akbari-Of-Khwajah-Nizamuddin-Ahmad-Voliii_djvu.txt Full Text of 'Tabaqat-i-Akbari']</ref>		Dey studied at [[Hare School]], [[Calcutta]], and then Canning Collegiate School and [[Lucknow University\|Canning College, Lucknow]], where he was a student of [[Nawab]] [[Syed Hussain Bilgrami]]. Always ranking at the top of his class in school, he was placed in the first division in all his final examinations. He came first from his school in the Entrance examination of Calcutta University and fourth in the first division in the First Arts (F.A.) examination of [[Calcutta University]]. A student of English (Honours), he ranked sixth in the first division in his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) examination. Since he was a first divisioner, he was allowed to take the Master of Arts (M.A.) examination of the Calcutta University soon after the completion of his B.A. (Honours) examination. He was ranked second in the M.A. examination and was awarded the silver medal of Calcutta University.<ref name="Full Text of 'Tabaqat-i-Akbari'">[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.116007/2015.116007.The-Tabaqat-i-akbari-Of-Khwajah-Nizamuddin-Ahmad-Voliii_djvu.txt Full Text of 'Tabaqat-i-Akbari']</ref>

	Later, he travelled to England for his higher studies, on the advice of his maternal grand-uncle, [[Peary Charan Sarkar]]<ref name="hareschool"> Peary Charan Sarkar was a luminary of the Bengal Renaissance who served as assistant professor of English at Presidency College, Calcutta and then principal of Hare School, Calcutta. The road that runs behind it on which stands the University of Calcutta and Hindu Hostel is named after him. His youngest son, Sailendra Sarkar founded another school in North Calcutta which is now named after him. For details see B.De, "Reminiscences of an Indian Member of the Indian Civil Service", Calcutta, 1925-29.</ref> and his father's mentor, [[Raja]] [[Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee]],<ref name="ICS"> Raja Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee of Shankarpore was a member of the Young Bengal Movement who initially worked in the kutchery of the Rajas of Burdwan. Later, he fell out with his former employers and eloped with Rani Basanta Kumari,a daughter of Dewan Pran Chand Kapoor and the eigth wife of Raja Tej Chandra Ray. He was taken to Lucknow by Lord Canning and awarded the confiscated taluk of Shankarpore and given the rank of assistant commissioner of Lucknow. He was a senior friend of Dey's father, Durgadas, and adviced Dey on how and when to travel to the United Kingdom to take the ICS examination. For details see B.De, "Reminiscences of an Indian Member of the Indian Civil Service", Calcutta, 1925-29.</ref> and for some time assistant commissioner of [[Lucknow]]. In England, he joined University College, London to appear in the Open Competitive Services examination. Having taken the examination successfully, he joined the [[Indian Civil Service]] in 1873, emerging 17th in a batch of 35 successful probationers selected from a total of 360 candidates.<ref>{{cite book \|last=India Office, Great Britain \|date=1905 \|title=The India List and India Office List 1905 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA447 \|publisher=Harrison and Sons \|page=447}}</ref> He was the 8th Indian member of the [[Indian Civil Service\|ICS]].<ref name="womenofindia">{{cite book \|last=Forbes \|first=Geraldine Hancock \|author-link=Geraldine Forbes \|date=1996 \|title=Women in Modern India \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hjilIrVt9hUC&pg=PA28 \|series=The New Cambridge History of India \|volume=IV.2 \|publisher=Cambridge University Press \|pages=28–29 \|isbn=978-0-521-65377-0 \|quote="As one of the first eight Indians appointed to the Indian Civil Service (ICS), Brajendra Nath ... He insisted on educating his daughters and one of them, Saroj Nalini Dutt, led the way in organizing rural women's organizations in the years immediately following World War I."}}</ref> Subsequently, he was called to the [[bar association\|Bar]] by the [[Honourable Society of the Middle Temple]] on 7 June 1875.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150213145353/http://hosted.law.wisc.edu/wordpress/sharafi/files/2010/07/Middle-2.0.pdf University of Wisconsin Law Library]</ref> He was admitted to [[St. Mary's Hall, Oxford]] (later merged with [[Oriel College, Oxford]] in 1902), where he spent one year, from 1874 to 1875, on a [[Boden Sanskrit Scholarship]], having attended the lectures of [[Sir]] [[Monier Monier-Williams]], who was then the [[Boden Sanskrit Professor]], [[Professor]] [[Max Mueller]] and Mr. Goldstucker and Mr. Ruslan.<ref name="oxforduniversitycalender">Oxford University Calendar, 1875, p. 366</ref> He was the first Indian ICS officer to have studied in a college in Oxford.<ref>Renu Paul (in consultation with Mitra Sharafi), 'South Asians at the Inns of Court: Middle Temple, 1863-1944', compilation based on H. A. C. Sturgess, (eds.) Register of Admissions to the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple. From the Fifteenth Century to the Year 1944 (London: published for the Hon. Society of the Middle Temple by Butterworth & Co., 1949), volumes II (1782-1909) and III (1910-44), p. 2.</ref>		Later, he travelled to England for his higher studies, on the advice of his maternal grand-uncle, [[Peary Charan Sarkar]]<ref name="hareschool"> Peary Charan Sarkar was a luminary of the Bengal Renaissance who served as assistant professor of English at Presidency College, Calcutta and then principal of Hare School, Calcutta. The road that runs behind it on which stands the University of Calcutta and Hindu Hostel is named after him. His youngest son, Sailendra Sarkar founded another school in North Calcutta which is now named after him. For details see B.De, "Reminiscences of an Indian Member of the Indian Civil Service", Calcutta, 1925-29.</ref> and his father's mentor, [[Raja]] [[Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee]],<ref name="ICS"> Raja Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee of Shankarpore was a member of the Young Bengal Movement who initially worked in the kutchery of the Rajas of Burdwan. Later, he fell out with his former employers and eloped with Rani Basanta Kumari,a daughter of Dewan Pran Chand Kapoor and the eigth wife of Raja Tej Chandra Ray. He was taken to Lucknow by Lord Canning and awarded the confiscated taluk of Shankarpore and given the rank of assistant commissioner of Lucknow. He was a senior friend of Dey's father, Durgadas, and adviced Dey on how and when to travel to the United Kingdom to take the ICS examination. For details see B.De, "Reminiscences of an Indian Member of the Indian Civil Service", Calcutta, 1925-29.</ref> and for some time assistant commissioner of [[Lucknow]]. In England, he joined University College, London to appear in the Open Competitive Services examination. Having taken the examination successfully, he joined the [[Indian Civil Service]] in 1873, emerging 17th in a batch of 35 successful probationers selected from a total of 360 candidates.<ref>{{cite book \|last=India Office, Great Britain \|date=1905 \|title=The India List and India Office List 1905 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA447 \|publisher=Harrison and Sons \|page=447}}</ref> He was the 8th Indian member of the [[Indian Civil Service\|ICS]].<ref name="womenofindia">{{cite book \|last=Forbes \|first=Geraldine Hancock \|author-link=Geraldine Forbes \|date=1996 \|title=Women in Modern India \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hjilIrVt9hUC&pg=PA28 \|series=The New Cambridge History of India \|volume=IV.2 \|publisher=Cambridge University Press \|pages=28–29 \|isbn=978-0-521-65377-0 \|quote="As one of the first eight Indians appointed to the Indian Civil Service (ICS), Brajendra Nath ... He insisted on educating his daughters and one of them, Saroj Nalini Dutt, led the way in organizing rural women's organizations in the years immediately following World War I."}}</ref> Subsequently, he was called to the [[bar association\|Bar]] by the [[Honourable Society of the Middle Temple]] on 7 June 1875.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150213145353/http://hosted.law.wisc.edu/wordpress/sharafi/files/2010/07/Middle-2.0.pdf University of Wisconsin Law Library]</ref> He was admitted to [[St. Mary's Hall, Oxford]] (later merged with [[Oriel College, Oxford]] in 1902), where he spent one year, from 1874 to 1875, on a [[Boden Sanskrit Scholarship]], having attended the lectures of [[Sir]] [[Monier Monier-Williams]], who was then the [[Boden Sanskrit Professor]], [[Professor]] [[Max Mueller]] and Mr. Goldstucker and Mr. Ruslan.<ref name="oxforduniversitycalender">Oxford University Calendar, 1875, p. 366</ref> He was the first Indian ICS officer to have studied in a college in Oxford.<ref>Renu Paul (in consultation with Mitra Sharafi), 'South Asians at the Inns of Court: Middle Temple, 1863-1944', compilation based on H. A. C. Sturgess, (eds.) Register of Admissions to the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple. From the Fifteenth Century to the Year 1944 (London: published for the Hon. Society of the Middle Temple by Butterworth & Co., 1949), volumes II (1782-1909) and III (1910-44), p. 2.</ref>

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	Dey, who was born in a Bengali (বাঙালি) Hindu (হিন্দু) Uttar Rarhi Kayastha (উত্তর রার্হি কায়স্থ)-Brahmo (ব্রাহ্ম) family, was the son of Durgadas Dey (দুর্গাদাস দে (দেব সরকার)), a Junior Scholar of Hindu College (later Presidency College) Calcutta (1847-1849) and a registrar in Lucknow, and Trailokyamohini Debi (ত্রৈলোক্যমোহিনী দেবী) (nee Basu). His paternal family, which was settled in Bhowanipur in Calcutta from the 18th century, were originally members of the Vaishnavite sect but, influenced by the Bengal Renaissance, joined the Brahmo movement from the middle of the 19th century. His maternal family, popularly called the ''garhkata Basu paribar'' of Anarpur in Barasat, was settled in Maniktala in Calcutta, where he was born. He was born in his maternal grandparents' home at 123, Maniktala Street, Calcutta.<ref name='reminiscences'>Maniktala, a neighbourhood in North Calcutta is named after either Raja Manikram Bose or Manik Pir, both of whom lived there in the 18th and the 19th centuries. Since Manikram or Manikchand Bose, the caretaker of Alinagar (i.e. Calcutta) during Alivardi Khan's reign and an agent of the Nawabs of Oudh, lived in the 18th century and Manik Pir lived in the early 19th century, and a map of Calcutta of 1784 shows the existence of Maniktala then, it is surmised that the locality is, indeed, named after Manikam Bose. Manikram Bose was an ancestor of Brajendranath's maternal grandfather, Rajendralal Basu, a managing clerk of a Scottish solicitor's firm in Calcutta and a lawyer, who fought a case for the Nawab of Farukkhabad in the aftermath of India's first war of independence in 1857. For details see Brajendranath De, "Reminiscences of an Indian Member of the Indian Civil Service", Calcutta, 1925-29.</ref>		Dey, who was born in a Bengali (বাঙালি) Hindu (হিন্দু) Uttar Rarhi Kayastha (উত্তর রার্হি কায়স্থ)-Brahmo (ব্রাহ্ম) family, was the son of Durgadas Dey (দুর্গাদাস দে (দেব সরকার)), a Junior Scholar of Hindu College (later Presidency College) Calcutta (1847-1849) and a registrar in Lucknow, and Trailokyamohini Debi (ত্রৈলোক্যমোহিনী দেবী) (nee Basu). His paternal family, which was settled in Bhowanipur in Calcutta from the 18th century, were originally members of the Vaishnavite sect but, influenced by the Bengal Renaissance, joined the Brahmo movement from the middle of the 19th century. His maternal family, popularly called the ''garhkata Basu paribar'' of Anarpur in Barasat, was settled in Maniktala in Calcutta, where he was born. He was born in his maternal grandparents' home at 123, Maniktala Street, Calcutta.<ref name='reminiscences'>Maniktala, a neighbourhood in North Calcutta is named after either Raja Manikram Bose or Manik Pir, both of whom lived there in the 18th and the 19th centuries. Since Manikram or Manikchand Bose, the caretaker of Alinagar (i.e. Calcutta) during Alivardi Khan's reign and an agent of the Nawabs of Oudh, lived in the 18th century and Manik Pir lived in the early 19th century, and a map of Calcutta of 1784 shows the existence of Maniktala then, it is surmised that the locality is, indeed, named after Manikam Bose. Manikram Bose was an ancestor of Brajendranath's maternal grandfather, Rajendralal Basu, a managing clerk of a Scottish solicitor's firm in Calcutta and a lawyer, who fought a case for the Nawab of Farukkhabad in the aftermath of India's first war of independence in 1857. For details see Brajendranath De, "Reminiscences of an Indian Member of the Indian Civil Service", Calcutta, 1925-29.</ref>

	Dey studied at [[Hare School]], [[Calcutta]], and then Canning Collegiate School and [[Lucknow University\|Canning College, Lucknow]]. Always ranking at the top of his class in school, he was placed in the first division in all his final examinations. He came first from his school in the Entrance examination of Calcutta University and fourth in the first division in the First Arts (F.A.) examination of [[Calcutta University]]. A student of English (Honours), he ranked sixth in the first division in his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) examination. Since he was a first divisioner, he was allowed to take the Master of Arts (M.A.) examination of the Calcutta University soon after the completion of his B.A. (Honours) examination. He was ranked second in the M.A. examination and was awarded the silver medal of Calcutta University.<ref name="Full Text of 'Tabaqat-i-Akbari'">[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.116007/2015.116007.The-Tabaqat-i-akbari-Of-Khwajah-Nizamuddin-Ahmad-Voliii_djvu.txt Full Text of 'Tabaqat-i-Akbari']</ref>		Dey studied at [[Hare School]], [[Calcutta]], and then Canning Collegiate School and [[Lucknow University\|Canning College, Lucknow]], where he was a student of [[Syed Hussain Bilgrami]]. Always ranking at the top of his class in school, he was placed in the first division in all his final examinations. He came first from his school in the Entrance examination of Calcutta University and fourth in the first division in the First Arts (F.A.) examination of [[Calcutta University]]. A student of English (Honours), he ranked sixth in the first division in his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) examination. Since he was a first divisioner, he was allowed to take the Master of Arts (M.A.) examination of the Calcutta University soon after the completion of his B.A. (Honours) examination. He was ranked second in the M.A. examination and was awarded the silver medal of Calcutta University.<ref name="Full Text of 'Tabaqat-i-Akbari'">[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.116007/2015.116007.The-Tabaqat-i-akbari-Of-Khwajah-Nizamuddin-Ahmad-Voliii_djvu.txt Full Text of 'Tabaqat-i-Akbari']</ref>

	Later, he travelled to England for his higher studies, on the advice of his maternal grand-uncle, [[Peary Charan Sarkar]]<ref name="hareschool"> Peary Charan Sarkar was a luminary of the Bengal Renaissance who served as assistant professor of English at Presidency College, Calcutta and then principal of Hare School, Calcutta. The road that runs behind it on which stands the University of Calcutta and Hindu Hostel is named after him. His youngest son, Sailendra Sarkar founded another school in North Calcutta which is now named after him. For details see B.De, "Reminiscences of an Indian Member of the Indian Civil Service", Calcutta, 1925-29.</ref> and his father's mentor, [[Raja]] [[Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee]],<ref name="ICS"> Raja Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee of Shankarpore was a member of the Young Bengal Movement who initially worked in the kutchery of the Rajas of Burdwan. Later, he fell out with his former employers and eloped with Rani Basanta Kumari,a daughter of Dewan Pran Chand Kapoor and the eigth wife of Raja Tej Chandra Ray. He was taken to Lucknow by Lord Canning and awarded the confiscated taluk of Shankarpore and given the rank of assistant commissioner of Lucknow. He was a senior friend of Dey's father, Durgadas, and adviced Dey on how and when to travel to the United Kingdom to take the ICS examination. For details see B.De, "Reminiscences of an Indian Member of the Indian Civil Service", Calcutta, 1925-29.</ref> and for some time assistant commissioner of [[Lucknow]]. In England, he joined University College, London to appear in the Open Competitive Services examination. Having taken the examination successfully, he joined the [[Indian Civil Service]] in 1873, emerging 17th in a batch of 35 successful probationers selected from a total of 360 candidates.<ref>{{cite book \|last=India Office, Great Britain \|date=1905 \|title=The India List and India Office List 1905 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA447 \|publisher=Harrison and Sons \|page=447}}</ref> He was the 8th Indian member of the [[Indian Civil Service\|ICS]].<ref name="womenofindia">{{cite book \|last=Forbes \|first=Geraldine Hancock \|author-link=Geraldine Forbes \|date=1996 \|title=Women in Modern India \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hjilIrVt9hUC&pg=PA28 \|series=The New Cambridge History of India \|volume=IV.2 \|publisher=Cambridge University Press \|pages=28–29 \|isbn=978-0-521-65377-0 \|quote="As one of the first eight Indians appointed to the Indian Civil Service (ICS), Brajendra Nath ... He insisted on educating his daughters and one of them, Saroj Nalini Dutt, led the way in organizing rural women's organizations in the years immediately following World War I."}}</ref> Subsequently, he was called to the [[bar association\|Bar]] by the [[Honourable Society of the Middle Temple]] on 7 June 1875.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150213145353/http://hosted.law.wisc.edu/wordpress/sharafi/files/2010/07/Middle-2.0.pdf University of Wisconsin Law Library]</ref> He was admitted to [[St. Mary's Hall, Oxford]] (later merged with [[Oriel College, Oxford]] in 1902), where he spent one year, from 1874 to 1875, on a [[Boden Sanskrit Scholarship]], having attended the lectures of [[Sir]] [[Monier Monier-Williams]], who was then the [[Boden Sanskrit Professor]], [[Professor]] [[Max Mueller]] and Mr. Goldstucker and Mr. Ruslan.<ref name="oxforduniversitycalender">Oxford University Calendar, 1875, p. 366</ref> He was the first Indian ICS officer to have studied in a college in Oxford.<ref>Renu Paul (in consultation with Mitra Sharafi), 'South Asians at the Inns of Court: Middle Temple, 1863-1944', compilation based on H. A. C. Sturgess, (eds.) Register of Admissions to the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple. From the Fifteenth Century to the Year 1944 (London: published for the Hon. Society of the Middle Temple by Butterworth & Co., 1949), volumes II (1782-1909) and III (1910-44), p. 2.</ref>		Later, he travelled to England for his higher studies, on the advice of his maternal grand-uncle, [[Peary Charan Sarkar]]<ref name="hareschool"> Peary Charan Sarkar was a luminary of the Bengal Renaissance who served as assistant professor of English at Presidency College, Calcutta and then principal of Hare School, Calcutta. The road that runs behind it on which stands the University of Calcutta and Hindu Hostel is named after him. His youngest son, Sailendra Sarkar founded another school in North Calcutta which is now named after him. For details see B.De, "Reminiscences of an Indian Member of the Indian Civil Service", Calcutta, 1925-29.</ref> and his father's mentor, [[Raja]] [[Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee]],<ref name="ICS"> Raja Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee of Shankarpore was a member of the Young Bengal Movement who initially worked in the kutchery of the Rajas of Burdwan. Later, he fell out with his former employers and eloped with Rani Basanta Kumari,a daughter of Dewan Pran Chand Kapoor and the eigth wife of Raja Tej Chandra Ray. He was taken to Lucknow by Lord Canning and awarded the confiscated taluk of Shankarpore and given the rank of assistant commissioner of Lucknow. He was a senior friend of Dey's father, Durgadas, and adviced Dey on how and when to travel to the United Kingdom to take the ICS examination. For details see B.De, "Reminiscences of an Indian Member of the Indian Civil Service", Calcutta, 1925-29.</ref> and for some time assistant commissioner of [[Lucknow]]. In England, he joined University College, London to appear in the Open Competitive Services examination. Having taken the examination successfully, he joined the [[Indian Civil Service]] in 1873, emerging 17th in a batch of 35 successful probationers selected from a total of 360 candidates.<ref>{{cite book \|last=India Office, Great Britain \|date=1905 \|title=The India List and India Office List 1905 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA447 \|publisher=Harrison and Sons \|page=447}}</ref> He was the 8th Indian member of the [[Indian Civil Service\|ICS]].<ref name="womenofindia">{{cite book \|last=Forbes \|first=Geraldine Hancock \|author-link=Geraldine Forbes \|date=1996 \|title=Women in Modern India \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hjilIrVt9hUC&pg=PA28 \|series=The New Cambridge History of India \|volume=IV.2 \|publisher=Cambridge University Press \|pages=28–29 \|isbn=978-0-521-65377-0 \|quote="As one of the first eight Indians appointed to the Indian Civil Service (ICS), Brajendra Nath ... He insisted on educating his daughters and one of them, Saroj Nalini Dutt, led the way in organizing rural women's organizations in the years immediately following World War I."}}</ref> Subsequently, he was called to the [[bar association\|Bar]] by the [[Honourable Society of the Middle Temple]] on 7 June 1875.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150213145353/http://hosted.law.wisc.edu/wordpress/sharafi/files/2010/07/Middle-2.0.pdf University of Wisconsin Law Library]</ref> He was admitted to [[St. Mary's Hall, Oxford]] (later merged with [[Oriel College, Oxford]] in 1902), where he spent one year, from 1874 to 1875, on a [[Boden Sanskrit Scholarship]], having attended the lectures of [[Sir]] [[Monier Monier-Williams]], who was then the [[Boden Sanskrit Professor]], [[Professor]] [[Max Mueller]] and Mr. Goldstucker and Mr. Ruslan.<ref name="oxforduniversitycalender">Oxford University Calendar, 1875, p. 366</ref> He was the first Indian ICS officer to have studied in a college in Oxford.<ref>Renu Paul (in consultation with Mitra Sharafi), 'South Asians at the Inns of Court: Middle Temple, 1863-1944', compilation based on H. A. C. Sturgess, (eds.) Register of Admissions to the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple. From the Fifteenth Century to the Year 1944 (London: published for the Hon. Society of the Middle Temple by Butterworth & Co., 1949), volumes II (1782-1909) and III (1910-44), p. 2.</ref>

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	Dey studied at [[Hare School]], [[Calcutta]], and then Canning Collegiate School and [[Lucknow University\|Canning College, Lucknow]]. Always ranking at the top of his class in school, he was placed in the first division in all his final examinations. He came first from his school in the Entrance examination of Calcutta University and fourth in the first division in the First Arts (F.A.) examination of [[Calcutta University]]. A student of English (Honours), he ranked sixth in the first division in his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) examination. Since he was a first divisioner, he was allowed to take the Master of Arts (M.A.) examination of the Calcutta University soon after the completion of his B.A. (Honours) examination. He was ranked second in the M.A. examination and was awarded the silver medal of Calcutta University.<ref name="Full Text of 'Tabaqat-i-Akbari'">[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.116007/2015.116007.The-Tabaqat-i-akbari-Of-Khwajah-Nizamuddin-Ahmad-Voliii_djvu.txt Full Text of 'Tabaqat-i-Akbari']</ref>		Dey studied at [[Hare School]], [[Calcutta]], and then Canning Collegiate School and [[Lucknow University\|Canning College, Lucknow]]. Always ranking at the top of his class in school, he was placed in the first division in all his final examinations. He came first from his school in the Entrance examination of Calcutta University and fourth in the first division in the First Arts (F.A.) examination of [[Calcutta University]]. A student of English (Honours), he ranked sixth in the first division in his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) examination. Since he was a first divisioner, he was allowed to take the Master of Arts (M.A.) examination of the Calcutta University soon after the completion of his B.A. (Honours) examination. He was ranked second in the M.A. examination and was awarded the silver medal of Calcutta University.<ref name="Full Text of 'Tabaqat-i-Akbari'">[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.116007/2015.116007.The-Tabaqat-i-akbari-Of-Khwajah-Nizamuddin-Ahmad-Voliii_djvu.txt Full Text of 'Tabaqat-i-Akbari']</ref>

	Later, he travelled to England for his higher studies, on the advice of his maternal grand-uncle, [[Peary Charan Sarkar]]<ref name="hareschool"> Peary Charan Sarkar was a luminary of the Bengal Renaissance who served as assistant professor of English at Presidency College, Calcutta and then principal of Hare School, Calcutta. The road that runs behind it on which stands the University of Calcutta and Hindu Hostel is named after him. His youngest son, Sailendra Sarkar founded another school in North Calcutta which is now named after him. For details see B.De, "Reminiscences of an Indian Member of the Indian Civil Service", Calcutta, 1925-29.</ref> and his father's mentor, [[Raja]] [[Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee]], ~~the taluqdar of Shankarpore, in present day [[Uttar Pradesh]]~~<ref name="ICS"> Raja Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee of Shankarpore was a member of the Young Bengal Movement who initially worked in the kutchery of the Rajas of Burdwan. Later, he fell out with his former employers and eloped with Rani Basanta Kumari,a daughter of Dewan Pran Chand Kapoor and the eigth wife of Raja Tej Chandra Ray. He was taken to Lucknow by Lord Canning and awarded the confiscated taluk of Shankarpore and given the rank of assistant commissioner of Lucknow. He was a senior friend of Dey's father, Durgadas, and adviced Dey on how and when to travel to the United Kingdom to take the ICS examination. For details see B.De, "Reminiscences of an Indian Member of the Indian Civil Service", Calcutta, 1925-29.</ref> and for some time assistant commissioner of [[Lucknow]]. In England, he joined University College, London to appear in the Open Competitive Services examination. Having taken the examination successfully, he joined the [[Indian Civil Service]] in 1873, emerging 17th in a batch of 35 successful probationers selected from a total of 360 candidates.<ref>{{cite book \|last=India Office, Great Britain \|date=1905 \|title=The India List and India Office List 1905 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA447 \|publisher=Harrison and Sons \|page=447}}</ref> He was the 8th Indian member of the [[Indian Civil Service\|ICS]].<ref name="womenofindia">{{cite book \|last=Forbes \|first=Geraldine Hancock \|author-link=Geraldine Forbes \|date=1996 \|title=Women in Modern India \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hjilIrVt9hUC&pg=PA28 \|series=The New Cambridge History of India \|volume=IV.2 \|publisher=Cambridge University Press \|pages=28–29 \|isbn=978-0-521-65377-0 \|quote="As one of the first eight Indians appointed to the Indian Civil Service (ICS), Brajendra Nath ... He insisted on educating his daughters and one of them, Saroj Nalini Dutt, led the way in organizing rural women's organizations in the years immediately following World War I."}}</ref> Subsequently, he was called to the [[bar association\|Bar]] by the [[Honourable Society of the Middle Temple]] on 7 June 1875.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150213145353/http://hosted.law.wisc.edu/wordpress/sharafi/files/2010/07/Middle-2.0.pdf University of Wisconsin Law Library]</ref> He was admitted to [[St. Mary's Hall, Oxford]] (later merged with [[Oriel College, Oxford]] in 1902), where he spent one year, from 1874 to 1875, on a [[Boden Sanskrit Scholarship]], having attended the lectures of [[Sir]] [[Monier Monier-Williams]], who was then the [[Boden Sanskrit Professor]], [[Professor]] [[Max Mueller]] and Mr. Goldstucker and Mr. Ruslan.<ref name="oxforduniversitycalender">Oxford University Calendar, 1875, p. 366</ref> He was the first Indian ICS officer to have studied in a college in Oxford.<ref>Renu Paul (in consultation with Mitra Sharafi), 'South Asians at the Inns of Court: Middle Temple, 1863-1944', compilation based on H. A. C. Sturgess, (eds.) Register of Admissions to the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple. From the Fifteenth Century to the Year 1944 (London: published for the Hon. Society of the Middle Temple by Butterworth & Co., 1949), volumes II (1782-1909) and III (1910-44), p. 2.</ref>		Later, he travelled to England for his higher studies, on the advice of his maternal grand-uncle, [[Peary Charan Sarkar]]<ref name="hareschool"> Peary Charan Sarkar was a luminary of the Bengal Renaissance who served as assistant professor of English at Presidency College, Calcutta and then principal of Hare School, Calcutta. The road that runs behind it on which stands the University of Calcutta and Hindu Hostel is named after him. His youngest son, Sailendra Sarkar founded another school in North Calcutta which is now named after him. For details see B.De, "Reminiscences of an Indian Member of the Indian Civil Service", Calcutta, 1925-29.</ref> and his father's mentor, [[Raja]] [[Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee]],<ref name="ICS"> Raja Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee of Shankarpore was a member of the Young Bengal Movement who initially worked in the kutchery of the Rajas of Burdwan. Later, he fell out with his former employers and eloped with Rani Basanta Kumari,a daughter of Dewan Pran Chand Kapoor and the eigth wife of Raja Tej Chandra Ray. He was taken to Lucknow by Lord Canning and awarded the confiscated taluk of Shankarpore and given the rank of assistant commissioner of Lucknow. He was a senior friend of Dey's father, Durgadas, and adviced Dey on how and when to travel to the United Kingdom to take the ICS examination. For details see B.De, "Reminiscences of an Indian Member of the Indian Civil Service", Calcutta, 1925-29.</ref> and for some time assistant commissioner of [[Lucknow]]. In England, he joined University College, London to appear in the Open Competitive Services examination. Having taken the examination successfully, he joined the [[Indian Civil Service]] in 1873, emerging 17th in a batch of 35 successful probationers selected from a total of 360 candidates.<ref>{{cite book \|last=India Office, Great Britain \|date=1905 \|title=The India List and India Office List 1905 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA447 \|publisher=Harrison and Sons \|page=447}}</ref> He was the 8th Indian member of the [[Indian Civil Service\|ICS]].<ref name="womenofindia">{{cite book \|last=Forbes \|first=Geraldine Hancock \|author-link=Geraldine Forbes \|date=1996 \|title=Women in Modern India \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hjilIrVt9hUC&pg=PA28 \|series=The New Cambridge History of India \|volume=IV.2 \|publisher=Cambridge University Press \|pages=28–29 \|isbn=978-0-521-65377-0 \|quote="As one of the first eight Indians appointed to the Indian Civil Service (ICS), Brajendra Nath ... He insisted on educating his daughters and one of them, Saroj Nalini Dutt, led the way in organizing rural women's organizations in the years immediately following World War I."}}</ref> Subsequently, he was called to the [[bar association\|Bar]] by the [[Honourable Society of the Middle Temple]] on 7 June 1875.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150213145353/http://hosted.law.wisc.edu/wordpress/sharafi/files/2010/07/Middle-2.0.pdf University of Wisconsin Law Library]</ref> He was admitted to [[St. Mary's Hall, Oxford]] (later merged with [[Oriel College, Oxford]] in 1902), where he spent one year, from 1874 to 1875, on a [[Boden Sanskrit Scholarship]], having attended the lectures of [[Sir]] [[Monier Monier-Williams]], who was then the [[Boden Sanskrit Professor]], [[Professor]] [[Max Mueller]] and Mr. Goldstucker and Mr. Ruslan.<ref name="oxforduniversitycalender">Oxford University Calendar, 1875, p. 366</ref> He was the first Indian ICS officer to have studied in a college in Oxford.<ref>Renu Paul (in consultation with Mitra Sharafi), 'South Asians at the Inns of Court: Middle Temple, 1863-1944', compilation based on H. A. C. Sturgess, (eds.) Register of Admissions to the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple. From the Fifteenth Century to the Year 1944 (London: published for the Hon. Society of the Middle Temple by Butterworth & Co., 1949), volumes II (1782-1909) and III (1910-44), p. 2.</ref>

	His second son-in-law was [[Sir]] [[Sarat Kumar Ghosh]], [[Indian Civil Service\|ICS]], Chief Justice of Jaipur and Kashmir and the only interim Chief Justice of the High Court of Rajasthan, his fifth daughter and son-in-law were the social reformer [[Saroj Nalini Dutt]], [[Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire\|MBE]],<ref name="womenofindia"/> and [[Gurusaday Dutt]], [[Indian Civil Service\|ICS]], Secretary, Local Self Government and Public Health, Government of Bengal, his sixth son-in-law was Lieutenant Colonel Jyotish Chandra De, [[Indian Medical Service\|IMS]],<ref name="livesless forgotten">[http://rajsaday.com/?p=2089 Lives Less Forgotten: Lieutenant Colonel Jyotish Chandra De]</ref> 2nd Indian Principal of the [[Calcutta Medical College]], his seventh son-in-law was Captain (Hon.) Dr. Paresh Chandra Datta, first Chief Medical Officer of the B.R. Singh Memorial Hospital, Calcutta then of the East Bengal Railway and Director of Public Health, Government of West Bengal and his third son was Major (Hon.) [[Basanta Kumar De\|Basanta Kumar Dey]], Traffic Superintendent General and then Commercial Traffic Manager of the [[Bengal Nagpur Railway\|BNR]].		His second son-in-law was [[Sir]] [[Sarat Kumar Ghosh]], [[Indian Civil Service\|ICS]], Chief Justice of Jaipur and Kashmir and the only interim Chief Justice of the High Court of Rajasthan, his fifth daughter and son-in-law were the social reformer [[Saroj Nalini Dutt]], [[Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire\|MBE]],<ref name="womenofindia"/> and [[Gurusaday Dutt]], [[Indian Civil Service\|ICS]], Secretary, Local Self Government and Public Health, Government of Bengal, his sixth son-in-law was Lieutenant Colonel Jyotish Chandra De, [[Indian Medical Service\|IMS]],<ref name="livesless forgotten">[http://rajsaday.com/?p=2089 Lives Less Forgotten: Lieutenant Colonel Jyotish Chandra De]</ref> 2nd Indian Principal of the [[Calcutta Medical College]], his seventh son-in-law was Captain (Hon.) Dr. Paresh Chandra Datta, first Chief Medical Officer of the B.R. Singh Memorial Hospital, Calcutta then of the East Bengal Railway and Director of Public Health, Government of West Bengal and his third son was Major (Hon.) [[Basanta Kumar De\|Basanta Kumar Dey]], Traffic Superintendent General and then Commercial Traffic Manager of the [[Bengal Nagpur Railway\|BNR]].

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	Dey, who was born in a Bengali (বাঙালি) Hindu (হিন্দু) Uttar Rarhi Kayastha (উত্তর রার্হি কায়স্থ)-Brahmo (ব্রাহ্ম) family, was the son of Durgadas Dey (দুর্গাদাস দে (দেব সরকার)), a Junior Scholar of Hindu College (later Presidency College) Calcutta (1847-1849) and a registrar in Lucknow, and Trailokyamohini Debi (ত্রৈলোক্যমোহিনী দেবী) (nee Basu). His paternal family, which was settled in Bhowanipur in Calcutta from the 18th century, were originally members of the Vaishnavite sect but, influenced by the Bengal Renaissance, joined the Brahmo movement from the middle of the 19th century. His maternal family, popularly called the ''garhkata Basu paribar'' of Anarpur in Barasat, was settled in Maniktala in Calcutta, where he was born. He was born in his maternal grandparents' home at 123, Maniktala Street, Calcutta.<ref name='reminiscences'>Maniktala, a neighbourhood in North Calcutta is named after either Raja Manikram Bose or Manik Pir, both of whom lived there in the 18th and the 19th centuries. Since Manikram or Manikchand Bose, the caretaker of Alinagar (i.e. Calcutta) during Alivardi Khan's reign and an ~~Agent~~ of the Nawabs of Oudh, lived in the 18th century and Manik Pir lived in the early 19th century, and a map of Calcutta of 1784 shows the existence of Maniktala then, it is surmised that the locality is, indeed, named after Manikam Bose. Manikram Bose was an ancestor of ~~my great grandfather~~'s maternal grandfather, Rajendralal Basu, a managing clerk of a Scottish solicitor's firm in Calcutta, who ~~too~~ fought a case for the Nawab of Farukkhabad in the aftermath of India's first war of independence in 1857. For details see Brajendranath De, "Reminiscences of an Indian Member of the Indian Civil Service", Calcutta, 1925-29.</ref>		Dey, who was born in a Bengali (বাঙালি) Hindu (হিন্দু) Uttar Rarhi Kayastha (উত্তর রার্হি কায়স্থ)-Brahmo (ব্রাহ্ম) family, was the son of Durgadas Dey (দুর্গাদাস দে (দেব সরকার)), a Junior Scholar of Hindu College (later Presidency College) Calcutta (1847-1849) and a registrar in Lucknow, and Trailokyamohini Debi (ত্রৈলোক্যমোহিনী দেবী) (nee Basu). His paternal family, which was settled in Bhowanipur in Calcutta from the 18th century, were originally members of the Vaishnavite sect but, influenced by the Bengal Renaissance, joined the Brahmo movement from the middle of the 19th century. His maternal family, popularly called the ''garhkata Basu paribar'' of Anarpur in Barasat, was settled in Maniktala in Calcutta, where he was born. He was born in his maternal grandparents' home at 123, Maniktala Street, Calcutta.<ref name='reminiscences'>Maniktala, a neighbourhood in North Calcutta is named after either Raja Manikram Bose or Manik Pir, both of whom lived there in the 18th and the 19th centuries. Since Manikram or Manikchand Bose, the caretaker of Alinagar (i.e. Calcutta) during Alivardi Khan's reign and an agent of the Nawabs of Oudh, lived in the 18th century and Manik Pir lived in the early 19th century, and a map of Calcutta of 1784 shows the existence of Maniktala then, it is surmised that the locality is, indeed, named after Manikam Bose. Manikram Bose was an ancestor of Brajendranath's maternal grandfather, Rajendralal Basu, a managing clerk of a Scottish solicitor's firm in Calcutta and a lawyer, who fought a case for the Nawab of Farukkhabad in the aftermath of India's first war of independence in 1857. For details see Brajendranath De, "Reminiscences of an Indian Member of the Indian Civil Service", Calcutta, 1925-29.</ref>

	Dey studied at [[Hare School]], [[Calcutta]], and then Canning Collegiate School and [[Lucknow University\|Canning College, Lucknow]]. Always ranking at the top of his class in school, he was placed in the first division in all his final examinations. He came first from his school in the Entrance examination of Calcutta University and fourth in the first division in the First Arts (F.A.) examination of [[Calcutta University]]. A student of English (Honours), he ranked sixth in the first division in his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) examination. Since he was a first divisioner, he was allowed to take the Master of Arts (M.A.) examination of the Calcutta University soon after the completion of his B.A. (Honours) examination. He was ranked second in the M.A. examination and was awarded the silver medal of Calcutta University.<ref name="Full Text of 'Tabaqat-i-Akbari'">[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.116007/2015.116007.The-Tabaqat-i-akbari-Of-Khwajah-Nizamuddin-Ahmad-Voliii_djvu.txt Full Text of 'Tabaqat-i-Akbari']</ref>		Dey studied at [[Hare School]], [[Calcutta]], and then Canning Collegiate School and [[Lucknow University\|Canning College, Lucknow]]. Always ranking at the top of his class in school, he was placed in the first division in all his final examinations. He came first from his school in the Entrance examination of Calcutta University and fourth in the first division in the First Arts (F.A.) examination of [[Calcutta University]]. A student of English (Honours), he ranked sixth in the first division in his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) examination. Since he was a first divisioner, he was allowed to take the Master of Arts (M.A.) examination of the Calcutta University soon after the completion of his B.A. (Honours) examination. He was ranked second in the M.A. examination and was awarded the silver medal of Calcutta University.<ref name="Full Text of 'Tabaqat-i-Akbari'">[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.116007/2015.116007.The-Tabaqat-i-akbari-Of-Khwajah-Nizamuddin-Ahmad-Voliii_djvu.txt Full Text of 'Tabaqat-i-Akbari']</ref>

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	Dey, who was born in a Bengali (বাঙালি) Hindu (হিন্দু) Uttar Rarhi Kayastha (উত্তর রার্হি কায়স্থ)-Brahmo (ব্রাহ্ম) family, was the son of Durgadas Dey (দুর্গাদাস দে (দেব সরকার)), a Junior Scholar of Hindu College (later Presidency College) Calcutta (1847-1849) and a registrar in Lucknow, and Trailokyamohini Debi (ত্রৈলোক্যমোহিনী দেবী) (nee Basu). His paternal family, which was settled in Bhowanipur in Calcutta from the 18th century, were originally members of the Vaishnavite sect but, influenced by the Bengal Renaissance, joined the Brahmo movement from the middle of the 19th century. His maternal family, popularly called the ''garhkata Basu paribar'' of Anarpur in Barasat, was settled in Maniktala in Calcutta, where he was born. He was born in his maternal grandparents' home at 123, Maniktala Street, Calcutta.<ref name='reminiscences'>Maniktala, a neighbourhood in North Calcutta is named after either Raja Manikram Bose or Manik Pir, both of whom lived there in the 18th and the 19th centuries. Since Manikram or Manikchand Bose, the caretaker of Alinagar (i.e. Calcutta) during Alivardi Khan's reign and an Agent of the Nawabs of Oudh, lived in the 18th century and Manik Pir lived in the early 19th century, and a map of Calcutta of 1784 shows the existence of Maniktala then, it is surmised that the locality is, indeed, named after Manikam Bose. Manikram Bose was an ancestor of my great grandfather's maternal grandfather, Rajendralal Basu, a managing clerk of a Scottish solicitor's firm in Calcutta, who too fought a case for the Nawab of Farukkhabad in the aftermath of India's first war of independence in 1857. For details see Brajendranath De, "Reminiscences of an Indian Member of the Indian Civil Service", Calcutta, 1925-29</ref>		Dey, who was born in a Bengali (বাঙালি) Hindu (হিন্দু) Uttar Rarhi Kayastha (উত্তর রার্হি কায়স্থ)-Brahmo (ব্রাহ্ম) family, was the son of Durgadas Dey (দুর্গাদাস দে (দেব সরকার)), a Junior Scholar of Hindu College (later Presidency College) Calcutta (1847-1849) and a registrar in Lucknow, and Trailokyamohini Debi (ত্রৈলোক্যমোহিনী দেবী) (nee Basu). His paternal family, which was settled in Bhowanipur in Calcutta from the 18th century, were originally members of the Vaishnavite sect but, influenced by the Bengal Renaissance, joined the Brahmo movement from the middle of the 19th century. His maternal family, popularly called the ''garhkata Basu paribar'' of Anarpur in Barasat, was settled in Maniktala in Calcutta, where he was born. He was born in his maternal grandparents' home at 123, Maniktala Street, Calcutta.<ref name='reminiscences'>Maniktala, a neighbourhood in North Calcutta is named after either Raja Manikram Bose or Manik Pir, both of whom lived there in the 18th and the 19th centuries. Since Manikram or Manikchand Bose, the caretaker of Alinagar (i.e. Calcutta) during Alivardi Khan's reign and an Agent of the Nawabs of Oudh, lived in the 18th century and Manik Pir lived in the early 19th century, and a map of Calcutta of 1784 shows the existence of Maniktala then, it is surmised that the locality is, indeed, named after Manikam Bose. Manikram Bose was an ancestor of my great grandfather's maternal grandfather, Rajendralal Basu, a managing clerk of a Scottish solicitor's firm in Calcutta, who too fought a case for the Nawab of Farukkhabad in the aftermath of India's first war of independence in 1857. For details see Brajendranath De, "Reminiscences of an Indian Member of the Indian Civil Service", Calcutta, 1925-29.</ref>

	Dey studied at [[Hare School]], [[Calcutta]], and then Canning Collegiate School and [[Lucknow University\|Canning College, Lucknow]]. Always ranking at the top of his class in school, he was placed in the first division in all his final examinations. He came first from his school in the Entrance examination of Calcutta University and fourth in the first division in the First Arts (F.A.) examination of [[Calcutta University]]. A student of English (Honours), he ranked sixth in the first division in his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) examination. Since he was a first divisioner, he was allowed to take the Master of Arts (M.A.) examination of the Calcutta University soon after the completion of his B.A. (Honours) examination. He was ranked second in the M.A. examination and was awarded the silver medal of Calcutta University.<ref name="Full Text of 'Tabaqat-i-Akbari'">[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.116007/2015.116007.The-Tabaqat-i-akbari-Of-Khwajah-Nizamuddin-Ahmad-Voliii_djvu.txt Full Text of 'Tabaqat-i-Akbari']</ref>		Dey studied at [[Hare School]], [[Calcutta]], and then Canning Collegiate School and [[Lucknow University\|Canning College, Lucknow]]. Always ranking at the top of his class in school, he was placed in the first division in all his final examinations. He came first from his school in the Entrance examination of Calcutta University and fourth in the first division in the First Arts (F.A.) examination of [[Calcutta University]]. A student of English (Honours), he ranked sixth in the first division in his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) examination. Since he was a first divisioner, he was allowed to take the Master of Arts (M.A.) examination of the Calcutta University soon after the completion of his B.A. (Honours) examination. He was ranked second in the M.A. examination and was awarded the silver medal of Calcutta University.<ref name="Full Text of 'Tabaqat-i-Akbari'">[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.116007/2015.116007.The-Tabaqat-i-akbari-Of-Khwajah-Nizamuddin-Ahmad-Voliii_djvu.txt Full Text of 'Tabaqat-i-Akbari']</ref>

	Later, he travelled to England for his higher studies, on the advice of his maternal grand-uncle, [[Peary Charan Sarkar]]<ref name="hareschool"> Peary Charan Sarkar was a luminary of the Bengal Renaissance who served as assistant professor of English at Presidency College, Calcutta and then principal of Hare School, Calcutta. The road that runs behind it on which stands the University of Calcutta and Hindu Hostel is named after him. His youngest son, Sailendra Sarkar founded another school in North Calcutta which is now named after him.</ref> and his father's mentor, [[Raja]] [[Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee]], the taluqdar of Shankarpore, in present day [[Uttar Pradesh]]<ref name="ICS"> Raja Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee of Shankarpore was a member of the Young Bengal Movement who initially worked in the ~~butchery~~ of the Rajas of Burdwan. Later, he fell out with his former employers and eloped with Rani Basanta Kumari,a daughter of Dewan Pran Chand Kapoor and the eigth wife of Raja Tej Chandra Ray. He was taken to Lucknow by Lord Canning and awarded the confiscated taluk of Shankarpore and given the rank of assistant commissioner of Lucknow. He was a senior friend of Dey's father, Durgadas, and adviced Dey on how and when to travel to the United Kingdom to take the ICS examination.</ref> and for some time assistant commissioner of [[Lucknow]]. In England, he joined University College, London to appear in the Open Competitive Services examination. Having taken the examination successfully, he joined the [[Indian Civil Service]] in 1873, emerging 17th in a batch of 35 successful probationers selected from a total of 360 candidates.<ref>{{cite book \|last=India Office, Great Britain \|date=1905 \|title=The India List and India Office List 1905 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA447 \|publisher=Harrison and Sons \|page=447}}</ref> He was the 8th Indian member of the [[Indian Civil Service\|ICS]].<ref name="womenofindia">{{cite book \|last=Forbes \|first=Geraldine Hancock \|author-link=Geraldine Forbes \|date=1996 \|title=Women in Modern India \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hjilIrVt9hUC&pg=PA28 \|series=The New Cambridge History of India \|volume=IV.2 \|publisher=Cambridge University Press \|pages=28–29 \|isbn=978-0-521-65377-0 \|quote="As one of the first eight Indians appointed to the Indian Civil Service (ICS), Brajendra Nath ... He insisted on educating his daughters and one of them, Saroj Nalini Dutt, led the way in organizing rural women's organizations in the years immediately following World War I."}}</ref> Subsequently, he was called to the [[bar association\|Bar]] by the [[Honourable Society of the Middle Temple]] on 7 June 1875.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150213145353/http://hosted.law.wisc.edu/wordpress/sharafi/files/2010/07/Middle-2.0.pdf University of Wisconsin Law Library]</ref> He was admitted to [[St. Mary's Hall, Oxford]] (later merged with [[Oriel College, Oxford]] in 1902), where he spent one year, from 1874 to 1875, on a [[Boden Sanskrit Scholarship]], having attended the lectures of [[Sir]] [[Monier Monier-Williams]], who was then the [[Boden Sanskrit Professor]], [[Professor]] [[Max Mueller]] and Mr. Goldstucker and Mr. Ruslan.<ref name="oxforduniversitycalender">Oxford University Calendar, 1875, p. 366</ref> He was the first Indian ICS officer to have studied in a college in Oxford.<ref>Renu Paul (in consultation with Mitra Sharafi), 'South Asians at the Inns of Court: Middle Temple, 1863-1944', compilation based on H. A. C. Sturgess, (eds.) Register of Admissions to the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple. From the Fifteenth Century to the Year 1944 (London: published for the Hon. Society of the Middle Temple by Butterworth & Co., 1949), volumes II (1782-1909) and III (1910-44), p. 2.</ref>		Later, he travelled to England for his higher studies, on the advice of his maternal grand-uncle, [[Peary Charan Sarkar]]<ref name="hareschool"> Peary Charan Sarkar was a luminary of the Bengal Renaissance who served as assistant professor of English at Presidency College, Calcutta and then principal of Hare School, Calcutta. The road that runs behind it on which stands the University of Calcutta and Hindu Hostel is named after him. His youngest son, Sailendra Sarkar founded another school in North Calcutta which is now named after him. For details see B.De, "Reminiscences of an Indian Member of the Indian Civil Service", Calcutta, 1925-29.</ref> and his father's mentor, [[Raja]] [[Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee]], the taluqdar of Shankarpore, in present day [[Uttar Pradesh]]<ref name="ICS"> Raja Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee of Shankarpore was a member of the Young Bengal Movement who initially worked in the kutchery of the Rajas of Burdwan. Later, he fell out with his former employers and eloped with Rani Basanta Kumari,a daughter of Dewan Pran Chand Kapoor and the eigth wife of Raja Tej Chandra Ray. He was taken to Lucknow by Lord Canning and awarded the confiscated taluk of Shankarpore and given the rank of assistant commissioner of Lucknow. He was a senior friend of Dey's father, Durgadas, and adviced Dey on how and when to travel to the United Kingdom to take the ICS examination. For details see B.De, "Reminiscences of an Indian Member of the Indian Civil Service", Calcutta, 1925-29.</ref> and for some time assistant commissioner of [[Lucknow]]. In England, he joined University College, London to appear in the Open Competitive Services examination. Having taken the examination successfully, he joined the [[Indian Civil Service]] in 1873, emerging 17th in a batch of 35 successful probationers selected from a total of 360 candidates.<ref>{{cite book \|last=India Office, Great Britain \|date=1905 \|title=The India List and India Office List 1905 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA447 \|publisher=Harrison and Sons \|page=447}}</ref> He was the 8th Indian member of the [[Indian Civil Service\|ICS]].<ref name="womenofindia">{{cite book \|last=Forbes \|first=Geraldine Hancock \|author-link=Geraldine Forbes \|date=1996 \|title=Women in Modern India \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hjilIrVt9hUC&pg=PA28 \|series=The New Cambridge History of India \|volume=IV.2 \|publisher=Cambridge University Press \|pages=28–29 \|isbn=978-0-521-65377-0 \|quote="As one of the first eight Indians appointed to the Indian Civil Service (ICS), Brajendra Nath ... He insisted on educating his daughters and one of them, Saroj Nalini Dutt, led the way in organizing rural women's organizations in the years immediately following World War I."}}</ref> Subsequently, he was called to the [[bar association\|Bar]] by the [[Honourable Society of the Middle Temple]] on 7 June 1875.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150213145353/http://hosted.law.wisc.edu/wordpress/sharafi/files/2010/07/Middle-2.0.pdf University of Wisconsin Law Library]</ref> He was admitted to [[St. Mary's Hall, Oxford]] (later merged with [[Oriel College, Oxford]] in 1902), where he spent one year, from 1874 to 1875, on a [[Boden Sanskrit Scholarship]], having attended the lectures of [[Sir]] [[Monier Monier-Williams]], who was then the [[Boden Sanskrit Professor]], [[Professor]] [[Max Mueller]] and Mr. Goldstucker and Mr. Ruslan.<ref name="oxforduniversitycalender">Oxford University Calendar, 1875, p. 366</ref> He was the first Indian ICS officer to have studied in a college in Oxford.<ref>Renu Paul (in consultation with Mitra Sharafi), 'South Asians at the Inns of Court: Middle Temple, 1863-1944', compilation based on H. A. C. Sturgess, (eds.) Register of Admissions to the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple. From the Fifteenth Century to the Year 1944 (London: published for the Hon. Society of the Middle Temple by Butterworth & Co., 1949), volumes II (1782-1909) and III (1910-44), p. 2.</ref>

	His second son-in-law was [[Sir]] [[Sarat Kumar Ghosh]], [[Indian Civil Service\|ICS]], Chief Justice of Jaipur and Kashmir and the only interim Chief Justice of the High Court of Rajasthan, his fifth daughter and son-in-law were the social reformer [[Saroj Nalini Dutt]], [[Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire\|MBE]],<ref name="womenofindia"/> and [[Gurusaday Dutt]], [[Indian Civil Service\|ICS]], Secretary, Local Self Government and Public Health, Government of Bengal, his sixth son-in-law was Lieutenant Colonel Jyotish Chandra De, [[Indian Medical Service\|IMS]],<ref name="livesless forgotten">[http://rajsaday.com/?p=2089 Lives Less Forgotten: Lieutenant Colonel Jyotish Chandra De]</ref> 2nd Indian Principal of the [[Calcutta Medical College]], his seventh son-in-law was Captain (Hon.) Dr. Paresh Chandra Datta, first Chief Medical Officer of the B.R. Singh Memorial Hospital, Calcutta then of the East Bengal Railway and Director of Public Health, Government of West Bengal and his third son was Major (Hon.) [[Basanta Kumar De\|Basanta Kumar Dey]], Traffic Superintendent General and then Commercial Traffic Manager of the [[Bengal Nagpur Railway\|BNR]].		His second son-in-law was [[Sir]] [[Sarat Kumar Ghosh]], [[Indian Civil Service\|ICS]], Chief Justice of Jaipur and Kashmir and the only interim Chief Justice of the High Court of Rajasthan, his fifth daughter and son-in-law were the social reformer [[Saroj Nalini Dutt]], [[Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire\|MBE]],<ref name="womenofindia"/> and [[Gurusaday Dutt]], [[Indian Civil Service\|ICS]], Secretary, Local Self Government and Public Health, Government of Bengal, his sixth son-in-law was Lieutenant Colonel Jyotish Chandra De, [[Indian Medical Service\|IMS]],<ref name="livesless forgotten">[http://rajsaday.com/?p=2089 Lives Less Forgotten: Lieutenant Colonel Jyotish Chandra De]</ref> 2nd Indian Principal of the [[Calcutta Medical College]], his seventh son-in-law was Captain (Hon.) Dr. Paresh Chandra Datta, first Chief Medical Officer of the B.R. Singh Memorial Hospital, Calcutta then of the East Bengal Railway and Director of Public Health, Government of West Bengal and his third son was Major (Hon.) [[Basanta Kumar De\|Basanta Kumar Dey]], Traffic Superintendent General and then Commercial Traffic Manager of the [[Bengal Nagpur Railway\|BNR]].

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	Dey studied at [[Hare School]], [[Calcutta]], and then Canning Collegiate School and [[Lucknow University\|Canning College, Lucknow]]. Always ranking at the top of his class in school, he was placed in the first division in all his final examinations. He came first from his school in the Entrance examination of Calcutta University and fourth in the first division in the First Arts (F.A.) examination of [[Calcutta University]]. A student of English (Honours), he ranked sixth in the first division in his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) examination. Since he was a first divisioner, he was allowed to take the Master of Arts (M.A.) examination of the Calcutta University soon after the completion of his B.A. (Honours) examination. He was ranked second in the M.A. examination and was awarded the silver medal of Calcutta University.<ref name="Full Text of 'Tabaqat-i-Akbari'">[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.116007/2015.116007.The-Tabaqat-i-akbari-Of-Khwajah-Nizamuddin-Ahmad-Voliii_djvu.txt Full Text of 'Tabaqat-i-Akbari']</ref>		Dey studied at [[Hare School]], [[Calcutta]], and then Canning Collegiate School and [[Lucknow University\|Canning College, Lucknow]]. Always ranking at the top of his class in school, he was placed in the first division in all his final examinations. He came first from his school in the Entrance examination of Calcutta University and fourth in the first division in the First Arts (F.A.) examination of [[Calcutta University]]. A student of English (Honours), he ranked sixth in the first division in his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) examination. Since he was a first divisioner, he was allowed to take the Master of Arts (M.A.) examination of the Calcutta University soon after the completion of his B.A. (Honours) examination. He was ranked second in the M.A. examination and was awarded the silver medal of Calcutta University.<ref name="Full Text of 'Tabaqat-i-Akbari'">[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.116007/2015.116007.The-Tabaqat-i-akbari-Of-Khwajah-Nizamuddin-Ahmad-Voliii_djvu.txt Full Text of 'Tabaqat-i-Akbari']</ref>

	Later, he travelled to England for his higher studies, on the advice of his maternal grand-uncle, [[Peary Charan Sarkar]] and his father's mentor, [[Raja]] [[Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee]], the taluqdar of Shankarpore, [[~~United Provinces of Agra and Oudh\|United Provinces~~]]~~{{dubious\|date=February 2020\|reason~~=United ~~Provinces didn't exist until 1902}}~~ and for some time assistant commissioner of [[Lucknow]]. In England, he joined University College, London to appear in the Open Competitive Services examination. Having taken the examination successfully, he joined the [[Indian Civil Service]] in 1873, emerging 17th in a batch of 35 successful probationers selected from a total of 360 candidates.<ref>{{cite book \|last=India Office, Great Britain \|date=1905 \|title=The India List and India Office List 1905 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA447 \|publisher=Harrison and Sons \|page=447}}</ref> He was the 8th Indian member of the [[Indian Civil Service\|ICS]].<ref name="womenofindia">{{cite book \|last=Forbes \|first=Geraldine Hancock \|author-link=Geraldine Forbes \|date=1996 \|title=Women in Modern India \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hjilIrVt9hUC&pg=PA28 \|series=The New Cambridge History of India \|volume=IV.2 \|publisher=Cambridge University Press \|pages=28–29 \|isbn=978-0-521-65377-0 \|quote="As one of the first eight Indians appointed to the Indian Civil Service (ICS), Brajendra Nath ... He insisted on educating his daughters and one of them, Saroj Nalini Dutt, led the way in organizing rural women's organizations in the years immediately following World War I."}}</ref> Subsequently, he was called to the [[bar association\|Bar]] by the [[Honourable Society of the Middle Temple]] on 7 June 1875.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150213145353/http://hosted.law.wisc.edu/wordpress/sharafi/files/2010/07/Middle-2.0.pdf University of Wisconsin Law Library]</ref> He was admitted to [[St. Mary's Hall, Oxford]] (later merged with [[Oriel College, Oxford]] in 1902), where he spent one year, from 1874 to 1875, on a [[Boden Sanskrit Scholarship]], having attended the lectures of [[Sir]] [[Monier Monier-Williams]], who was then the [[Boden Sanskrit Professor]], [[Professor]] [[Max Mueller]] and Mr. Goldstucker and Mr. Ruslan.<ref name="oxforduniversitycalender">Oxford University Calendar, 1875, p. 366</ref> He was the first Indian ICS officer to have studied in a college in Oxford.<ref>Renu Paul (in consultation with Mitra Sharafi), 'South Asians at the Inns of Court: Middle Temple, 1863-1944', compilation based on H. A. C. Sturgess, (eds.) Register of Admissions to the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple. From the Fifteenth Century to the Year 1944 (London: published for the Hon. Society of the Middle Temple by Butterworth & Co., 1949), volumes II (1782-1909) and III (1910-44), p. 2.</ref>		Later, he travelled to England for his higher studies, on the advice of his maternal grand-uncle, [[Peary Charan Sarkar]]<ref name="hareschool"> Peary Charan Sarkar was a luminary of the Bengal Renaissance who served as assistant professor of English at Presidency College, Calcutta and then principal of Hare School, Calcutta. The road that runs behind it on which stands the University of Calcutta and Hindu Hostel is named after him. His youngest son, Sailendra Sarkar founded another school in North Calcutta which is now named after him.</ref> and his father's mentor, [[Raja]] [[Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee]], the taluqdar of Shankarpore, in present day [[Uttar Pradesh]]<ref name="ICS"> Raja Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee of Shankarpore was a member of the Young Bengal Movement who initially worked in the butchery of the Rajas of Burdwan. Later, he fell out with his former employers and eloped with Rani Basanta Kumari,a daughter of Dewan Pran Chand Kapoor and the eigth wife of Raja Tej Chandra Ray. He was taken to Lucknow by Lord Canning and awarded the confiscated taluk of Shankarpore and given the rank of assistant commissioner of Lucknow. He was a senior friend of Dey's father, Durgadas, and adviced Dey on how and when to travel to the United Kingdom to take the ICS examination.</ref> and for some time assistant commissioner of [[Lucknow]]. In England, he joined University College, London to appear in the Open Competitive Services examination. Having taken the examination successfully, he joined the [[Indian Civil Service]] in 1873, emerging 17th in a batch of 35 successful probationers selected from a total of 360 candidates.<ref>{{cite book \|last=India Office, Great Britain \|date=1905 \|title=The India List and India Office List 1905 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA447 \|publisher=Harrison and Sons \|page=447}}</ref> He was the 8th Indian member of the [[Indian Civil Service\|ICS]].<ref name="womenofindia">{{cite book \|last=Forbes \|first=Geraldine Hancock \|author-link=Geraldine Forbes \|date=1996 \|title=Women in Modern India \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hjilIrVt9hUC&pg=PA28 \|series=The New Cambridge History of India \|volume=IV.2 \|publisher=Cambridge University Press \|pages=28–29 \|isbn=978-0-521-65377-0 \|quote="As one of the first eight Indians appointed to the Indian Civil Service (ICS), Brajendra Nath ... He insisted on educating his daughters and one of them, Saroj Nalini Dutt, led the way in organizing rural women's organizations in the years immediately following World War I."}}</ref> Subsequently, he was called to the [[bar association\|Bar]] by the [[Honourable Society of the Middle Temple]] on 7 June 1875.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150213145353/http://hosted.law.wisc.edu/wordpress/sharafi/files/2010/07/Middle-2.0.pdf University of Wisconsin Law Library]</ref> He was admitted to [[St. Mary's Hall, Oxford]] (later merged with [[Oriel College, Oxford]] in 1902), where he spent one year, from 1874 to 1875, on a [[Boden Sanskrit Scholarship]], having attended the lectures of [[Sir]] [[Monier Monier-Williams]], who was then the [[Boden Sanskrit Professor]], [[Professor]] [[Max Mueller]] and Mr. Goldstucker and Mr. Ruslan.<ref name="oxforduniversitycalender">Oxford University Calendar, 1875, p. 366</ref> He was the first Indian ICS officer to have studied in a college in Oxford.<ref>Renu Paul (in consultation with Mitra Sharafi), 'South Asians at the Inns of Court: Middle Temple, 1863-1944', compilation based on H. A. C. Sturgess, (eds.) Register of Admissions to the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple. From the Fifteenth Century to the Year 1944 (London: published for the Hon. Society of the Middle Temple by Butterworth & Co., 1949), volumes II (1782-1909) and III (1910-44), p. 2.</ref>

	His second son-in-law was [[Sir]] [[Sarat Kumar Ghosh]], [[Indian Civil Service\|ICS]], Chief Justice of Jaipur and Kashmir and the only interim Chief Justice of the High Court of Rajasthan, his fifth daughter and son-in-law were the social reformer [[Saroj Nalini Dutt]], [[Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire\|MBE]],<ref name="womenofindia"/> and [[Gurusaday Dutt]], [[Indian Civil Service\|ICS]], Secretary, Local Self Government and Public Health, Government of Bengal, his sixth son-in-law was Lieutenant Colonel Jyotish Chandra De, [[Indian Medical Service\|IMS]],<ref name="livesless forgotten">[http://rajsaday.com/?p=2089 Lives Less Forgotten: Lieutenant Colonel Jyotish Chandra De]</ref> 2nd Indian Principal of the [[Calcutta Medical College]], his seventh son-in-law was Captain (Hon.) Dr. Paresh Chandra Datta, first Chief Medical Officer of the B.R. Singh Memorial Hospital, Calcutta then of the East Bengal Railway and Director of Public Health, Government of West Bengal and his third son was Major (Hon.) [[Basanta Kumar De\|Basanta Kumar Dey]], Traffic Superintendent General and then Commercial Traffic Manager of the [[Bengal Nagpur Railway\|BNR]].		His second son-in-law was [[Sir]] [[Sarat Kumar Ghosh]], [[Indian Civil Service\|ICS]], Chief Justice of Jaipur and Kashmir and the only interim Chief Justice of the High Court of Rajasthan, his fifth daughter and son-in-law were the social reformer [[Saroj Nalini Dutt]], [[Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire\|MBE]],<ref name="womenofindia"/> and [[Gurusaday Dutt]], [[Indian Civil Service\|ICS]], Secretary, Local Self Government and Public Health, Government of Bengal, his sixth son-in-law was Lieutenant Colonel Jyotish Chandra De, [[Indian Medical Service\|IMS]],<ref name="livesless forgotten">[http://rajsaday.com/?p=2089 Lives Less Forgotten: Lieutenant Colonel Jyotish Chandra De]</ref> 2nd Indian Principal of the [[Calcutta Medical College]], his seventh son-in-law was Captain (Hon.) Dr. Paresh Chandra Datta, first Chief Medical Officer of the B.R. Singh Memorial Hospital, Calcutta then of the East Bengal Railway and Director of Public Health, Government of West Bengal and his third son was Major (Hon.) [[Basanta Kumar De\|Basanta Kumar Dey]], Traffic Superintendent General and then Commercial Traffic Manager of the [[Bengal Nagpur Railway\|BNR]].

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	Dey, who was born in a Bengali (বাঙালি) Hindu (হিন্দু) Uttar Rarhi Kayastha (উত্তর রার্হি কায়স্থ)-Brahmo (ব্রাহ্ম) family, was the son of Durgadas Dey (দুর্গাদাস দে (দেব সরকার)), a Junior Scholar of Hindu College (later Presidency College) Calcutta (1847-1849) and a registrar in Lucknow, and Trailokyamohini Debi (ত্রৈলোক্যমোহিনী দেবী) (nee Basu). His paternal family, which was settled in Bhowanipur in Calcutta from the 18th century, were originally members of the Vaishnavite sect but, influenced by the Bengal Renaissance, joined the Brahmo movement from the middle of the 19th century. His maternal family, popularly called the ''garhkata Basu paribar'' of Anarpur in Barasat, was settled in Maniktala in Calcutta, where he was born. He was born in his maternal grandparents' home at 123 Maniktala Street, Calcutta.<ref name='reminiscences'>Brajendranath De, "Reminiscences of an Indian Member of the Indian Civil Service", Calcutta, 1925-29</ref>		Dey, who was born in a Bengali (বাঙালি) Hindu (হিন্দু) Uttar Rarhi Kayastha (উত্তর রার্হি কায়স্থ)-Brahmo (ব্রাহ্ম) family, was the son of Durgadas Dey (দুর্গাদাস দে (দেব সরকার)), a Junior Scholar of Hindu College (later Presidency College) Calcutta (1847-1849) and a registrar in Lucknow, and Trailokyamohini Debi (ত্রৈলোক্যমোহিনী দেবী) (nee Basu). His paternal family, which was settled in Bhowanipur in Calcutta from the 18th century, were originally members of the Vaishnavite sect but, influenced by the Bengal Renaissance, joined the Brahmo movement from the middle of the 19th century. His maternal family, popularly called the ''garhkata Basu paribar'' of Anarpur in Barasat, was settled in Maniktala in Calcutta, where he was born. He was born in his maternal grandparents' home at 123, Maniktala Street, Calcutta.<ref name='reminiscences'>Maniktala, a neighbourhood in North Calcutta is named after either Raja Manikram Bose or Manik Pir, both of whom lived there in the 18th and the 19th centuries. Since Manikram or Manikchand Bose, the caretaker of Alinagar (i.e. Calcutta) during Alivardi Khan's reign and an Agent of the Nawabs of Oudh, lived in the 18th century and Manik Pir lived in the early 19th century, and a map of Calcutta of 1784 shows the existence of Maniktala then, it is surmised that the locality is, indeed, named after Manikam Bose. Manikram Bose was an ancestor of my great grandfather's maternal grandfather, Rajendralal Basu, a managing clerk of a Scottish solicitor's firm in Calcutta, who too fought a case for the Nawab of Farukkhabad in the aftermath of India's first war of independence in 1857. For details see Brajendranath De, "Reminiscences of an Indian Member of the Indian Civil Service", Calcutta, 1925-29</ref>

	Dey studied at [[Hare School]], [[Calcutta]], and then Canning Collegiate School and [[Lucknow University\|Canning College, Lucknow]]. Always ranking at the top of his class in school, he was placed in the first division in all his final examinations. He came first from his school in the Entrance examination of Calcutta University and fourth in the first division in the First Arts (F.A.) examination of [[Calcutta University]]. A student of English (Honours), he ranked sixth in the first division in his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) examination. Since he was a first divisioner, he was allowed to take the Master of Arts (M.A.) examination of the Calcutta University soon after the completion of his B.A. (Honours) examination. He was ranked second in the M.A. examination and was awarded the silver medal of Calcutta University.<ref name="Full Text of 'Tabaqat-i-Akbari'">[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.116007/2015.116007.The-Tabaqat-i-akbari-Of-Khwajah-Nizamuddin-Ahmad-Voliii_djvu.txt Full Text of 'Tabaqat-i-Akbari']</ref>		Dey studied at [[Hare School]], [[Calcutta]], and then Canning Collegiate School and [[Lucknow University\|Canning College, Lucknow]]. Always ranking at the top of his class in school, he was placed in the first division in all his final examinations. He came first from his school in the Entrance examination of Calcutta University and fourth in the first division in the First Arts (F.A.) examination of [[Calcutta University]]. A student of English (Honours), he ranked sixth in the first division in his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) examination. Since he was a first divisioner, he was allowed to take the Master of Arts (M.A.) examination of the Calcutta University soon after the completion of his B.A. (Honours) examination. He was ranked second in the M.A. examination and was awarded the silver medal of Calcutta University.<ref name="Full Text of 'Tabaqat-i-Akbari'">[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.116007/2015.116007.The-Tabaqat-i-akbari-Of-Khwajah-Nizamuddin-Ahmad-Voliii_djvu.txt Full Text of 'Tabaqat-i-Akbari']</ref>

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	Dey, who was born in a Bengali (বাঙালি) Hindu (হিন্দু) Uttar Rarhi Kayastha (উত্তর রার্হি কায়স্থ)-Brahmo (ব্রাহ্ম) family, was the son of Durgadas Dey (দুর্গাদাস দে (দেব সরকার)), a Junior Scholar of Hindu College (later Presidency College) Calcutta (1847-1849) and a registrar in Lucknow, and Trailokyamohini Debi (ত্রৈলোক্যমোহিনী দেবী) (nee Basu). His paternal family, which was settled in Bhowanipur in Calcutta from the 18th century, were originally members of the Vaishnavite sect but, influenced by the Bengal Renaissance, joined the Brahmo movement from the middle of the 19th century. His maternal family, popularly called the ''garhkata Basu paribar'' of Anarpur in Barasat, was settled in Maniktala in Calcutta, where he was born.<ref name='reminiscences'>Brajendranath De, "Reminiscences of an Indian Member of the Indian Civil Service", Calcutta, 1925-29</ref>		Dey, who was born in a Bengali (বাঙালি) Hindu (হিন্দু) Uttar Rarhi Kayastha (উত্তর রার্হি কায়স্থ)-Brahmo (ব্রাহ্ম) family, was the son of Durgadas Dey (দুর্গাদাস দে (দেব সরকার)), a Junior Scholar of Hindu College (later Presidency College) Calcutta (1847-1849) and a registrar in Lucknow, and Trailokyamohini Debi (ত্রৈলোক্যমোহিনী দেবী) (nee Basu). His paternal family, which was settled in Bhowanipur in Calcutta from the 18th century, were originally members of the Vaishnavite sect but, influenced by the Bengal Renaissance, joined the Brahmo movement from the middle of the 19th century. His maternal family, popularly called the ''garhkata Basu paribar'' of Anarpur in Barasat, was settled in Maniktala in Calcutta, where he was born. He was born in his maternal grandparents' home at 123 Maniktala Street, Calcutta.<ref name='reminiscences'>Brajendranath De, "Reminiscences of an Indian Member of the Indian Civil Service", Calcutta, 1925-29</ref>

	Dey studied at [[Hare School]], [[Calcutta]], and then Canning Collegiate School and [[Lucknow University\|Canning College, Lucknow]]. Always ranking at the top of his class in school, he was placed in the first division in all his final examinations. He came first from his school in the Entrance examination of Calcutta University and fourth in the first division in the First Arts (F.A.) examination of [[Calcutta University]]. A student of English (Honours), he ranked sixth in the first division in his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) examination. Since he was a first divisioner, he was allowed to take the Master of Arts (M.A.) examination of the Calcutta University soon after the completion of his B.A. (Honours) examination. He was ranked second in the M.A. examination and was awarded the silver medal of Calcutta University.<ref name="Full Text of 'Tabaqat-i-Akbari'">[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.116007/2015.116007.The-Tabaqat-i-akbari-Of-Khwajah-Nizamuddin-Ahmad-Voliii_djvu.txt Full Text of 'Tabaqat-i-Akbari']</ref>		Dey studied at [[Hare School]], [[Calcutta]], and then Canning Collegiate School and [[Lucknow University\|Canning College, Lucknow]]. Always ranking at the top of his class in school, he was placed in the first division in all his final examinations. He came first from his school in the Entrance examination of Calcutta University and fourth in the first division in the First Arts (F.A.) examination of [[Calcutta University]]. A student of English (Honours), he ranked sixth in the first division in his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) examination. Since he was a first divisioner, he was allowed to take the Master of Arts (M.A.) examination of the Calcutta University soon after the completion of his B.A. (Honours) examination. He was ranked second in the M.A. examination and was awarded the silver medal of Calcutta University.<ref name="Full Text of 'Tabaqat-i-Akbari'">[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.116007/2015.116007.The-Tabaqat-i-akbari-Of-Khwajah-Nizamuddin-Ahmad-Voliii_djvu.txt Full Text of 'Tabaqat-i-Akbari']</ref>

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	Dey, who was born in a Bengali (বাঙালি) Hindu (হিন্দু) Uttar Rarhi Kayastha (উত্তর রার্হি কায়স্থ)-Brahmo (ব্রাহ্ম) family, was the son of Durgadas Dey (দুর্গাদাস দে (দেব সরকার)), a Junior Scholar of Hindu College (later Presidency College) Calcutta (1847-1849) and a registrar in Lucknow, and Trailokyamohini Debi (ত্রৈলোক্যমোহিনী দেবী) (nee Basu). His paternal family, which was settled in Bhowanipur in Calcutta from the 18th century, were originally members of the Vaishnavite sect but, influenced by the Bengal Renaissance, joined the Brahmo movement from the middle of the 19th century. His maternal family, popularly called the ''garhkata Basu paribar'' of Anarpur in Barasat, was settled in Maniktala in Calcutta, where he was born.		Dey, who was born in a Bengali (বাঙালি) Hindu (হিন্দু) Uttar Rarhi Kayastha (উত্তর রার্হি কায়স্থ)-Brahmo (ব্রাহ্ম) family, was the son of Durgadas Dey (দুর্গাদাস দে (দেব সরকার)), a Junior Scholar of Hindu College (later Presidency College) Calcutta (1847-1849) and a registrar in Lucknow, and Trailokyamohini Debi (ত্রৈলোক্যমোহিনী দেবী) (nee Basu). His paternal family, which was settled in Bhowanipur in Calcutta from the 18th century, were originally members of the Vaishnavite sect but, influenced by the Bengal Renaissance, joined the Brahmo movement from the middle of the 19th century. His maternal family, popularly called the ''garhkata Basu paribar'' of Anarpur in Barasat, was settled in Maniktala in Calcutta, where he was born.<ref name='reminiscences'>Brajendranath De, "Reminiscences of an Indian Member of the Indian Civil Service", Calcutta, 1925-29</ref>

	Dey studied at [[Hare School]], [[Calcutta]], and then Canning Collegiate School and [[Lucknow University\|Canning College, Lucknow]]. Always ranking at the top of his class in school, he was placed in the first division in all his final examinations. He came first from his school in the Entrance examination of Calcutta University and fourth in the first division in the First Arts (F.A.) examination of [[Calcutta University]]. A student of English (Honours), he ranked sixth in the first division in his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) examination. Since he was a first divisioner, he was allowed to take the Master of Arts (M.A.) examination of the Calcutta University soon after the completion of his B.A. (Honours) examination. He was ranked second in the M.A. examination and was awarded the silver medal of Calcutta University.<ref name="Full Text of 'Tabaqat-i-Akbari'">[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.116007/2015.116007.The-Tabaqat-i-akbari-Of-Khwajah-Nizamuddin-Ahmad-Voliii_djvu.txt Full Text of 'Tabaqat-i-Akbari']</ref>		Dey studied at [[Hare School]], [[Calcutta]], and then Canning Collegiate School and [[Lucknow University\|Canning College, Lucknow]]. Always ranking at the top of his class in school, he was placed in the first division in all his final examinations. He came first from his school in the Entrance examination of Calcutta University and fourth in the first division in the First Arts (F.A.) examination of [[Calcutta University]]. A student of English (Honours), he ranked sixth in the first division in his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) examination. Since he was a first divisioner, he was allowed to take the Master of Arts (M.A.) examination of the Calcutta University soon after the completion of his B.A. (Honours) examination. He was ranked second in the M.A. examination and was awarded the silver medal of Calcutta University.<ref name="Full Text of 'Tabaqat-i-Akbari'">[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.116007/2015.116007.The-Tabaqat-i-akbari-Of-Khwajah-Nizamuddin-Ahmad-Voliii_djvu.txt Full Text of 'Tabaqat-i-Akbari']</ref>

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	Dey studied at [[Hare School]], [[Calcutta]], and then Canning Collegiate School and [[Lucknow University\|Canning College, Lucknow]]. Always ranking at the top of his class in school, he was placed in the first division in all his final examinations. He came first from his school in the Entrance examination of Calcutta University and fourth in the first division in the First Arts (F.A.) examination of [[Calcutta University]]. A student of English (Honours), he ranked sixth in the first division in his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) examination. Since he was a first divisioner, he was allowed to take the Master of Arts (M.A.) examination of the Calcutta University soon after the completion of his B.A. (Honours) examination. He was ranked second in the M.A. examination and was awarded the silver medal of Calcutta University.<ref name="Full Text of 'Tabaqat-i-Akbari'">[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.116007/2015.116007.The-Tabaqat-i-akbari-Of-Khwajah-Nizamuddin-Ahmad-Voliii_djvu.txt Full Text of 'Tabaqat-i-Akbari']</ref>		Dey studied at [[Hare School]], [[Calcutta]], and then Canning Collegiate School and [[Lucknow University\|Canning College, Lucknow]]. Always ranking at the top of his class in school, he was placed in the first division in all his final examinations. He came first from his school in the Entrance examination of Calcutta University and fourth in the first division in the First Arts (F.A.) examination of [[Calcutta University]]. A student of English (Honours), he ranked sixth in the first division in his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) examination. Since he was a first divisioner, he was allowed to take the Master of Arts (M.A.) examination of the Calcutta University soon after the completion of his B.A. (Honours) examination. He was ranked second in the M.A. examination and was awarded the silver medal of Calcutta University.<ref name="Full Text of 'Tabaqat-i-Akbari'">[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.116007/2015.116007.The-Tabaqat-i-akbari-Of-Khwajah-Nizamuddin-Ahmad-Voliii_djvu.txt Full Text of 'Tabaqat-i-Akbari']</ref>

	Later, he travelled to England for his higher studies, on the advice of his maternal grand-uncle, [[Peary Charan Sarkar]]<ref name="hareschool"> Peary Charan Sarkar was a luminary of the Bengal Renaissance who served as assistant professor of English at Presidency College, Calcutta and then principal of Hare School, Calcutta. The road that runs behind it on which stands the University of Calcutta and Hindu Hostel is named after him. His youngest son, Sailendra Sarkar founded another school in North Calcutta which is now named after him. For details see B.De, "Reminiscences of an Indian Member of the Indian Civil Service", Calcutta, 1925-29.</ref> and his father's mentor, [[Raja]] [[Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee]], ~~the taluqdar of Shankarpore, in present day [[Uttar Pradesh]]~~<ref name="ICS"> Raja Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee of Shankarpore was a member of the Young Bengal Movement who initially worked in the kutchery of the Rajas of Burdwan. Later, he fell out with his former employers and eloped with Rani Basanta Kumari,a daughter of Dewan Pran Chand Kapoor and the eigth wife of Raja Tej Chandra Ray. He was taken to Lucknow by Lord Canning and awarded the confiscated taluk of Shankarpore and given the rank of assistant commissioner of Lucknow. He was a senior friend of Dey's father, Durgadas, and adviced Dey on how and when to travel to the United Kingdom to take the ICS examination. For details see B.De, "Reminiscences of an Indian Member of the Indian Civil Service", Calcutta, 1925-29.</ref> and for some time assistant commissioner of [[Lucknow]]. In England, he joined University College, London to appear in the Open Competitive Services examination. Having taken the examination successfully, he joined the [[Indian Civil Service]] in 1873, emerging 17th in a batch of 35 successful probationers selected from a total of 360 candidates.<ref>{{cite book \|last=India Office, Great Britain \|date=1905 \|title=The India List and India Office List 1905 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA447 \|publisher=Harrison and Sons \|page=447}}</ref> He was the 8th Indian member of the [[Indian Civil Service\|ICS]].<ref name="womenofindia">{{cite book \|last=Forbes \|first=Geraldine Hancock \|author-link=Geraldine Forbes \|date=1996 \|title=Women in Modern India \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hjilIrVt9hUC&pg=PA28 \|series=The New Cambridge History of India \|volume=IV.2 \|publisher=Cambridge University Press \|pages=28–29 \|isbn=978-0-521-65377-0 \|quote="As one of the first eight Indians appointed to the Indian Civil Service (ICS), Brajendra Nath ... He insisted on educating his daughters and one of them, Saroj Nalini Dutt, led the way in organizing rural women's organizations in the years immediately following World War I."}}</ref> Subsequently, he was called to the [[bar association\|Bar]] by the [[Honourable Society of the Middle Temple]] on 7 June 1875.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150213145353/http://hosted.law.wisc.edu/wordpress/sharafi/files/2010/07/Middle-2.0.pdf University of Wisconsin Law Library]</ref> He was admitted to [[St. Mary's Hall, Oxford]] (later merged with [[Oriel College, Oxford]] in 1902), where he spent one year, from 1874 to 1875, on a [[Boden Sanskrit Scholarship]], having attended the lectures of [[Sir]] [[Monier Monier-Williams]], who was then the [[Boden Sanskrit Professor]], [[Professor]] [[Max Mueller]] and Mr. Goldstucker and Mr. Ruslan.<ref name="oxforduniversitycalender">Oxford University Calendar, 1875, p. 366</ref> He was the first Indian ICS officer to have studied in a college in Oxford.<ref>Renu Paul (in consultation with Mitra Sharafi), 'South Asians at the Inns of Court: Middle Temple, 1863-1944', compilation based on H. A. C. Sturgess, (eds.) Register of Admissions to the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple. From the Fifteenth Century to the Year 1944 (London: published for the Hon. Society of the Middle Temple by Butterworth & Co., 1949), volumes II (1782-1909) and III (1910-44), p. 2.</ref>		Later, he travelled to England for his higher studies, on the advice of his maternal grand-uncle, [[Peary Charan Sarkar]]<ref name="hareschool"> Peary Charan Sarkar was a luminary of the Bengal Renaissance who served as assistant professor of English at Presidency College, Calcutta and then principal of Hare School, Calcutta. The road that runs behind it on which stands the University of Calcutta and Hindu Hostel is named after him. His youngest son, Sailendra Sarkar founded another school in North Calcutta which is now named after him. For details see B.De, "Reminiscences of an Indian Member of the Indian Civil Service", Calcutta, 1925-29.</ref> and his father's mentor, [[Raja]] [[Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee]],<ref name="ICS"> Raja Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee of Shankarpore was a member of the Young Bengal Movement who initially worked in the kutchery of the Rajas of Burdwan. Later, he fell out with his former employers and eloped with Rani Basanta Kumari,a daughter of Dewan Pran Chand Kapoor and the eigth wife of Raja Tej Chandra Ray. He was taken to Lucknow by Lord Canning and awarded the confiscated taluk of Shankarpore and given the rank of assistant commissioner of Lucknow. He was a senior friend of Dey's father, Durgadas, and adviced Dey on how and when to travel to the United Kingdom to take the ICS examination. For details see B.De, "Reminiscences of an Indian Member of the Indian Civil Service", Calcutta, 1925-29.</ref> and for some time assistant commissioner of [[Lucknow]]. In England, he joined University College, London to appear in the Open Competitive Services examination. Having taken the examination successfully, he joined the [[Indian Civil Service]] in 1873, emerging 17th in a batch of 35 successful probationers selected from a total of 360 candidates.<ref>{{cite book \|last=India Office, Great Britain \|date=1905 \|title=The India List and India Office List 1905 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA447 \|publisher=Harrison and Sons \|page=447}}</ref> He was the 8th Indian member of the [[Indian Civil Service\|ICS]].<ref name="womenofindia">{{cite book \|last=Forbes \|first=Geraldine Hancock \|author-link=Geraldine Forbes \|date=1996 \|title=Women in Modern India \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hjilIrVt9hUC&pg=PA28 \|series=The New Cambridge History of India \|volume=IV.2 \|publisher=Cambridge University Press \|pages=28–29 \|isbn=978-0-521-65377-0 \|quote="As one of the first eight Indians appointed to the Indian Civil Service (ICS), Brajendra Nath ... He insisted on educating his daughters and one of them, Saroj Nalini Dutt, led the way in organizing rural women's organizations in the years immediately following World War I."}}</ref> Subsequently, he was called to the [[bar association\|Bar]] by the [[Honourable Society of the Middle Temple]] on 7 June 1875.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150213145353/http://hosted.law.wisc.edu/wordpress/sharafi/files/2010/07/Middle-2.0.pdf University of Wisconsin Law Library]</ref> He was admitted to [[St. Mary's Hall, Oxford]] (later merged with [[Oriel College, Oxford]] in 1902), where he spent one year, from 1874 to 1875, on a [[Boden Sanskrit Scholarship]], having attended the lectures of [[Sir]] [[Monier Monier-Williams]], who was then the [[Boden Sanskrit Professor]], [[Professor]] [[Max Mueller]] and Mr. Goldstucker and Mr. Ruslan.<ref name="oxforduniversitycalender">Oxford University Calendar, 1875, p. 366</ref> He was the first Indian ICS officer to have studied in a college in Oxford.<ref>Renu Paul (in consultation with Mitra Sharafi), 'South Asians at the Inns of Court: Middle Temple, 1863-1944', compilation based on H. A. C. Sturgess, (eds.) Register of Admissions to the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple. From the Fifteenth Century to the Year 1944 (London: published for the Hon. Society of the Middle Temple by Butterworth & Co., 1949), volumes II (1782-1909) and III (1910-44), p. 2.</ref>

	His second son-in-law was [[Sir]] [[Sarat Kumar Ghosh]], [[Indian Civil Service\|ICS]], Chief Justice of Jaipur and Kashmir and the only interim Chief Justice of the High Court of Rajasthan, his fifth daughter and son-in-law were the social reformer [[Saroj Nalini Dutt]], [[Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire\|MBE]],<ref name="womenofindia"/> and [[Gurusaday Dutt]], [[Indian Civil Service\|ICS]], Secretary, Local Self Government and Public Health, Government of Bengal, his sixth son-in-law was Lieutenant Colonel Jyotish Chandra De, [[Indian Medical Service\|IMS]],<ref name="livesless forgotten">[http://rajsaday.com/?p=2089 Lives Less Forgotten: Lieutenant Colonel Jyotish Chandra De]</ref> 2nd Indian Principal of the [[Calcutta Medical College]], his seventh son-in-law was Captain (Hon.) Dr. Paresh Chandra Datta, first Chief Medical Officer of the B.R. Singh Memorial Hospital, Calcutta then of the East Bengal Railway and Director of Public Health, Government of West Bengal and his third son was Major (Hon.) [[Basanta Kumar De\|Basanta Kumar Dey]], Traffic Superintendent General and then Commercial Traffic Manager of the [[Bengal Nagpur Railway\|BNR]].		His second son-in-law was [[Sir]] [[Sarat Kumar Ghosh]], [[Indian Civil Service\|ICS]], Chief Justice of Jaipur and Kashmir and the only interim Chief Justice of the High Court of Rajasthan, his fifth daughter and son-in-law were the social reformer [[Saroj Nalini Dutt]], [[Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire\|MBE]],<ref name="womenofindia"/> and [[Gurusaday Dutt]], [[Indian Civil Service\|ICS]], Secretary, Local Self Government and Public Health, Government of Bengal, his sixth son-in-law was Lieutenant Colonel Jyotish Chandra De, [[Indian Medical Service\|IMS]],<ref name="livesless forgotten">[http://rajsaday.com/?p=2089 Lives Less Forgotten: Lieutenant Colonel Jyotish Chandra De]</ref> 2nd Indian Principal of the [[Calcutta Medical College]], his seventh son-in-law was Captain (Hon.) Dr. Paresh Chandra Datta, first Chief Medical Officer of the B.R. Singh Memorial Hospital, Calcutta then of the East Bengal Railway and Director of Public Health, Government of West Bengal and his third son was Major (Hon.) [[Basanta Kumar De\|Basanta Kumar Dey]], Traffic Superintendent General and then Commercial Traffic Manager of the [[Bengal Nagpur Railway\|BNR]].

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	Dey studied at [[Hare School]], [[Calcutta]], and then Canning Collegiate School and [[Lucknow University\|Canning College, Lucknow]]. Always ranking at the top of his class in school, he was placed in the first division in all his final examinations. He came first from his school in the Entrance examination of Calcutta University and fourth in the first division in the First Arts (F.A.) examination of [[Calcutta University]]. A student of English (Honours), he ranked sixth in the first division in his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) examination. Since he was a first divisioner, he was allowed to take the Master of Arts (M.A.) examination of the Calcutta University soon after the completion of his B.A. (Honours) examination. He was ranked second in the M.A. examination and was awarded the silver medal of Calcutta University.<ref name="Full Text of 'Tabaqat-i-Akbari'">[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.116007/2015.116007.The-Tabaqat-i-akbari-Of-Khwajah-Nizamuddin-Ahmad-Voliii_djvu.txt Full Text of 'Tabaqat-i-Akbari']</ref>		Dey studied at [[Hare School]], [[Calcutta]], and then Canning Collegiate School and [[Lucknow University\|Canning College, Lucknow]]. Always ranking at the top of his class in school, he was placed in the first division in all his final examinations. He came first from his school in the Entrance examination of Calcutta University and fourth in the first division in the First Arts (F.A.) examination of [[Calcutta University]]. A student of English (Honours), he ranked sixth in the first division in his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) examination. Since he was a first divisioner, he was allowed to take the Master of Arts (M.A.) examination of the Calcutta University soon after the completion of his B.A. (Honours) examination. He was ranked second in the M.A. examination and was awarded the silver medal of Calcutta University.<ref name="Full Text of 'Tabaqat-i-Akbari'">[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.116007/2015.116007.The-Tabaqat-i-akbari-Of-Khwajah-Nizamuddin-Ahmad-Voliii_djvu.txt Full Text of 'Tabaqat-i-Akbari']</ref>

	Later, he travelled to England for his higher studies, on the advice of his maternal grand-uncle, [[Peary Charan Sarkar]] and his father's mentor, [[Raja]] [[Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee]], the taluqdar of Shankarpore, [[~~United Provinces of Agra and Oudh\|United Provinces~~]]~~{{dubious\|date=February 2020\|reason~~=United ~~Provinces didn't exist until 1902}}~~ and for some time assistant commissioner of [[Lucknow]]. In England, he joined University College, London to appear in the Open Competitive Services examination. Having taken the examination successfully, he joined the [[Indian Civil Service]] in 1873, emerging 17th in a batch of 35 successful probationers selected from a total of 360 candidates.<ref>{{cite book \|last=India Office, Great Britain \|date=1905 \|title=The India List and India Office List 1905 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA447 \|publisher=Harrison and Sons \|page=447}}</ref> He was the 8th Indian member of the [[Indian Civil Service\|ICS]].<ref name="womenofindia">{{cite book \|last=Forbes \|first=Geraldine Hancock \|author-link=Geraldine Forbes \|date=1996 \|title=Women in Modern India \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hjilIrVt9hUC&pg=PA28 \|series=The New Cambridge History of India \|volume=IV.2 \|publisher=Cambridge University Press \|pages=28–29 \|isbn=978-0-521-65377-0 \|quote="As one of the first eight Indians appointed to the Indian Civil Service (ICS), Brajendra Nath ... He insisted on educating his daughters and one of them, Saroj Nalini Dutt, led the way in organizing rural women's organizations in the years immediately following World War I."}}</ref> Subsequently, he was called to the [[bar association\|Bar]] by the [[Honourable Society of the Middle Temple]] on 7 June 1875.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150213145353/http://hosted.law.wisc.edu/wordpress/sharafi/files/2010/07/Middle-2.0.pdf University of Wisconsin Law Library]</ref> He was admitted to [[St. Mary's Hall, Oxford]] (later merged with [[Oriel College, Oxford]] in 1902), where he spent one year, from 1874 to 1875, on a [[Boden Sanskrit Scholarship]], having attended the lectures of [[Sir]] [[Monier Monier-Williams]], who was then the [[Boden Sanskrit Professor]], [[Professor]] [[Max Mueller]] and Mr. Goldstucker and Mr. Ruslan.<ref name="oxforduniversitycalender">Oxford University Calendar, 1875, p. 366</ref> He was the first Indian ICS officer to have studied in a college in Oxford.<ref>Renu Paul (in consultation with Mitra Sharafi), 'South Asians at the Inns of Court: Middle Temple, 1863-1944', compilation based on H. A. C. Sturgess, (eds.) Register of Admissions to the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple. From the Fifteenth Century to the Year 1944 (London: published for the Hon. Society of the Middle Temple by Butterworth & Co., 1949), volumes II (1782-1909) and III (1910-44), p. 2.</ref>		Later, he travelled to England for his higher studies, on the advice of his maternal grand-uncle, [[Peary Charan Sarkar]]<ref name="hareschool"> Peary Charan Sarkar was a luminary of the Bengal Renaissance who served as assistant professor of English at Presidency College, Calcutta and then principal of Hare School, Calcutta. The road that runs behind it on which stands the University of Calcutta and Hindu Hostel is named after him. His youngest son, Sailendra Sarkar founded another school in North Calcutta which is now named after him.</ref> and his father's mentor, [[Raja]] [[Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee]], the taluqdar of Shankarpore, in present day [[Uttar Pradesh]]<ref name="ICS"> Raja Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee of Shankarpore was a member of the Young Bengal Movement who initially worked in the butchery of the Rajas of Burdwan. Later, he fell out with his former employers and eloped with Rani Basanta Kumari,a daughter of Dewan Pran Chand Kapoor and the eigth wife of Raja Tej Chandra Ray. He was taken to Lucknow by Lord Canning and awarded the confiscated taluk of Shankarpore and given the rank of assistant commissioner of Lucknow. He was a senior friend of Dey's father, Durgadas, and adviced Dey on how and when to travel to the United Kingdom to take the ICS examination.</ref> and for some time assistant commissioner of [[Lucknow]]. In England, he joined University College, London to appear in the Open Competitive Services examination. Having taken the examination successfully, he joined the [[Indian Civil Service]] in 1873, emerging 17th in a batch of 35 successful probationers selected from a total of 360 candidates.<ref>{{cite book \|last=India Office, Great Britain \|date=1905 \|title=The India List and India Office List 1905 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA447 \|publisher=Harrison and Sons \|page=447}}</ref> He was the 8th Indian member of the [[Indian Civil Service\|ICS]].<ref name="womenofindia">{{cite book \|last=Forbes \|first=Geraldine Hancock \|author-link=Geraldine Forbes \|date=1996 \|title=Women in Modern India \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hjilIrVt9hUC&pg=PA28 \|series=The New Cambridge History of India \|volume=IV.2 \|publisher=Cambridge University Press \|pages=28–29 \|isbn=978-0-521-65377-0 \|quote="As one of the first eight Indians appointed to the Indian Civil Service (ICS), Brajendra Nath ... He insisted on educating his daughters and one of them, Saroj Nalini Dutt, led the way in organizing rural women's organizations in the years immediately following World War I."}}</ref> Subsequently, he was called to the [[bar association\|Bar]] by the [[Honourable Society of the Middle Temple]] on 7 June 1875.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150213145353/http://hosted.law.wisc.edu/wordpress/sharafi/files/2010/07/Middle-2.0.pdf University of Wisconsin Law Library]</ref> He was admitted to [[St. Mary's Hall, Oxford]] (later merged with [[Oriel College, Oxford]] in 1902), where he spent one year, from 1874 to 1875, on a [[Boden Sanskrit Scholarship]], having attended the lectures of [[Sir]] [[Monier Monier-Williams]], who was then the [[Boden Sanskrit Professor]], [[Professor]] [[Max Mueller]] and Mr. Goldstucker and Mr. Ruslan.<ref name="oxforduniversitycalender">Oxford University Calendar, 1875, p. 366</ref> He was the first Indian ICS officer to have studied in a college in Oxford.<ref>Renu Paul (in consultation with Mitra Sharafi), 'South Asians at the Inns of Court: Middle Temple, 1863-1944', compilation based on H. A. C. Sturgess, (eds.) Register of Admissions to the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple. From the Fifteenth Century to the Year 1944 (London: published for the Hon. Society of the Middle Temple by Butterworth & Co., 1949), volumes II (1782-1909) and III (1910-44), p. 2.</ref>

	His second son-in-law was [[Sir]] [[Sarat Kumar Ghosh]], [[Indian Civil Service\|ICS]], Chief Justice of Jaipur and Kashmir and the only interim Chief Justice of the High Court of Rajasthan, his fifth daughter and son-in-law were the social reformer [[Saroj Nalini Dutt]], [[Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire\|MBE]],<ref name="womenofindia"/> and [[Gurusaday Dutt]], [[Indian Civil Service\|ICS]], Secretary, Local Self Government and Public Health, Government of Bengal, his sixth son-in-law was Lieutenant Colonel Jyotish Chandra De, [[Indian Medical Service\|IMS]],<ref name="livesless forgotten">[http://rajsaday.com/?p=2089 Lives Less Forgotten: Lieutenant Colonel Jyotish Chandra De]</ref> 2nd Indian Principal of the [[Calcutta Medical College]], his seventh son-in-law was Captain (Hon.) Dr. Paresh Chandra Datta, first Chief Medical Officer of the B.R. Singh Memorial Hospital, Calcutta then of the East Bengal Railway and Director of Public Health, Government of West Bengal and his third son was Major (Hon.) [[Basanta Kumar De\|Basanta Kumar Dey]], Traffic Superintendent General and then Commercial Traffic Manager of the [[Bengal Nagpur Railway\|BNR]].		His second son-in-law was [[Sir]] [[Sarat Kumar Ghosh]], [[Indian Civil Service\|ICS]], Chief Justice of Jaipur and Kashmir and the only interim Chief Justice of the High Court of Rajasthan, his fifth daughter and son-in-law were the social reformer [[Saroj Nalini Dutt]], [[Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire\|MBE]],<ref name="womenofindia"/> and [[Gurusaday Dutt]], [[Indian Civil Service\|ICS]], Secretary, Local Self Government and Public Health, Government of Bengal, his sixth son-in-law was Lieutenant Colonel Jyotish Chandra De, [[Indian Medical Service\|IMS]],<ref name="livesless forgotten">[http://rajsaday.com/?p=2089 Lives Less Forgotten: Lieutenant Colonel Jyotish Chandra De]</ref> 2nd Indian Principal of the [[Calcutta Medical College]], his seventh son-in-law was Captain (Hon.) Dr. Paresh Chandra Datta, first Chief Medical Officer of the B.R. Singh Memorial Hospital, Calcutta then of the East Bengal Railway and Director of Public Health, Government of West Bengal and his third son was Major (Hon.) [[Basanta Kumar De\|Basanta Kumar Dey]], Traffic Superintendent General and then Commercial Traffic Manager of the [[Bengal Nagpur Railway\|BNR]].