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He took up his first posting in the civil service as assistant magistrate and collector of Arrah, Behar in 1875. After serving in a number of districts in Behar, he was posted in Raniganj, Bengal in 1881.<ref>[http://www.mocavo.com/The-New-Annual-Army-List-Militia-List-and-Indian-Civil-Service-List-1881-Volume-1881/393337/783 Military and ICS Manual]</ref> He officiated as the district magistrate and collector of Bankura, Burdwan and Faridpore. He served as the full district magistrate and collector of Khulna, where he was befriended by Dr. Krishnadhan Ghosh, the civil surgeon of the district, and the father of Aurobindo Ghosh.<ref name="sriaurobindo"> Peter Heehs, 'The Lives of Sri Aurobindo', (New York: | He took up his first posting in the civil service as assistant magistrate and collector of Arrah, Behar in 1875. After serving in a number of districts in Behar, he was posted in Raniganj, Bengal in 1881.<ref>[http://www.mocavo.com/The-New-Annual-Army-List-Militia-List-and-Indian-Civil-Service-List-1881-Volume-1881/393337/783 Military and ICS Manual]</ref> He officiated as the district magistrate and collector of Bankura, Burdwan and Faridpore. He served as the full district magistrate and collector of Khulna, where he was befriended by Dr. Krishnadhan Ghosh, the civil surgeon of the district, and the father of Aurobindo Ghosh.<ref name="sriaurobindo"> Peter Heehs, 'The Lives of Sri Aurobindo', (New York: | ||
Columbia University Press, 2008), p. 33</ref><ref> | Columbia University Press, 2008), p. 33</ref><ref name="governmentnotifications">Government Notifications: Orders by the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, 6 August, 1893, in 'The Liberal and the New Dispensation', Volume XII, Issue 30, Calcutta, R.S. Bhattacharji, p. 9</ref> He became the magistrate and collector of [[Balasore district|Balasore]] in [[Orissa]] and then of [[Malda district|Malda]] and [[Hooghly district|Hooghly]].<ref name="Bengalee">"Mr. B. De", in ''Bengalee'', 7 September 1910; see also ''Indian Daily'' News, 3 September 1910</ref> He was the first Indian to be elected as chairman of the Hooghly Municipal Corporation. He was an (acting) commissioner of the Burdwan Division.<ref name="socialthoughtofrabindranathtagore">Tapati Dutta Gupta, 'Social Thought of Rabindranath Tagore: A Historical Analysis', Abhinav Publications, p. 122, 1993</ref><ref name="liberty">"Late Mr. B. De.: Passing Away of an Old Civilian" in ''Liberty'', Friday, 30 September 1932</ref> | ||
As the district officer of Hooghly, he started the Duke Club there which was meant to be exclusively for Indians.<ref> | As the district officer of Hooghly, he started the Duke Club there which was meant to be exclusively for Indians.<ref name="britishness">Mrinalini Sinha, 'Britishness, Clubbability, and the Colonial Public Sphere: The Genealogy of an Imperial Institution in Colonial India', in 'The Journal of British Studies', Volume 4, Issue 44, October 2001, pp. 489–521</ref> One of his commissioners once told him not to entertain the thought of wanting to join a British club in the district.<ref name="bodiesincontact">Tony Ballantyne, 'Bodies in Contact', Duke University Press, 2005, p.193</ref> | ||
De retired from active service in 1910. | De retired from active service in 1910. | ||