Amiya Charan Banerjee

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Amiya Charan Banerjee
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Born(1891-01-23)23 January 1891
Died31 May 1968(1968-05-31) (aged 77)
OccupationMathematician
Spouse(s)Probha
Signature
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Amiya Charan Banerjee (Bengali: অমিয় চরণ ব্যানার্জি) (23 January 1891 – 31 May 1968) was an Indian mathematician.

Early life[edit]

Education[edit]

Amiya Charan Banerjee was born on 23 January 1891 in his maternal grandfather's house at Bhagalpur. As his father had a transferable job, he was educated mostly at Bhagalpur Zilla School. He stood first in the matriculation examination and joined Presidency College, Kolkata. He completed postgraduate studies in mathematics and won a Bihar Government scholarship to go to England. He became a Wrangler and foundation scholar from Clare College, Cambridge.[1]

Achievements[edit]

On his return to the country, he spent some time in Patna but as there was no suitable post vacant for him, he went to Allahabad and started his teaching career as a professor. Allahabad University was a centre of learning, hosting scientists such as Meghnad Saha and Nil Ratan Dhar.

Banerjee contributed to the field of astro-physics and galactic dynamics. He was vice-chancellor of the University of Allahabad from 1953–55.[citation needed] He was examiner for doctoral thesis for several universities in India and abroad, and went abroad a number of times on lecture tours.[citation needed] Government of India had assigned to him a project for studying the observatories in Europe and America and for recommending improvements of Indian observatories. On retirement he helped to develop Sri Chaitanya College at Habra in West Bengal. He presided over the All India Brahmo Conference held in 1957.[1][2]

Prof. Banerjee was nominated president of the 56th session of the Indian Science Congress to be held at Mumbai in 1969 but he died prematurely on 31 May 1968.[1][3]

He used to deliver lectures on astronomy. He spoke on "Stellar Evolution" at the Allahabad session of the Indian Academy of Sciences in 1946.[4]

The road in front of his house in Allahabad was named after him.

Marriage, children and grandchildren[edit]

He had married Probha, daughter of Braja Kumar and Chanchala Niyogi of Hazaribagh in 1920. She was actively involved in social welfare activities, was a commissioner of Allahabad municipality and was a woman magistrate, who held court at home.[citation needed]

His elder son Kalyan Banerji died prematurely on 4 June 1975 when he was deputy managing director of State Bank of India.[citation needed]

His daughter, Arati, was married to N.R.Dutt, a successful business manager in the steel industry. She died on 9 July 2010.

Milon Banerji, Attorney General of India, was his younger son who died on 16 July 2010.[5]

His grandson, Pradeep Banerji – son of Kalyan Banerji – graduated from Columbia University, New York, and is presently based in London as a successful professional in the IT industry.

His grandson, Debal Banerji – son of Milon Banerji – is a senior lawyer practising in Calcutta High Court and the Supreme Court.[5]

His grandson, Gourab Banerji – the younger son of Milon Banerji – was the Additional Solicitor General of India.[5]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Sengupta, Subodh Chandra and Bose, Anjali (editors), (1976/1998), Sansad Bangali Charitabhidhan (Biographical dictionary) Vol I, (in Bengali), pp. 29–30, ISBN 81-85626-65-0
  2. "About us". Allahabad University. Archived from the original on 19 February 2008. Retrieved 2 February 2008.
  3. "List of Past Presidents". Indian Science Congress Association. Archived from the original on 16 January 2008. Retrieved 2 February 2008.
  4. "Symposia held since inception of the Academy". Indian Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 11 March 2003. Retrieved 2 February 2008.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Former Attorney General Milon K Banerji passes away | Times of India