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 ==Career==
-De was recruited into the Commercial Department of the BNR in London in 1921.<ref name="bdeletterfromloudenstreet"> Letter from Brajendranath De on 9th September, 1921 from 22, Louden Street, Calcutta to his son-in-law, Gurusaday Dutt, then living in London. Letter, from G.S. Dutt archive, is with his (Dutt's) grandson, Devsaday Dutt.</ref><ref name="oralhistory"/> His first posting was as assistant traffic superintendent.<ref name="reminiscencesofanindianmemberoftheindiancivilservice"> Brajendranath De, 'Reminiscences of an Indian Member of the Indian Civil Service', Calcutta, 1925-1929, pp.416-417. Memoir manuscript in the custody of De's grandson, Barun De's, library.</ref> In that capacity, he played an important role in the building of the BNR Hotel in Puri. As a young officer posted in Kharagpore he witnessed the first railway workshop strike led by V.V. Giri in 1927.
+De was recruited into the Commercial Department of the BNR in London in 1921.<ref name="bdeletterfromloudenstreet"> Letter from Brajendranath De on 9th September, 1921 from 22, Louden Street, Calcutta to his son-in-law, Gurusaday Dutt, then living in London. Letter, from G.S. Dutt archive, is with his (Dutt's) grandson, Devsaday Dutt.</ref><ref name="oralhistory"/> His first posting was as assistant traffic superintendent.<ref name="reminiscencesofanindianmemberoftheindiancivilservice"> Brajendranath De, 'Reminiscences of an Indian Member of the Indian Civil Service', Calcutta, 1925-1929, pp.416-417. Memoir manuscript in the custody of Barun De's library.</ref> In that capacity, he played an important role in the building of the BNR Hotel in Puri. As a young officer posted in Kharagpore he witnessed the first railway workshop strike led by V.V. Giri in 1927.
 In 1931, he was tasked with the responsibility of carrying out the survey work for laying of the tracks from Raipur to Vizianagram and Sonepur to Bolangir. Through the 1930s he served as district commercial officer in Kharagpore, Waltair,<ref name="20,theatreroadletter">Letter from Brajendranath De of 20, Theatre Road, Calcutta to Paresh Chandra Datta and Sarasi Nalini Datta, then living in England, dated 26th March, 1931. Letter in the custody of Barun De's library.</ref> Nainpur and Adra.<ref name="oralhistory">[https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://wikis.uit.tufts.edu/confluence/display/atbohp/Barun%2BDe%3Fdesktop%3Dtrue%26macroName%3Dattachments&ved=2ahUKEwiykozQoIH1AhUVxDgGHaIvCykQFnoECAYQAQ&usg=AOvVaw083H797WHC9n5MOfE8i6xG Text of Barun De's interview given to Kris Manjapra for Tufts University Oral History Archive, 2009]</ref> While he was in Adra for a second time between 1939 and 1942, he was given the responsibility of managing the transportation of Congress workers and leaders attending the Ramgarh Session of the Indian National Congress of 1941. In this connection, he had to visit Mahatma Gandhi there.<ref name="oralhistory"/>