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Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee Passed Away - [July 21, 1906] This Day in History
21 July 1906
Death of Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee
What happened?
The first President of the Indian National Congress (INC) Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee passed away on 21st July 1906.
Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee – Biography
- W C Bonnerjee was born on 29th December 1844 at Calcutta.
He finished his schooling from Oriental Seminary and Hindu School.
- In 1862, he joined a law firm in Calcutta as a clerk from where he got acquainted with law. In 1864, Boneerjee went to England to study law and three years later, he was called to the Bar.
- In 1868, he returned to Calcutta and started his legal practice.
He was able to gain a good reputation as a barrister.
- In 1882, he became the first Indian to be appointed as a Standing Counsel. He officiated in this capacity three more times in 1884, 1886 and 1887.
- He famously defended Surendranath Banerjee in a contempt of court case in the High Court of Calcutt