Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee
Raja Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee Taluqdar of the formerly confiscated taluq of Shankarpur in the United Provinces was one of the leaders of the Young Bengal group in 19th-century India.
Qualification
Dakshinaranjan studied at Hare School and Hindu College.
Introduction
He was one of the leaders of the Young Bengal group in 19th-century India. As an orator, editor of several periodicals, and social reformer, he donated land for the Bethune School and assisted David Hare in his social works.
Early Life
An orator, editor of several periodicals, and a social reformer, he had donated land for the Bethune School and assisted David Hare in his social works. Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee"s father Jaganmohan Mukherjee, who belonged to Bhatpara, had married into the Pathuriaghata branch of the Tagore family and agreed to be a ‘Ghar-jamai’ (a groom who remains back with his in-laws as part of their family). While a student Mukherjee published the magazine Jnananneswan in 1831. He spoke against the suppression of newspapers by the government. He was one of the main initiators for the establishment of the British Indian Association and contributed regularly to the Bengal Spectator.
Lucknow Overview
He started publishing Lucknow Times, Samachar Hindustani, and Bharat Patrika from Lucknow. He established the Canning College in Lucknow. He established the Awadh British Indian Association in 1871. He campaigned for forming a provincial government with an equal number of nominated and elected legislators costing him some favor with the British government.
Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee died in Lucknow on 15 July 1898.
