Wednesday 15 June 2016

who was first Indian to join the I.C.S?

who was first Indian to join the I.C.S?

Options

1)Satyendranath Tagore

2) Ram charan

3) suresh babu

4) Parakash nath


answer

1)Satyendranath Tagore

other details

Satyendranath Tagore was the first Indian to join the Indian Civil Service.

He was an author, song composer, linguist and made significant contribution towards the emancipation of women in Indian society during the British Raj.

Born 1 June 1842
Calcutta, Bengal, British India

Died 9 January 1923 (aged 80)
Calcutta, Bengal, British India

 In 1832, the posts of munsif and sadar amin were created and opened to Indians

Satyendranath was selected for the Indian Civil Service in June, 1863. He completed his probationary training and returned to India in November 1864

Satyendranath was posted to Bombay presidency, which then covered western parts of present-day Maharashtra, Gujarat and Sindh

 He translated Bal Gangadhar Tilak’s Geetarahasya and Tukaram’s Abhang poems into Bengali.

He served in the ICS for about thirty years and retired as Judge of Satara in Maharashtra in 1897

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