Chapter 3

 

1. Surendranath Banerjee: The great nationalist and patriot, and celebrated author of A Nation in the Making. He was one of the founders of the Indian National Congress in 1886.

2. Raja Rammohun Roy (1772–1833): Was convinced about the need for modern scientific education in India, to be promoted through the European languages, particularly English, aided by the medium of vernacular languages.

3. A Century, IACS, Introduction, p. xiii.

4. Arun Kumar Biswas, Gleanings of the Past in the Diaries of Drs. Mahendralal and Amritalal Sircar (henceforth Gleanings).

5. Biswas, Father Eugene Lafont of St. Xavier's College, Kolkata (henceforth Father Lafont).

6. Collected Works of Mahendralal Sircar, Eugene Lafont and the Science Movement ...

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