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About The Book: It is a compilation of the anti British agitation in India, specially in Bengal various famous leaders, educationist, business men, editors were involved in this agitation. In the anti-Partition agitation, they have been supported by people of India. About The Editor: Sir Surendranath Banerjee (1848 –1925) was one of the earliest Indian political leaders during the British Raj. He founded the Indian National Association, one of the earliest Indian political organizations, and later became a senior leader of the Indian National Congress. Banerjee was the second Indian to pass the Indian Civil Service examinations, and was appointed to a post in Sylhet in his homeland; however, in 1874 he was dismissed for a minor and apparently inadvertent procedural error. His efforts at reinstatement failed, and as a dismissed civil servant he was also refused admission to the bar. Banerjee felt he had been discriminated against because he was Indian. He embarked on a political career to organize Indian public opinion, to redress wrongs and protect rights, and to give Indians a serious role in the administration of their country and a voice in the counsels of their government. Banerjee was a believer in moderate means of political agitation, meetings, petitions, and legislative action. A social and religious reformer, Banerjee advocated widow remarriage and raising the marriageable age of girls. His grasp of the English language and his skills as an orator and debater made him an outstanding public speaker and a master parliamentarian. Banerjee was knighted by the British in 1921. His moderate stance caused him to lose popularity, and he was defeated at the polls in 1923.