Umesh Chandra Banerjee

Umesh Chandra Banerjee (Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee) an Indian independence activist, barrister, politician.

Co-founder and the first president of Indian National Congress.

First Indian to be appointed as a Standing Counsel to the Government.

He acted as a legal defender in the 1883 contempt of court case of Surendranath Banerjee, which became a landmark episode in early Indian nationalism.
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