Sibnath Banerjee 11.7.1997

Sibnath Banerjee, a doyen of the Trade Union movement in India, committed himself whole-heartedly to the service of the nation and the Indian people. Born on 11 July, 1897 in the village Brahman Rangdia in Khulna District now in Bangladesh, he first got involved in anti-partition movement in Bengal at the age of eight. He directly joined the non-cooperation movement in 1920 while still a student of M.Sc in Calcutta University. In 1921, he moved to Indore to serve as a teacher in a high school but gave up the profession, again to participate in the political movement.