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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1891|01|23}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Bhagalpur]], [[Bengal Presidency]] <small>(present-day [[India]])</small><br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1968|05|31|1891|01|23}}<br />
| death_place = [[Calcutta]], [[India]] <small>(now [[Kolkata]])</small><br />
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'''Amiya Charan Banerjee''' ({{lang-bn|অমিয় চরণ ব্যানার্জি}}) (23 January 1891 – 31 May 1968) was an Indian mathematician.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
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===Education===<br />
Amiya Charan Banerjee was born on 23 January 1891 in his maternal grandfather's house at Bhagalpur. As his father had a transferable job, he was educated mostly at Bhagalpur Zilla School. He stood first in the matriculation examination and joined [[Presidency College, Kolkata]]. He completed postgraduate studies in mathematics and won a Bihar Government scholarship to go to England. He became a [[Wrangler (University of Cambridge)|Wrangler]] and foundation scholar from [[Clare College, Cambridge]].<ref name = "Bose29">Sengupta, Subodh Chandra and Bose, Anjali (editors), (1976/1998), ''Sansad Bangali Charitabhidhan'' (Biographical dictionary) Vol I, {{in lang|bn}}, pp. 29–30, {{ISBN|81-85626-65-0}}</ref><br />
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==Achievements==<br />
On his return to the country, he spent some time in [[Patna]] but as there was no suitable post vacant for him, he went to [[Allahabad]] and started his teaching career as a professor. [[Allahabad University]] was a centre of learning, hosting scientists such as [[Meghnad Saha]] and Nil Ratan Dhar. <br />
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Banerjee contributed to the field of [[astro-physics]] and galactic dynamics. He was vice-chancellor of the [[University of Allahabad]] from 1953–55.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}} He was examiner for doctoral thesis for several universities in India and abroad, and went abroad a number of times on lecture tours.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}} Government of India had assigned to him a project for studying the observatories in Europe and America and for recommending improvements of Indian observatories. On retirement he helped to develop Sri Chaitanya College at [[Habra]] in West Bengal. He presided over the All India Brahmo Conference held in 1957.<ref name = "Bose29"/><ref>{{cite web|url =http://www.allduniv.ac.in/about_exvc.htm|title =About us|accessdate =2 February 2008|publisher =Allahabad University|archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20080219232119/http://www.allduniv.ac.in/about_exvc.htm|archivedate =19 February 2008|url-status =dead|df =dmy-all}}</ref><br />
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Prof. Banerjee was nominated president of the 56th session of the [[Indian Science Congress]] to be held at [[Mumbai]] in 1969 but he died prematurely on 31 May 1968.<ref name = "Bose29"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sciencecongress.org/html/pastpres.html |title=List of Past Presidents |accessdate=2 February 2008 |publisher=Indian Science Congress Association |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080116111634/http://www.sciencecongress.org/html/pastpres.html |archivedate=16 January 2008 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref><br />
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He used to deliver lectures on astronomy. He spoke on "Stellar Evolution" at the Allahabad session of the Indian Academy of Sciences in 1946.<ref>{{cite web<br />
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The road in front of his house in Allahabad was named after him.<br />
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==Marriage, children and grandchildren==<br />
He had married Probha, daughter of Braja Kumar and Chanchala Niyogi of [[Hazaribagh#Bengali community|Hazaribagh]] in 1920. She was actively involved in social welfare activities, was a commissioner of Allahabad municipality and was a woman magistrate, who held court at home.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}<br />
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His elder son Kalyan Banerji died prematurely on 4 June 1975 when he was deputy managing director of State Bank of India.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}<br />
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His daughter, Arati, was married to N.R.Dutt, a successful business manager in the steel industry. She died on 9 July 2010.<br />
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[[Milon K. Banerji|Milon Banerji]], [[Indian Attorney General|Attorney General]] of India, was his younger son who died on 16 July 2010.<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com">[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Former-Attorney-General-Milon-K-Banerji-passes-away/articleshow/6191887.cms Former Attorney General Milon K Banerji passes away | Times of India]</ref><br />
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His grandson, Pradeep Banerji – son of Kalyan Banerji – graduated from [[Columbia University]], New York, and is presently based in London as a successful professional in the IT industry.<br />
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His grandson, Debal Banerji – son of Milon Banerji – is a senior lawyer practising in Calcutta High Court and the Supreme Court.<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com"/><br />
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His grandson, [[Gourab Banerji]] – the younger son of Milon Banerji – was the Additional Solicitor General of India.<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com"/><br />
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