Gooroodas Banerjee

Sir Gooroodas Banerjee (also Gurudas Bandyopadhyay,[1][2] 26 January 1844 – 2 December 1918) was an Indian judge of the Calcutta High Court.

[11][12][6] Banerjee began his legal practice in Berhampore, simultaneously teaching law and mathematics on a part-time basis at Berhmapore College.

In 1872, he moved his legal practice to Kolkata, representing clients such as the erstwhile Nawab of Murshidabad at the Calcutta High Court.

He made notable contributions to the spread of education by making sure that Narkeldanga High School got raised to secondary standard.

[citation needed] There is a prestigious post in the Department of English of the University of Calcutta named after Sir Gooroodas Banerjee.