Sir Pramada Charan Banerjee

Biography Banerjee was born on 10 April 1848. He lived in Uttarpara and attended Presidency College, Calcutta and the University of Calcutta, from which he respectively obtained B.A. and B.L. degrees. He practised at the Bar in Bankipore until moving to Allahabad in 1870. He remained in that office until August 1923, when he was replaced by Kanhaiya Lal prior to retiring from the bench in March 1924.

Banerjee was the second Indian to be appointed a judge at the Allahabad High Court, the first being Syed Mahmood, whom Banerjee succeeded. With Mahmood, Chief Justice John Edge and others, he "made indelible imprints greatness as Judges on the pages of [Allahabad High Court’s] law reports".

Appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 1913 Birthday Honours, Banerjee was a member of the law faculty at the University of Allahabad and was Vice-Chancellor of the university from 1917 to 1919, in which year the university conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa; In 1921, he was awarded the Kaisar-i-Hind Medal, first class, by George V in recognition of his public service.

Banerjee died at the age of 82.

Recognition Allahabad University established the Sir Pramada Charan Banerjee hostel in 1915 in his honour.