
Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee is a politician, barrister born in Calcutta (British Raj).
Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee (or Umesh Chandra Banerjee; 29 December 1844 – 21 July 1906) was an Indian independence activist and barrister who practiced in England. He was a secretary of the London Indian Society founded by Dadabhai Naoroji in 1865. He was the one of the founders and the first president of Indian National Congress in 1885 at Bombay, serving again as president in 1892 at Allahabad. Bonnerjee financed the British Committee of Congress and its journals in London. Along with Naoroji, Eardley Norton and William Digby he started the Congress Political Agency, a branch of Congress in London. He unsuccessfully contested the 1892 United Kingdom general election as a Liberal party candidate for the Barrow and Furness seat. In 1893, Naoroji, Bonnerjee and Badruddin Tyabji founded the Indian Parliamentary Committee in England.
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| Born | 29 December 1844, Calcutta |
| Profession | politician, barrister |
| Nationality | British Raj |
| Educated at | Oriental Seminary, Hindu School |
| Spouse | Hemangini Motilal |
| Children | R. C. Bonnerjee |
| Moon Sign (Rashi) | Leo |
| Nakshatra | Magha (Pada 2) |
| Sun Sign | Sagittarius |
| Ascendant (Lagna) | Pisces |
| Birth data reliability | Uncertain |
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Computed with Swiss Ephemeris (Lahiri ayanamsa). Exact birth time is not publicly recorded, so noon local time was used. The Moon changes Nakshatra about once a day, so the Nakshatra and Ascendant shown may differ if the true birth time is different.
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Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee was born on 29 December 1844 in Calcutta. Sources disagree about, or do not verify, this person’s birth details. Treat this chart as indicative only.
Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee's Moon sign (Rashi) is Leo and the Nakshatra is Magha, pada 2, computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa.
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