Benoyendranath Sen

Benoyendranath Sen (also spelt Benoyendra Nath Sen) (Bengali: বিনয়েন্দ্রনাথ সেন) (1868 – 1913) was a Brahmo activist in Kolkata (then Calcutta) and a New Dispensation leader in the post-Keshub Chunder Sen era of the Brahmo movement.

Sivanath Sastri wrote (about Sen and his contemporaries), “These young leaders are trying to keep up the Brahmo name and the work of the Brahmo Samaj of India; thereby strengthening the hope, expressed before, of their counteracting the narrowing influence of Keshub Chunder Sen’s close adherents.

Formative years

The son of Madhusudan Sen, and nephew (sister's son) of Keshub Chunder Sen, he was born on 25 September 1868 at Kolkata. Sen received Western education, supported by his father, who had been initiated into the Brahmo Samaj by Debendranath Tagore. Sen topped his class throughout his academic career. He mastered the intricacies of Western philosophy. After his graduation with honours in English and philosophy from the General Assembly’s Institution (now Scottish Church College) in 1888, he did his Master of Arts in history and philosophy from Calcutta University.