article_snippet: Cruelly, the Bengal-born student’s race had barred he from fulfilling he dream of being an officer in the British Army, even though he was highly educated and had earned a degree in electrical engineering from Leeds University.
article_snippet: Academics believe that the 28-year-old private had become the first Bengali to die fighting for Britain in the war.
article_snippet: Although many more would later serve on the Western Front in the British Army, at the beginning of the war, most Bengalis were banned from joining up in most Bengalis own country because of racial prejudice.
highlights_snippet: Bengal-born student killed in action 20 months after photo was taken .
  
highlights_snippet: Experts think The 28-year-old private was the first Bengali to die fighting for Britain in the First World War .