Sarat Chandra Bose

Sarat Chandra Bose
Sarat Chandra Bose
Native name শরৎচন্দ্র বসু
Born (1889-09-06)September 6, 1889
Howrah, Bengal presidency, British India
Died (1950-02-20)February 20, 1950
Kolkata, West Bengal
Nationality Indian
Education Presidency College
Alma mater
Occupation Politician
Known for Politician, Indian independence activist
Spouse(s) Bivabati Devi
Parents

Sarat Chandra Bose (Bengali: শরৎ চন্দ্র বসু; 6 September 1889 – 20 February 1950) was a barrister and Indian independence activist. He was the son of Janakinath Bose and elder brother of Subhas Chandra Bose.

Early life

He was born to Janakinath Bose (father) and Prabhabati Devi in Howrah on 6 September 1889. Prabhabati Devi was part of the famous Dutt family of Hatkhola in north Kolkata. She gave birth to fourteen children, six daughters and eight sons, among whom were nationalist leader Sarat Chandra Bose, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and distinguished cardiologist Dr. Sunil Chandra Bose.

Sarat Bose studied in Presidency College, then affiliated with the University of Calcutta, and then went to England in 1911 to become a barrister. He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn. He began a successful legal practice upon his return to India, but later abandoned it to join the Indian independence movement.[1]

Political career

In 1936, Bose became the president of the Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee, and served as a member of the All India Congress Committee from 1936 to 1947. From 1946 to 1947, Bose would lead the Congress delegation to the Central Legislative Assembly. He strongly supported the formation of the Indian National Army by Subhas Bose, and actively participated in the Quit India movement. Following his brother's reported death in 1945, Bose would lead efforts to provide relief and aid to the families of INA soldiers through the INA Defence and Relief Committee. In 1946, he was appointed Member of the Interim Government for Works, Mines and Powers – the position of a minister in a national executive council led by Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, and presided over by the Viceroy of India.

Bengal partition and later life

However, Bose resigned from the AICC in disagreement over the Cabinet Mission Plan's call to partition Bengal between Hindu-majority and Muslim-majority regions. He attempt to construct a bid for a united but independent Bengal and North-East with Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, the Bengali Muslim League leader. Muhammad Ali Jinnah (President of the Muslim League who would become Pakistan's founding father) supported it and so did Mahatma Gandhi. The Indian National Congress and the Hindu members of Indian Legislative Council from Bengal opposed it. (History of Bengal by R. C. Mazumder) [2][3] After India's independence, Bose would lead his brother's Forward Bloc and form the Socialist Republican Party, advocating a socialist system for Bengal and India. He died in 1950, in Calcutta.

Family

Sarat Bose married Bivabati Devi in 1910 and the couple had eight children. Their children included Dr. Asoke Nath Bose,[4] a Doctorate in Chemistry from Germany and eminent engineer, Amiya Nath Bose who participated in the Quit India Movement, became a Member Parliament and was also the Indian ambassador to Burma, Sisir Kumar Bose,[5] who became a pediatrician and Member of Legislative Assembly, and Subrata Bose, who was an electrical engineer and also a Member of Parliament. His youngest daughter Prof. Chitra Ghosh is a distinguished academician and a social scientist and also a member of the parliament. His grandson, Sumantra Bose, is a professor of comparative politics at the London School of Economics and Political Science.[6]

Statue of Sharat Chandra Bose in Kolkata

Honors

In January 2014, Sarat Chandra Bose Memorial Lecture was instituted and the maiden lecture was delivered by international historian Leonard A. Gordon, who has penned a joint biography of Sarat and his younger brother Subhas, titled Brothers Against The Raj.[7] A statue of Sarat Chandra Bose is situated beside Calcutta High Court.

References

  1. ↑ .winentrance.com/general_knowledge/arat-chandra-bose.html
  2. ↑ Christophe Jaffrelot (2004). A History of Pakistan and Its Origins. Anthem Press. p. 42. ISBN 9781843311492.
  3. ↑ "Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy : His Life". thedailynewnation.com. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  4. ↑ How Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose escaped Kolkata this day 1941, http://www.makingindia.co/online-news-english/2017/01/17/history-netaji-subhash-chandra-bose-escaped-kolkata-this-day-1941/
  5. ↑ Sisir Kumar Bose, Sarat Chandra Bose: Remembering My Father, Netaji Research Bureau, Kolkata, 2014. ISBN 978-93-83098-50-7
  6. ↑ http://www.lse.ac.uk/government/whosWho/Academic%20profiles/sbose@lseacuk/Home.aspx
  7. ↑ "History failed to recognize Sarat Chandra Bose: Leonard Gordon". IANS. Biharprabha News. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
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