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Top 10 Amazing Facts about Sarat Chandra Bose


 

he was born on September 6, 1889 to Janakinath Bose and Prabhabati Devi in Cuttack, Odisha. The family originally, hailed from Kodalia currently Subhashgram, West Bengal.

His family was famous, the Boses family of Mahinagar while his mother was part of the famous Dutt family of Hatkhola in North Kolkata.

The family was big, with thirteen siblings, six sisters and seven brothers among whom was a distinguished cardiologist Dr. Sunil Chandra Bose.

Sarat Bose studied in Presidency College, Scottish Church College, then affiliated with the University of Calcutta. He later progressed to England in 1911 to become a barrister.

He was called to the bar at Lincoln’s Inn. He began abandoned it to join the Indian independence movement.

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 till 1947.

 Sarat Bose was arrested after the escape of Subhas the day before he was due to join as Cabinet Minister in the Fazlul Haq government. He was moved to jail in Mercara and then Coonoor where his health suffered.

He was released in September 1945 after a 4 year prison sentence. 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 Chandra Bose and actively participated in the Quist India Movement.

Following his brother’s reported death in 1945, Bose led efforts to provide relief and aid to the families of INA soldiers through the INA Defense and Relief Committee.

In 1946, he was appointed Member of the Interim Government for Works, Mines and Powers 鈥� 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.

1. He was Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s Elder Brother

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Out of the seven brothers, he has one famous brother called Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose who is known for his role in the India’s Independence.

Sarat Chandra Bose was Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose鈥檚 elder brother. Netaji had several older brothers – Sarat was the second oldest. Sarat Chandra Bose was a leading barrister in Calcutta and a prominent member of Congress in his own right.

2. His Support for His Brother Subhash Struggle for Independence was Key

He was a major benefactor of Netaji and a supporter of many of his moves, political or otherwise. One of Sarat鈥檚 sons, Dr. Sisir Bose played a big part in Netaji鈥檚 legendary escape from India in 1941, dressed as a Sadhu.

3. A Nationalist Leader

He was one of the foremost Nationalist leaders of colonial India, and a stalwart in Congress. He is also associated with a notion that had been pushed by some groups just before Partition and Independence of India.

Among the top people who sought for the creation of an United or Undivided Bengal, Sarat was on top of the debate and negotiations.

4. His Statue

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A statue of Sarat Chandra Bose is situated beside Calcutta High Court as a sign of his input into the laws of India. After he studied Law in London, he came back to India and implemented his studies as a leading barrister in Calcutta.

 

5. A Photograph at Netaji Museum and Centre

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Photograph of Sarat Chandra Bose displayed at Netaji Museum and Centre for Studies in Himalayan Languages Society & Culture, Giddha Pahar, Darjeeling district, West Bengal.

6. He Joined the Fight for Independence of India 

His brother was among the pioneers of Independence. However, Sarat also gave up his extremely well paid profession and joined the independence movement after Subhas was arrested and sent to Mandalay jail in 1925.

Sarat was briefly in the same prison (Jabbalpur) with Subhas in 1932.

7. He was a Minister for a Short Time

He was made a minister of the provincial Government of Pandit Nehru in 1946.

He later resigned over his protest against the cabinet mission plan to partition Bengal and worked actively for a united Bengal province as a last ditch attempt to save Bengal from partition and put a roadblock on Jinnah鈥檚 plan.

8. He Formed the Socialist Party

He was the founder of the  Socialist Party that took charge of the Subhaswadi fraction of the forward Bloc. He firmly believed that Subhas was alive and in 1949 he wrote an article in the Nation paper that Subhas was in Red China, waiting to return to India.

He had sent Muthuramalingam Thevar to China to meet Subhas, as per Thevar鈥檚 claim in 1956. 

9. His Family Line is filled with Genius

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Sarat Bose married Bivabati Dey, the daughter of Akhoy Kumar Dey and Subala Dey, in 1909. The couple had eight children. Their children included Asoke Nath Bose,  a Doctorate in Chemistry from Germany and eminent engineer.

Amiya Nath Bose who participated in the Quit India Movement, became a Member of Parliament, and was also the Indian ambassador to Burma; Sisir Kumar Bose, who became a pediatrician and Member of Legislative Assembly.

Last but not lest, Subrata Bose, who was an electrical engineer and also a Member of Parliament. His youngest daughter, Prof. Chitra Ghosh, is a distinguished academician, a social scientist, and also a member of the Parliament.

His elder grandson, Sugata Bose, is a Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs at Harvard University and a former member of the Lok Sabha.

His younger grandson, Sumantra Bose, is a Professor of Comparative Politics at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

10. A Living Legacy

The Legacy has lived on for generations from his family tree to politically in the history of India. 

His legacy in constructing a bid for a united but independent Bengal and North-East with the Bengali Muslim League leaders Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy and Abul Hashim gained him fame.

In actual fact, it was the the President of the Muslim League, Muhammad Ali Jinnah who later became the Pakistan’s founding father who was in full support of this bid. Not only him, but India’s Mahatma Gandhi who supported it.

Gandhi having been a great lawyer, politician, social activist and writer and a national leader of the movement against the British rule, pushing for Sarat’s agenda added weight to his support for a united join.

However, his push was opposed by The Indian National Congress and the Hindu members of Indian Legislative Council from Bengal.

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