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Bose, Sarat Chandra (1889-1950) was a Barrister, nationalist
politician, leader of the Congress in the Bengal Legislative Assembly
and a leader of the forward
bloc. Son of Janaki Nath Bose and the elder brother of subhas
chandra bose, Sarat Chandra was born in Calcutta on 6 September
1889.
After completing his graduation in Calcutta he left for England
in 1911. Sarat Chandra Bose began his political life under the
influence of chitta
ranjan das. He became President of the Bengal Congress
in 1936 and served as a member of the All India Congress Working
Committee from 1936 to January 1947, when he resigned from it
over the issue of the Congress handling of the cabinet
mission Plan.
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Sarat Chandra Bose |
As a Bengali patriot Bose was against the idea of partitioning
Bengal. He was in favour of a union of India consisting of autonomous
Socialist Republics on socio-linguistic line. His idea largely coincided
with that of huseyn
shaheed suhrawardy, the chief minister of Bengal. Both the
leaders later joined hands in an attempt to realise the dream of a united
independent Bengal, a dream which turned out to be too utopian for the
political developments favouring partition of India, and partition of
Bengal and Punjab on communal lines. Bose died in Calcutta on 20 February
1950. [Chitta Ranjan Misra]
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