PERSONALITY IN NEWS - Sarat Chandra Bose (1889 - 1950)
PERSONALITY IN NEWS - Sarat Chandra Bose (1889 - 1950)
IN NEWS –
- Eminent freedom fighter Sarat Chandra Bose was remembered on his 135th birth anniversary (September 06).
- Born in Cuttak (Odisha).
- He was a member of the Bengal Legislative Council and a part of the Indian National Congress.
- He was also elected as an Alderman multiple times in the Calcutta Corporation.
CONTRIBUTION-
- Left his professional practice to join Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) in 1930; he was arrested in 1932 for 3-years due to his involvement in the CDM.
- Involved with parties having socialist alignment such as the Forward Bloc.
- Forward Bloc was founded by his brother Netaji Subash Chandra Bose.
- Vehemently opposed the partition of Bengal and Punjab over religious lines and resigned from the Congress Working Committee in 1947.
Published newspapers such as The Socialist Republican, Mahajati, and The Nation.