P. C. Bose
freedom fighter, labor activist and politician
Prabhat Chandra Bose generally referred to as P. C. Bose, (17 August 1899 – 1959) was an Indian politician, independence activist and labour activist from Dhanbad.
Life
He was the son of Priyanath Bose, born at Khasial village in Jessore District of British India (now in Narail District, Bangladesh) on 17 August 1899.
He did his early education in Jharia Raj High School and later Narail Victoria College in Bangladesh and graduated from K. N. College, Berhampur affiliated to Calcutta University with Bachelor of Arts degree. He married Mrinalini in 1917 and had two sons and three daughters.
The Bose family migrated to Jharia from Bengal during his childhood. P. C. Bose went on to become a teacher at Jharia Raj High School.
He was a noted Indian National Congress politician and Gandhian Independence Activist from Dhanbad, the other from the region being Purushottam K. Chauhan. He and Chauhan both joined Civil Disobedience and Satyagraha movements together during the period 1930 to 1945 both were imprisioned by British for their independence activitsm. Bose was imprisoned five times and was in jail for about six years.
He was member of Bihar Legislative Assembly - 1946-52; Member, 1st Lok Sabha - (1952–57).
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