Bhupendra Nath Bose (13 January 1859 – 13 September 1924) was an Indian politician and President of the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British E ...

in 1914.

Life and works

Bose was born in Radhanagar,

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in 1859. He graduated from the

Presidency College, Calcutta Presidency University, Kolkata (formerly known as Presidency College, Kolkata) is a second major public state aided research university located in College Street, Kolkata. Considered as one of best colleges when Presidency College was affili ...

in 1880. He completed his master's degree in 1881 and his law degree in 1883. He founded the law firm B.N. Basu and Company, whose office is still located at Temple Chambers in

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From 1904 to 1910, Bose was a member of the Bengal Legislature. During this period, he was involved in the nationalist movement. In 1905 he presided over the Bengal Provincial Conference held at

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. He joined the anti-partition agitation and campaign against British goods throughout Bengal. In 1907, and again later, he was arrested and detained by British at

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for his nationalist activities. He opposed the passing of the

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in 1910. He became the President of the Indian National Congress in 1914. Bose was a member and under-secretary in the Council of the

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from 1917 to 1923. In 1923, he was made a member of the Executive Council of the

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. He then became the Vice-Chancellor of the

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. On 15 August 1889, Bose joined a meeting at a house in Balaram Ghosh Street in Calcutta, where Mohun Bagan Sporting Club (now Mohun Bagan AC) was founded. He became first president of

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. He died in 1924, aged 65.

References and sources

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Bhupendra Nath Bose
1859 births 1924 deaths Presidency University, Kolkata alumni University of Calcutta alumni Presidents of the Indian National Congress Vice Chancellors of the University of Calcutta Prisoners and detainees of British India Politicians from Kolkata Indian independence activists from Bengal Indian National Congress politicians from West Bengal 19th-century Indian politicians 20th-century Indian politicians Indian educators 19th-century Indian educators 20th-century Indian educators Educators from West Bengal {{WestBengal-INC-politician-stub