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 Dhanbad is the second-most populated city in the Indian state of Jharkhand after Jamshedpur. It ranks as the 42nd largest city in India and is the 33rd largest million-plus urban agglomeration in India. Dhanbad shares its land borders with Pa ...

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He was the son of Priyanath Bose, born at Khasial village in

Jessore district Jessore District (Bengali: যশোর, pronounced Jaw-shore, Anglicised: Jessore), officially spelled Jashore District from April 2018, is a district in the southwestern region of Bangladesh. It is bordered by India to the west, Khulna Distr ...

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(now in

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) on 17 August 1899. He did his early education in

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and later Narail Victoria College in Bangladesh and graduated from K. N. College, Berhampur affiliated to

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with Bachelor of Arts degree. He married Mrinalini in 1917 and had two sons and three daughters. The Bose family migrated to

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from Bengal during his childhood. P. C. Bose went on to become a teacher at Jharia Raj High School. He was a noted

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politician and Gandhian Independence Activist from Dhanbad, the other from the region being Purushottam K. Chauhan. He joined Civil Disobedience and Satyagraha movements during the period 1930 to 1945; courted imprisonment five times and was in jail for about six years. He was member of

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- 1946-52; Member, 1st Lok Sabha - (1952–57).Dhanbad
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from Dhanbad but died in 1959. He was Workers' delegate to

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conference 1928; Indian delegate to British Commonwealth Labour Conference, 1928; General Secretary, Indian Miners' Association, 1932–46, and President since 1946; Member, Mines Rescue Stations Committee since 1939; President, Manbhum D.C.C., 1941; Vice-President, All-India Trade Union Congress, 1945; President, Indian Mine Workers' Federation, 1946–47, and Treasurer, 1951-52; Member, Member, Congress Legislative Party, Bihar, 1946–52; Member, Labour Sub-Committee, Bihar, 1946–52; Workers' Representative, Indian Coal Mining Committee, Geneva, 1947 and Asian Regional Labour Conference, New Delhi, 1947; Member, Coal Mines Conciliation Board, . 1947; Member, Jharia Mines Board of Health since 1947; Member, Bihar Central (Standing) labour Advisory Board, 1947–52; President, Dhanbad Sub-District C.C., 1947–49, 1949–51 and 1951–54; President, Dhanbad Sub-District Panchayat Committee since 1948; Member, Coal Mines Welfare Fund Advisory Board and Coal Transport Advisory Board since 1948; Member, Industrial Housing Board since 1949; Member, General Council,

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, 1950–52; Member, Bihar P.C.C., 1951–54; Member, Governing Body, Jharia Raj H. E. School, Jharia, K. C. Girls' School and Jharia Banga Vidyalaya. His elder son Shankar Bose, an advocate who practiced in Dhanbad as an Industrial & Labour Laws expert, was also a trade union leader and served in various capacities in INTUC (Indian National Trade Union Congress) and RCMS (Rashtriya Colliery Mazdoor Sangh) and was jailed by British for taking part in independence activities. P.C. Bose died in 1959, while he was a sitting Member of Parliament.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bose, P. C. 1899 births 1959 deaths India MPs 1952–1957 India MPs 1957–1962 Indian independence activists from Jharkhand Indian National Congress politicians from Bihar Lok Sabha members from Bihar Members of the Bihar Legislative Assembly People from Dhanbad People from Jessore District People from Jharia Prisoners and detainees of British India Krishnath College alumni