Prabhabati Bose (''

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Marriage and children

Prabhabati and Janakinath Bose had fourteen children together. She was very involved in their education and many members of the extended Bose family made significant contributions to Indian society. Not only was Prabhabati the matriarch of Bose family, but following her parents' deaths she and her husband took care of her younger siblings. She gave birth to fourteen children, six daughters and eight sons, among whom were nationalist leader Sarat Chandra Bose,

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and distinguished cardiologist Dr. Sunil Chandra Bose.

Political activism

In 1928, Prabhabati was selected president of the Mahila Rashtriya Sangha.

References

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