Prabhabati Bose
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Prabhabati Bose | |
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![]() Prabhabati Bose (Dutt) | |
Born | Prabhabati Dutt 1869 |
Died | 29 December 1943 (aged 74) |
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation(s) | Social activist and politician |
Spouse | Janakinath Bose |
Children | Sarat Chandra Bose, Subhas Chandra Bose |
Parents |
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Relatives | Roby Datta (cousin) |
Family | 14 children [Including 8 sons (Subhash Chandra Bose, Sarat Chandra Bose & others) and 6 daughters] |
Prabhabati Bose (née Dutta) was an Indian social activist and politician.[1] She was born in 1869 into a respected Kayastha Bharadwaja clan Dutta family of Hatkhola, in Calcutta North.[2] Her parents were Ganganarayan Dutta and Kamala Kamini Dutta of Kashinath Dutta Road, Baranagore (a suburb of Calcutta), India. She was her parents' eldest daughter.
In 1880, at the age of 11, she was married off to Janakinath Bose who hailed from a Kulin Bose family from the village Kodalia (located near Sonarpur).[citation needed]
Marriage and children
[edit]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.[3] 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, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and distinguished cardiologist Dr. Sunil Chandra Bose.
Political activism
[edit]In 1928, Prabhabati was selected president of the Mahila Rashtriya Sangha.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Forbes, Geraldine (2005). Women in Colonial India: Essays on Politics, Medicine, and Historiography. Chronicle Books. ISBN 81-8028-017-9. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
- ^ An Indian Pilgrim: An Unfinished Autobiography And Collected Letters 1897-1921, Subhas Chandra Bose, Asia Publishing House, London, 1965, p. 1
- ^ Bose, Sugata (2011). His Majesty's Opponent. Harvard University. ISBN 978-0-674-04754-9.
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