Bhupendra Nath Bose
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India
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n politician and President of the Indian National Congress
Indian National Congress
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in 1914.
Bose was born in Krishnanagar, West Bengal
West Bengal
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in 1859. He graduated from the Presidency College, Calcutta in 1880. He completed his master's degree in 1881 and his law degree in 1883.
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 Mymensingh
Mymensingh
Mymensingh , pronounced moy-mon-shing-haw, is a city of Bangladesh situated on the river Brahmaputra. It is the headquarters of the administrative unit Mymensingh District. Mymensingh is the anglicized pronunciation of the original name Momenshahi, referring to a ruler called Momen Shah. The cadet...
. He joined the anti-partition agitation and campaign against British goods throughout Bengal. He opposed the passing of the Press Act
Press Act
The Press Act of 1910 was legislation promulgated in British India imposing strict censorship on all kinds of publications. The measure was brought into effect to curtail an emerging Indian independence movement, especially with the outbreak of World War I...
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 Secretary of State for India
Secretary of State for India
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from 1917 to 1923. In 1923 he was made a member of the Executive Council of the Governor of Bengal
Governor of Bengal
From 1690, a governor represented the British East India Company in Bengal, which had been granted the right to establish a trading post by the local rulers, the nawabs of Murshidabad, who were nominal vassals of the Mughal emperor in Delhi....
. He then became the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calcutta
University of Calcutta
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. He was the first president of Mohun Bagan AC, Calcutta. He died in 1924.