Vivian Bose
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Supreme Court of India
The Supreme Court of India is the highest judicial forum and final court of appeal as established by Part V, Chapter IV of the Constitution of India...
, served as the National Commissioner of the Bharat Scouts and Guides from November 1957 to November 1959.
Scouting for native Indians was started by Justice Bose, Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya
Madan Mohan Malaviya
Madan Mohan Malaviya was an Indian educationist, and freedom fighter notable for his role in the Indian independence movement and his espousal of Hindu nationalism...
, Pandit Hridayanath Kunzru, Annie Besant
Annie Besant
Annie Besant was a prominent British Theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator and supporter of Irish and Indian self rule.She was married at 19 to Frank Besant but separated from him over religious differences. She then became a prominent speaker for the National Secular Society ...
and George Arundale
George Arundale
Dr. George Sidney Arundale was a theosophist, freemason, president of the Theosophical Society Adyar and bishop of the Liberal Catholic Church...
, in 1913.
Justice Bose was a member of the World Scout Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement
World Organization of the Scout Movement
The World Organization of the Scout Movement is the Non-governmental international organization which governs most national Scout Organizations, with 31 million members. WOSM was established in 1920, and has its headquarters at Geneva, Switzerland...
from 1947 until 1949.
He was also the President of the International Commission of Jurists
International Commission of Jurists
The International Commission of Jurists is an international human rights non-governmental organization. The Commission itself is a standing group of 60 eminent jurists , including members of the senior judiciary in Australia, Canada, and South Africa and the former UN High Commissioner for Human...
. Justice Bose is known for breaking new ground in law, the significance of which came to be realized in later years.http://nhrc.nic.in/Documents/JHidyaMemo-II.pdf
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010204/edit.htm
He was married to Canadian Irene Mott, the author of The Monkey Tree on December 18, 1930. http://www.antiqbook.com/boox/bibman/23345.shtml http://law.incometaxindia.gov.in/Directtaxlaws/act2005/%5B1979%5D118ITR0989(Bom).htm
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