Background
He was the son of Janakinath Bose and elder brother of Subhas Chandra Bose. He was born to Janakinath Bose (father) and Prabhabati Devi in Howrah on 6 September 1889.
He was the son of Janakinath Bose and elder brother of Subhas Chandra Bose. He was born to Janakinath Bose (father) and Prabhabati Devi in Howrah on 6 September 1889.
Sarat Bose studied in Presidency College, then affiliated with the University of Calcutta, and then went to England in 1911 to become a barrister.
Sarat Chandra Bose"s forefathers had served the Afghan rulers of pre-Mughal Bengal with great distinction. Prabhabati Devi was part of the famous Datta family of Hatkhola in north Kolkata. Sarat Bose was the brother of Subhas Chandra Bose and the maternal uncle of Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar.
He began a successful legal practice upon his return to India, but later abandoned it to join the Indian independence movement.
Later, he went to England to obtain a degree in law. From 1946 to 1947, Bose would lead the Congress delegation to the Central Legislative Assembly.
He strongly supported the formation of the Indian National Army by Subhash Bose, and actively participated in the Quit India movement. Following his brother"s reported death in 1945, Bose would lead efforts to provide relief and aid to the families of INA soldiers through the INA Defence and Relief Committee.
Jinnah supported it and so did Gandhi but later on Gandhi withdrew his support.
He died in 1950, in Calcutta.
History of Bengal by R C Mazumder) After India"s independence, Bose would lead his brother"s Forward Bloc and form the Socialist Republican Party, advocating a socialist system for Bengal and India.
In 1936, Bose became the president of the Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee, and served as a member of the All India Congress Committee from 1936 to 1947. In 1946, he was appointed Member of the Interim Government for Works, Mines and Powers – the position of a minister in a national executive council led by Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, and presided over by the Viceroy of India. Their children included Amiya Nath Bose who participated in the Quit India Movement, became a Member Parliament and was also the Indian ambassador to Burma, Sisir Kumar Bose, who became a pediatrician and Member of Parliament, and Subrata Bose, who was an electrical engineer and also a Member of Parliament.