Prabhabati Bose
Indian social activist and politician
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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] She was the eldest daughter of Ganganarayan Dutta and Kamala Kamini Dutta of Kashinath Dutta Road, Baranagore (a suburb of Calcutta), India. Subhas Chandra Bose is her son.[3]
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Prabhabati Bose | |
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_in_her_early_age.jpg) Prabhabati Bose (Dutt) | |
| Born | Prabhabati Dutt 1869 |
| Died | 29 December 1943 (aged 74) |
| Occupations | Social activist and politician |
| Known for | Mother of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and Sarat Chandra Bose |
| Spouse | Janakinath Bose |
| Children | 14, 8 sons (Subhash Chandra Bose, Sarat Chandra Bose & others) and 6 daughters |
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| Relatives | Roby Datta (cousin) |
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).[3]
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.[4] 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
In 1928, Prabhabati was selected president of the Mahila Rashtriya Sangha.[1]
