Rash Behari Bose

Rash Behari Bose
Bose before 1945
Born(1886-05-25)25 May 1886[1][2]
Village-Subaldaha, Burdwan, Bengal Presidency, British India[1][2]
(present-day Village Subaldaha, Block-Raina 2, District-Purba Bardhaman West Bengal, India)
Died21 January 1945(1945-01-21) (aged 58)
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipBritish Indian (1886–1915)
Stateless (1915–1923)
Japan (1923–1945; his death)
Organisations
MovementIndian Independence movement, Ghadar Revolution, Indian National Army
SpouseToshiko Bose (1916–1924; her death)[3]
Children2[3]
RelativesAizō Sōma (father-in-law)
Kokkō Sōma (mother-in-law)

Rash Behari Bose (/rɑːʃ bihɑːri ˈbs/ ; 25 May 1886 – 21 January 1945) was an Indian revolutionary leader and freedom fighter who fought against the British Empire. He was one of the key organisers of the Ghadar Mutiny and founded the Indian Independence League. Bose also led the Indian National Army (INA) which was formed in 1942 under Mohan Singh.[4]

He was behind the Delhi-Lahore Conspiracy to assassinate the Viceroy of India, Lord Hardinge, in 1912.[5] After the failed assassination attempt, Bose fled to Imperial Japan.[5] He sided with Imperial Japan against Britain in World War II.[5]

  1. ^ a b Bose, Bejon Behari (1959). Karmabir Rash Behari (in Bengali). Ila Bose. p. 48.
  2. ^ a b Sengupta, Subodhchandra; Bose, Anjali (1976). Samsad Bangali Charitabhidhan. Calcutta: Sishu Sahitya Samsad. p. 486.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference r1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Emiko Jozuka (10 May 2020). "The Indian revolutionary who fought to overthrow British rule from 3,700 miles away". CNN. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  5. ^ a b c McQuade, Joseph (2024). Fugitive of Empire: Rash Behari Bose, Japan and the Indian Independence Struggle. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-776828-0.