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Sunday, September 25, 2016

Ras Behari Bose Indian Freedom Fighter

RASBEHARI BOSE (1886-1945)
Rash Behari Bose was born on May 25, 1886, in Palara- Bighati (Hoogly) village. His mother passed away in 1889 when Rash Behari was still a baby. He was brought up thereafter by his maternal Aunt Vama Sundari.
Rash Behari Bose left Calcutta on May 12, 1915. He went to Japan as Raja P.N.T. Tagore, a distant relative of Rabindranath Tagore. Some historians say that Rabindranath Tagore was aware of this impersonation. Rash Behari reached Singapore on May 22, 1915 and Tokyo in June. Between 1915 and 1918, Rash Behari lived almost like a fugitive, changing his residence 17 times. During this period he met Herambalal Gupta and Bhagwan Singh of the Ghadar Party. Japan was an ally of Britain's in the First World War and tried to extradite Rash Behari and Herambalal from Japan. Herambalal escaped to U.S.A. and Rash Behari ended his hide and seek by becoming a Japanese citizen. He married Tosiko, daughter of the Soma family who were sympathetic toward Rash Behari's efforts. The couple had two children, a boy, Masahide, and a girl, Tetaku. Tosiko died in March 1928 at the age of 28.
Rash Behari Bose learned Japanese and became a journalist and writer. He took part in many cultural activities and wrote many books in Japanese, explaining India's viewpoints. It was due to Rash Behari's efforts that a conference was help in Tokyo from March 28 to 30, 1942, for discussion on political issues.
A great revolutionary of the first phase of the revolutionary terrorism.  He was associated with the Yugantar and the Ghadar Party.  In 1912, he and Basant Biswas threw a bomb at the procession of Viceroy Hardinge at Chandni Chowk, Delhi.  In 1915, he escaped to Japan, where he founded the Indian Independence League (1924) and also the Indian National Army.
It was on 21st January 1945 that Rash Bihari Bose died in Tokyo before the end of World War II. The Japanese government honoured him with the highest title given to a foreigner – The Second Order of Merit of the Rising Sun.
Ras Behari Bose Indian Freedom Fighter

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