ANAND MOHAN BOSE (1847-1906)
A pioneering educationist, social reformer and nationalist of Bengal, he strove hard to popularise the spread of education among women. Politically, Ananda Mohan Bose had two distinctive contributions. It was he who for the first time felt that under the colonial setting students, who constituted the most conscious section of the community, must play a constructive role in social and political developments of the country and to that end they should have an organisation of their own.
Bose established the Calcutta Students Association in 1875 and, to give status to it, he himself became its first president. On the political plane, Bose made another pioneering contribution by setting up a political association called Indian Association in 1876. Its objective was to organise constitutional agitation against the colonial regime. The Indian Association convened a national conference in 1883, which eventually turned out to be the Indian National Congress of which Bose was one of the founding leaders. Bose was elected president of the Congress at its Madras Session of 1898.
Ananda Mohan made significant contributions as a social reformer and educator. He worked hard for the promotion of female education. He called upon all to chalk out social programme to eradicate illiteracy from the society. In 1876 Bose established the Banga Mahila Vidyalaya in Calcutta. Later he amalgamated the Vidyalaya with the Bethune School in order to achieve better result in the organisation of female education. He founded the City College in Calcutta in 1879. A section of the City College was also opened at his residence in his hometown, Mymensingh.
Ananda Mohan Bose was successively nominated a member of the Bengal Legislative Council, a member of the Calcutta University Senate and a Fellow of the University. It was due to his most persistent efforts that Calcutta University Act of Incorporation was so amended as to convert it from merely an examining body to a both examining and teaching institution. Under the India Act of 1892 the Calcutta University got the privilege to elect a member to the Bengal Legislative Council. Bose happened to be its first representative to the Council.
Anand Mohan Bose Indian Freedom Fighter
A pioneering educationist, social reformer and nationalist of Bengal, he strove hard to popularise the spread of education among women. Politically, Ananda Mohan Bose had two distinctive contributions. It was he who for the first time felt that under the colonial setting students, who constituted the most conscious section of the community, must play a constructive role in social and political developments of the country and to that end they should have an organisation of their own.
Bose established the Calcutta Students Association in 1875 and, to give status to it, he himself became its first president. On the political plane, Bose made another pioneering contribution by setting up a political association called Indian Association in 1876. Its objective was to organise constitutional agitation against the colonial regime. The Indian Association convened a national conference in 1883, which eventually turned out to be the Indian National Congress of which Bose was one of the founding leaders. Bose was elected president of the Congress at its Madras Session of 1898.
Ananda Mohan made significant contributions as a social reformer and educator. He worked hard for the promotion of female education. He called upon all to chalk out social programme to eradicate illiteracy from the society. In 1876 Bose established the Banga Mahila Vidyalaya in Calcutta. Later he amalgamated the Vidyalaya with the Bethune School in order to achieve better result in the organisation of female education. He founded the City College in Calcutta in 1879. A section of the City College was also opened at his residence in his hometown, Mymensingh.
Ananda Mohan Bose was successively nominated a member of the Bengal Legislative Council, a member of the Calcutta University Senate and a Fellow of the University. It was due to his most persistent efforts that Calcutta University Act of Incorporation was so amended as to convert it from merely an examining body to a both examining and teaching institution. Under the India Act of 1892 the Calcutta University got the privilege to elect a member to the Bengal Legislative Council. Bose happened to be its first representative to the Council.
Anand Mohan Bose Indian Freedom Fighter
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