Rash Behari Ghosh Short Biography in English
Rash Behari Ghosh, a luminary figure of the Indian
National Movement, was born on December 23, 1845 in Burdwan, Bengal. After
attaining early education from the Burdwan Raj Collegiate School, he joined the
Presidency College, Calcutta (now Kolkata). He cleared M.A. in English with
first class. In 1884, he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws. Soon he
started his career as a lawyer in the Calcutta High Court.
He was ideologically very influenced by G.K. Gokhale
and the moderate policies of the Indian National Congress. During Swadeshi
Movement, he lent his support to the national education idea. He also remained
the President of the National Council of Education from 1906 to 1921 AD. He
became a member of the Bengal Legislative Council two times between 1891 to
1894 and 1906 to 1909. He was also a member of the Secretary of State’s Council
of India.
Rash Behari Ghosh was a leader of moderate policies in
the INC and supporter of Gokhale’s political ideology in the Indian freedom
struggle. He never supported any kind of extremism and aggression in the INC
policies. He became the President of the Indian National Congress in 1907 AD at
its Surat session and then the historic Surat split between the moderate and
the extremist leaders in the INC took place.
Some Important Points
No:1. He again became the INC
President at its Madras session next year. In brief he was one of those
prominent leaders who actually shaped the Indian National Movement in its early
stage. He passed away in 1921AD. Rash Behari Ghosh was accorded the honour of the
Knighthood in 1915.
No:2. He was also awarded the
Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire in 1896 and the Companion of the
Order of the Star of India in 1909 by the British Government.
No:3. Rash Behari Ghosh
and Rash Behari Bose, both are two great leaders of the Indian Freedom
Struggle. Sometimes they are mistakenly taken as the same leader but actually
they are two different leaders. Rash Behari Ghosh was a moderate leader of the
INC and the President of it in its historic Surat session in 1907 AD while Rash
Behari Bose was a revolutionary leader and pivotal force in the formation of
the Indian National Army (INA).
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