The Bose Brothers and Indian Independence: An Insider’s Account - Hardcover

Bose, Madhuri

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9351503976 ISBN 13: 9789351503972

Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd, 2015

Synopsis

This book chronicles the roles of Sarat and Subhas Chandra Bose in the Indian freedom struggle. It draws  from first-hand accounts of Amiya Nath Bose who was close to them as family, political ally and also was a confidant and trusted envoy.

The book takes us through the turbulent political arena of India in the 1920s and unravels the politics of the Indian Nationalist Movement as experienced by Sarat and Subhash Chandra Bose. It reveals their interactions with contemporary leaders Chittaranjan Das, Jinnah, Motilal and Jawaharlal Nehru, Vallabhbhai Patel and Mahatma Gandhi―down the years till Partition in 1947, an event which Sarat Bose relentlessly opposed.

With access to diaries, notes, photographs and private correspondence, this book, written by a member of the Bose family, brings to light previously unpublished material on Netaji and Sarat Chandra Bose.

 

About this title

About the Author:

Madhuri Bose was born and brought up in Kolkata, the daughter and second child of Amiya Nath and Jyostna Bose, grand-daughter of Sarat Chandra Bose and grand-niece of his younger brother Subhas Chandra Bose. Reminiscences from her father Amiya of the immense contributions of the iconic Bose brothers to the Indian freedom struggle, were the stuff of her childhood and the genesis of this book.

After graduate and post-graduate studies in the University of Calcutta and Jadavpur University, Madhuri undertook post-graduate research at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland. She has pursued her professional career as a human rights advocate for over more than three decades with the International Labour Organisation, Geneva; the United Nations Development Programme, East Africa; and the Commonwealth Secretariat in London. In her professional capacity, Madhuri has written extensively on human rights issues, and has travelled widely in Africa, Asia and Europe. 

Review:

...an important addition to the literature on India′s freedom movement and the roles in it of the formidable Bose brothers, Sarat and Subhas.  Author: Rajmohan Gandhi

A valuable addition to the biographical literature encompassing the crucial decades around Independence. Author: Professor Joachim Oesterheld

Netaji’s grandniece tells the story of the Bose Brothers’ contribution to India’s struggle for independence through the eyes of her father, Amiya. She relies on extensive conversations with her father over the years that have shaped her own view of the history of Indian independence. The result is an interesting insight into the experiences, perceptions and analyses from the inner circle of the Bose family. Author: Dr Jan Kuhlmann

The legend of the two shining stars of Indian patriotism, Subhas Chandra and Sarat Chandra is truer than truth itself. Madhuri Bose, a family insider, has chronicled it in a way, at once moving and charming. The inspiring legend has gained in the telling and is embellished by the first-person recollections from Amiya Nath Bose. The story unfolded in this beautiful narrative is indeed a priceless legacy of renascent India. Author: Justice M. N. Venkatachaliah

Madhuri Bose has thrown new light on aspects of India’s independence struggle. The story she tells―and the new material contained in it―will be invaluable to scholars both in India and elsewhere. It is also a reminder of the complexity of the independence movement and of the different perspectives of some of the main players.

Author: John McCarthy

[The book] is a source for future historians in search of material as it relies heavily  on information generated by various family members; especially the first-hand accounts of Amiya Nath Bose (nephew of Subhas Chandra Bose).

Author: The Sunday Tribune, 21 February 2016

With access to diaries, notes, photographs and private correspondence, this book, written by a member of the Bose family, brings to light previously unpublished material on Netaji and Sarat Chandra Bose.

Author: Free Press Journal, 17 April 2016

[The Author] takes the reader through the most important period of the Indian Independence Movement of the 1920s by reproducing the personal correspondence between the bose brothers.... The epilogue deals with all the principal characters of the book and its heart-rending to read some of the letters.

Author: The Hindu, 1 May, 2016

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 9351503976
• ISBN 13: 9789351503972
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 297