Ananda Mohan Bose () (23 September 1847 – 20 August 1906) was an Indian

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, social reformer, and

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during the

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. He co-founded the Indian National Association, one of the earliest Indian political organizations, and later became a senior leader of the

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. In 1874, he became the first Indian Wrangler (a student who has completed the third year of the

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with first-class honours) of the

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. He was also a prominent religious leader of Brahmoism and with Sivanath Sastri a leading light of

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.Ananda Mohan Bose
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Early life

Ananda Mohan was born at Jaysiddhi village in

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of Bengal province in

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(in Itna Upazila of

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of present-day

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). His father was Padmalochan Bose and mother was Umakishori Devi. He passed his entrance examination from the Mymensingh Zilla School under

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and got first division in 1862. He passed his F.A. and B.A. examination from the Presidency College, Calcutta and secured first position in both the examination. In 1870, he went to England for higher education along with Keshab Chandra Sen. Ananda Mohan Bose studied mathematics at the

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from 1870. He earned a First Class degree and was the first Indian wrangler. While in Britain, Bose also studied to become a barrister and was called to the Bar in 1874. In 1870, he received the Premchand Roychand studentship.

Anadamohan and the Sadharan Brahmo Samaj

Anandamohan was a supporter of Brahmo Dharma from his student life. He was officially converted to Brahmo religion along with his wife Swarnaprabha Devi (sister of

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) by Keshab Chandra Sen in 1869. The young members of Brahmo Samaj differed with Keshab Chandra Sen regarding matters like child marriage, running of the organisation and various other matters. As a result, on 15 May 1878 he, along with Sivanath Shastri, Sib Chandra Deb, Umesh Chandra Dutta and others founded the Sadharan Brahmo Samaj. He was elected its first president. On 27 April 1879 he founded the ''Chhatrasamaj'', the student's wing of the Sadharan Brahmo Samaj movement. In 1879, he founded the City College, Calcutta, as an initiative by the movement.

His political and educational contributions

Anandamohan was the founder of City School and City College in Kolkata. He founded the Students' Association with an objective of promoting nationalism among the students and along with Surendranath Banerjee and Sivanath Shastri organised regular lectures. He was also associated with Calcutta University and was elected a member of Education Commission. He protested against changing the composition of Educational Service. Anandamohan was interested in politics from his student days. While in England, he founded "India Society" along with a few other Indians. He was also associated with "Indian League" founded by Sisir Kumar Ghosh. He was the secretary of " Indian Association" till 1884 and was its president throughout his lifetime. He protested against acts like Vernacular Press Act and the reduction of the maximum age for

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Examination. He presided in the protest meeting against Partition of Bengal held at Federation Hall in 1905, where his address was read by

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due to his ill health.

References

Ananda Mohan Bose
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