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	==Street named after Ghosh in Kolkata==		==Street named after Ghosh in Kolkata==
	Considering the contributions made by Ghosh for the people of India, ~~a street~~ was named after him ~~in [[Kolkata]]~~.<ref>P Thankappan Nair, A History of Calcutta's Streets, Publisher: Calcutta: Firma KLM, 1987</ref> [[Rashbehari Avenue]], named after him, starts from [[Chetla]]-~~Sahanagar Bridge ('''Shaheed Jatin Das Setu''')~~ and runs ~~eastwards to~~ [[Ballygunge]] ~~and~~ [[Gariahat Road\|Gariahat]].<ref>Google maps</ref>		Considering the contributions made by Ghosh for the people of India, Ballygunge Avenue in South Calcutta, was named after him.<ref>P Thankappan Nair, A History of Calcutta's Streets, Publisher: Calcutta: Firma KLM, 1987</ref> [[Rashbehari Avenue]], named after him, starts from [[Chetla]] to the south-west and runs towards [[Ballygunge]] to the south-east via [[Gariahat Road\|Gariahat]].<ref>Google maps</ref>

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			{{Short description\|Indian politician (1845–1921)}}
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	[[~~File:~~Rashbehari_Ghosh.jpg\|~~thumb~~\|~~Rash Behari Ghosh~~]]		{{Infobox person
			\|name = Rash Behari Ghosh
			\|native_name = রাসবিহারী ঘোষ
			\|birth_date = {{birth date\|1845\|12\|23\|df=yes}}
			\|death_date = {{dda\|1921\|02\|23\|1845\|12\|23\|df=yes}}
			\|birth_place = Khandosh, East Burdwan, [[West Bengal]], India
			\|death_place =
			\|alma_mater = [[Burdwan Raj College\|Burdwan Raj Collegiate School]], [[Presidency College, Kolkata]]
			\|image = Rashbehari_Ghosh.jpg
			\|caption =
			\|occupation = Politician, lawyer, social worker & philanthropist
			\|movement = [[Indian National Congress]]
			\|organizations = [[National Council of Education]]
			}}

	'''Sir Rashbehari Ghosh''' {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|CSI\|CIE}} (23 December 1845{{spaced en dash}}28 February 1921) was an Indian politician, lawyer, social worker and philanthropist.		'''Sir Rashbehari Ghosh''' {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|CSI\|CIE}} (23 December 1845{{spaced en dash}}28 February 1921) was an Indian politician, lawyer, social worker and philanthropist.

	==Early life ~~of Ghosh~~==		==Early life==
	Rashbehari Ghosh was born on 23 December 1845 at Torkona village in Khandaghosh area in Purba Bardhaman district in [[Bengal Presidency]]. He attended [[Burdwan Raj College\|Burdwan Raj Collegiate School]] and [[Presidency College, Kolkata]]. He obtained a first class in the MA examination in English. In 1871, he passed with honours the Law examination and was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws in 1884.<ref name="INC">{{cite web\|last=Sinha\|first=D P\|title=Past Presidents — Rashbehari Ghose\|publisher=[[All India Congress Committee]]\|url=https://www.inc.in/en/leadership/past-party-president/rash-behari-ghosh-inc\|work=Article\|access-date=18 March 2013}}</ref>		Rashbehari Ghosh was born on 23 December 1845 at Torkona village in Khandaghosh area in Purba Bardhaman district in [[Bengal Presidency]]. He attended [[Burdwan Raj College\|Burdwan Raj Collegiate School]] and [[Presidency College, Kolkata]]. He obtained a first class in the MA examination in English. In 1871, he passed with honours the Law examination and was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws in 1884.<ref name="INC">{{cite web\|last=Sinha\|first=D P\|title=Past Presidents — Rashbehari Ghose\|publisher=[[All India Congress Committee]]\|url=https://www.inc.in/en/leadership/past-party-president/rash-behari-ghosh-inc\|work=Article\|access-date=18 March 2013}}</ref>

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	He made a fortune through his legal practice, but donated much of it by way of charity and endowments. In 1913, he established an endowment for scientific studies at Calcutta University with an initial capital of ten lakh rupees. He also donated 13 lakh rupees to establish a [[National Council of Education]] (NCE) at Jadavpur. It later became [[Jadavpur University]]. Ghosh was the first president of NCE.		He made a fortune through his legal practice, but donated much of it by way of charity and endowments. In 1913, he established an endowment for scientific studies at Calcutta University with an initial capital of ten lakh rupees. He also donated 13 lakh rupees to establish a [[National Council of Education]] (NCE) at Jadavpur. It later became [[Jadavpur University]]. Ghosh was the first president of NCE.

	[[Sir Rashbehari Ghosh Mahavidyalaya]] was established at [[Ukhrid]] in [[Khandaghosh (community development block)\|Khandaghosh]] CD Block in 2010. He also established schools and hospital in his village.<ref>{{cite web\| url = http://srgm.org.in/ \|title = Sir Rashbehari Ghosh Mahavidyalaya \| publisher= SRGM \| access-date = 24 March 2017}}</ref>		[[Sir Rashbehari Ghosh Mahavidyalaya]] was established at [[Ukhrid]] in [[Khandaghosh (community development block)\|Khandaghosh]] CD Block in 2010. He also established schools and hospital in his village.<ref>{{cite web\| url = http://srgm.org.in/ \|title = Sir Rashbehari Ghosh Mahavidyalaya \| publisher= SRGM \| access-date = 24 March 2017}}</ref>

			He also donated a princely sum (almost 33% of financial expenditure) to Acharya Praffulla Roy for establishing Bengal Chemical and Pharmaceutical Works.


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	'''Sir Rashbehari Ghosh''' {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|CSI\|CIE}} (23 December 1845{{spaced en dash}}28 February 1921) was an Indian politician, lawyer, social worker and philanthropist.		'''Sir Rashbehari Ghosh''' {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|CSI\|CIE}} (23 December 1845{{spaced en dash}}28 February 1921) was an Indian politician, lawyer, social worker and philanthropist.

	==Early life==		==Early life of Ghosh==
	Rashbehari Ghosh was born on 23 December 1845 at Torkona village in Khandaghosh area in Purba Bardhaman district in [[Bengal Presidency]]. He attended [[Burdwan Raj College\|Burdwan Raj Collegiate School]] and [[Presidency College, Kolkata]]. He obtained a first class in the MA examination in English. In 1871, he passed with honours the Law examination and was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws in 1884.<ref name="INC">{{cite web\|last=Sinha\|first=D P\|title=Past Presidents — Rashbehari Ghose\|publisher=[[All India Congress Committee]]\|url=https://www.inc.in/en/leadership/past-party-president/rash-behari-ghosh-inc\|work=Article\|access-date=18 March 2013}}</ref>		Rashbehari Ghosh was born on 23 December 1845 at Torkona village in Khandaghosh area in Purba Bardhaman district in [[Bengal Presidency]]. He attended [[Burdwan Raj College\|Burdwan Raj Collegiate School]] and [[Presidency College, Kolkata]]. He obtained a first class in the MA examination in English. In 1871, he passed with honours the Law examination and was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws in 1884.<ref name="INC">{{cite web\|last=Sinha\|first=D P\|title=Past Presidents — Rashbehari Ghose\|publisher=[[All India Congress Committee]]\|url=https://www.inc.in/en/leadership/past-party-president/rash-behari-ghosh-inc\|work=Article\|access-date=18 March 2013}}</ref>

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[[File:Rashbehari_Ghosh.jpg|thumb|Rash Behari Ghosh]]
'''Sir Rashbehari Ghosh''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CSI|CIE}} (23 December 1845{{spaced en dash}}28 February 1921) was an Indian politician, lawyer, social worker and philanthropist.

==Early life==
Rashbehari Ghosh was born on 23 December 1845 at Torkona village in Khandaghosh area in Purba Bardhaman district in [[Bengal Presidency]]. He attended [[Burdwan Raj College|Burdwan Raj Collegiate School]] and [[Presidency College, Kolkata]]. He obtained a first class in the MA examination in English. In 1871, he passed with honours the Law examination and was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws in 1884.<ref name="INC">{{cite web|last=Sinha|first=D P|title=Past Presidents — Rashbehari Ghose|publisher=[[All India Congress Committee]]|url=https://www.inc.in/en/leadership/past-party-president/rash-behari-ghosh-inc|work=Article|access-date=18 March 2013}}</ref>

==Political career==
Ghosh became a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] and leaned towards the moderate wing. He had deep faith in progress but was opposed to radicalism in any form. He served as the President of the Congress for two terms. First in the 1907 Surat Session, succeeding [[Dadabhai Naoroji]], after which the Congress split into Moderates and Extremists, and then the year after in Madras, 1908.

Ghosh was a member of the Bengal Legislative Council (1891–94, 1906–9) and the [[Council of India]]. He was appointed a Companion of the [[Order of the Indian Empire]] (CIE) in the 1896 New Year Honours and appointed a Companion of the [[Order of the Star of India]] (CSI) in the 1909 Birthday Honours.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26695|page=1|date=1 January 1896}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28263 |supp=y|page=4855|date=22 June 1909}}</ref> He was knighted in the 1915 New Year Honours and conferred with his knighthood on 14 July of that year.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29232|page=6960|date=16 July 1915}}</ref>

==Contributions==
Ghosh's ability and contributions earned him a series of honours, such as the Tagore Law Professorship (1875–76) at Calcutta University and an honorary DL degree from Calcutta University (1884).

He made a fortune through his legal practice, but donated much of it by way of charity and endowments. In 1913, he established an endowment for scientific studies at Calcutta University with an initial capital of ten lakh rupees. He also donated 13 lakh rupees to establish a [[National Council of Education]] (NCE) at Jadavpur. It later became [[Jadavpur University]]. Ghosh was the first president of NCE.

[[Sir Rashbehari Ghosh Mahavidyalaya]] was established at [[Ukhrid]] in [[Khandaghosh (community development block)|Khandaghosh]] CD Block in 2010. He also established schools and hospital in his village.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://srgm.org.in/ |title = Sir Rashbehari Ghosh Mahavidyalaya | publisher= SRGM | access-date = 24 March 2017}}</ref>

==Street named after Ghosh in Kolkata==
Considering the contributions made by Ghosh for the people of India, a street was named after him in [[Kolkata]].<ref>P Thankappan Nair, A History of Calcutta's Streets, Publisher: Calcutta: Firma KLM, 1987</ref> [[Rashbehari Avenue]], named after him, starts from [[Chetla]]-Sahanagar Bridge ('''Shaheed Jatin Das Setu''') and runs eastwards to [[Ballygunge]] and [[Gariahat Road|Gariahat]].<ref>Google maps</ref>

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