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{{short description|Indian politician}} | |||
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}} | |||
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}} | |||
{{Infobox officeholder | |||
| name = Krishna Bose | |||
| image = Krishna Bose.jpeg | |||
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1930|12|26}} | |||
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2020|02|22|1930|12|26}} | |||
| constituency = [[Jadavpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jadavpur]] | |||
| office = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]] | |||
| term = 15 May 1996 - 16 May 2004 | |||
| predecessor = [[Malini Bhattacharya]] | |||
| successor = [[Sujan Chakraborty|Dr. Sujan Chakraborty]] | |||
| nationality = Indian | |||
| spouse = [[Sisir Kumar Bose]] | |||
| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]] (1998-2004)<br/> | |||
[[Indian National Congress]] (1996-1998) | |||
| residence = [[Kolkata]] | |||
| alma_mater = [[Calcutta University]]<br>[[Bhatkhande Music Institute]] | |||
| profession = Politician, writer, [[educationalist]] | |||
| website = [http://www.krishnabose.com/main.html Personal Website] | |||
| footnotes = | |||
| death_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]] | |||
| birth_place = [[Dhaka]], [[Bangladesh]] | |||
}} | |||
Bose | '''Krishna Bose''' (26 December 1930 – 22 February 2020) was an Indian politician, educator and social worker and a [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] elected from the [[Jadavpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jadavpur]] constituency in West Bengal as an [[All India Trinamool Congress]] candidate.<ref name="Lok Sabha">{{cite web|title=Biographical Sketch Member of Parliament 13th Lok Sabha|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=61|access-date=8 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308091407/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=61|archive-date=8 March 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
She taught at [[City College, Kolkata]] for 40 years, and thereafter remained its principal for 8 years. | |||
==Early life and background== | |||
Bose was born on 26 December 1930 in [[Dacca]] to Charu C. Chaudhuri and Chhaya Devi Chaudhurani. Her father specialised in constitutional studies and was one of the secretaries of the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]. She married [[Sisir Kumar Bose]], on 9 December 1955 and has two sons, [[Sumantra Bose]], [[Sugata Bose]] and a daughter [[Sarmila Bose]]. Sisir Bose is the son of [[Sarat Chandra Bose]], the elder brother of [[Subhas Chandra Bose]]. He too fought against the [[British Raj]] and was imprisoned in [[Lahore Fort]] and [[Red Fort]] for his role in Subhas Chandra Bose's escape from Calcutta in 1941 during the [[Quit India Movement]] and [[World War II]].<ref name="Lok Sabha"/><ref>{{cite web | title =Bose tags Atal secular for minority votes|publisher= The Telegraph| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040509/asp/bengal/story_3224858.asp |date=9 May 2004| access-date = 9 March 2014 }}</ref> | |||
Bose has a B.A. (Hons.) and an M.A. in [[English Literature]] from [[Calcutta University]], [[Calcutta]], [[West Bengal]] and the prestigious degree of Sangeet-Visharad from [[Bhatkhande Music Institute]], [[Lucknow]], [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref name="Lok Sabha"/> | |||
==Career== | |||
Krishna taught for 40 years at the [[City College, Kolkata]], where she was Head of the Department of English and served as the Principal of the college for eight years. | |||
She was first elected as a [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|member of Parliament]] to the [[11th Lok Sabha]] during the 1996–1998 term from Jadavpur as a member of Congress. She was also a member of Parliament in 12th, (1998–1999) and 13th (1999–2004) Lok Sabhas.<ref name="Personal Website">{{cite web|title=Krishna Bose's Website Details|url=http://www.krishnabose.com/biography.html|access-date=8 March 2014}}</ref> During her 3rd term, she served as:<ref name="Lok Sabha"/> | |||
* Chairperson, Committee on External Affairs | |||
* Member, General Purposes Committee | |||
* Member, Joint Committee on Patents (Second Amendment) Bill, 1999 | |||
* Member, Committee on Official Language<ref name="Lok Sabha"/> | |||
==Interests and accomplishments== | |||
Bose was actively involved in public work. She was the president of the Trust of the Institute of Child Health, Calcutta and chaired the Council of the Netaji Research Bureau, the president of Vivek Chetana – a non-profit organisation for disadvantaged women and children and a member of the international P.E.N.{{clarify|date=March 2014}}<ref name="Personal Website"/> | |||
Krishna was a columnist for journals in English and Bengali such as Desh, [[Anandabazar Patrika]], [[Jugantor]], Amrit Bazar Patrika, [[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]], Telegraph, [[Illustrated Weekly of India]]. She also worked in the areas of women and child development and for the welfare of the handicapped.<ref name="Lok Sabha"/> | |||
==Death== | |||
Bose died on 22 February 2020 in a hospital off [[Eastern Metropolitan Bypass|EM Bypass]] in Kolkata at the age of 89. She was suffering from age-related ailments and had a second stroke few days before.<ref>{{cite news |title=Krishna Bose, Academician And Former Trinamool MP, Dies At 89 |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/krishna-bose-academician-and-former-trinamool-mp-dies-at-89-2184042 |access-date=22 February 2020 |work=NDTV.com |date=22 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Academic and former Trinamool MP Krishna Bose passes away at 89 |url=https://theprint.in/india/academic-and-former-trinamool-mp-krishna-bose-passes-away-at-89/369393/ |access-date=22 February 2020 |work=ThePrint |date=22 February 2020}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{ | {{Reflist}} | ||
== External links == | |||
* {{Official website|http://www.krishnabose.com/main.html}} | |||
{{Bose family}} | |||
{{Eleventh to Fourteenth Lok Sabha, West Bengal}} | |||
{{Authority control}} | |||
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