GHOSE, SHRI SURENDRA MOHAN, Cong. (West Bengal— Malda—1952): S. of Late Kamini Mohan Ghose; B. Mymensingh, April, 1893; ed. at Mritunjoy High School and Ananda Mohan College, Mymensingh; Worked for Hindu-Muslim unity, Relief and Rehabilitation, removal of untouchability and many other social reforms; Participated in the Revolutionary movement from 1910—1932; Joined Cong, in 1920; Led the movement for abolition of Chowkidari Tax on Mymensingh in 1921; Led the Tarakeswar Satyagraha movement in 1922; Was in Mandalay Jail (Burma) with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in 1924; Participated in Gandhiji’s Individual Satyagraha Movement in 1940; Suffered imprisonment for nearly 23 years during the period of 1910—1945; Resorted to hunger strike on several occasions; Secretary and President of Mymensingh D.C.C.; President, Bengal P.C.C. four times from 1939—50; President Gandhi Memorial Fund Committee, Bengal; President Bengal Congress Relief and Rehabilitation Committee; President, Congress Jatiya Bahini and Emergency Volunteer Corps, 1946-47; Member, Advisory Committee, Calcutta Telephones; Member, Shri Aurobindo University Fund Committee, Pondicherry; Elected Member of Constituent Assembly of India from Bengal in 1946 and re-elected from West Bengal after partition in 1947; Chairman, House Committee, Parliament of India, 1951; Member, Sadhana Family, Mymensingh, Jugantar Party of Bengal, Swarajya Party, Independent League and A.I.C.C.; Member, Board of Advisers, All India Radio, Calcutta; Honorary Member-Secretary, Board of Editors, History of Freedom Movement in India, since its inception.

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