Sarat Chandra Bose, an Indian freedom activist, dies at the age of 60 in 1950.
Sarat Chandra, the second son and fourth child of Janakinath and Prabhabati Bose, was born in Cuttack, Odisha in 1889. He completed his secondary school in Kolkata after completing his primary education in Cuttack and matriculation at the age of 12. He received his MA from Calcutta University in 1909 and became a lawyer in 1911. Despite the fact that his father, Janakinath, was a distinguished legal practitioner, Sarat Chandra was the first in the family to travel to England and qualify for the Bar (1912-1914). Sarat Chandra rose to prominence as a lawyer with remarkable advocacy skills and piercing cross-examination under the tutelage of the famous Nripendra Nath Sircar.
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