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{{Short description|Indian lawyer}}
{{notability|Bio|date=April 2017}}
{{EngvarB|date=January 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Janakinath Bose
| image = Janakinath Bose.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = 28 May 1860
| birth_place = Kodalia, [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]] (present-day [[West Bengal]], [[India]])
| death_date = 2 December 1934 (aged 74)
| death_place = [[Calcutta]], [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal Province]], British India (present-day [[Kolkata]], West Bengal, India)
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| other_names =
| occupation = Lawyer
| known_for = Father of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
| title =
| spouse = [[Prabhabati Bose (Dutt)|Prabhabati Bose]]
| children = 14 children (including 8 sons, [[Subhash Chandra Bose]], [[Sarat Chandra Bose]] and others) and 6 daughters)
}}
'''Janakinath (Janaki Nath) Bose''' (28 May 1860 – 2 December 1934) was an Indian lawyer and advocate, who was the father of Indian independence leader [[Subhas Chandra Bose]]. He is also the father of barrister [[Sarat Chandra Bose]].<ref name="Pasricha2008">{{cite book|author=Ashu Pasricha|title=Encyclopaedia of Eminent Thinkers (vol. : 16 The Political Thought Of Subhas Chandra Bose)|chapter= Life and Times|chapter-url =https://books.google.com/books?id=MWGcmlexd9QC&pg=PA12|date=2008|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=978-81-8069-496-7|pages=12–14}}</ref><ref name="Bose2004">{{cite book|author=Mihir Bose|author-link=Mihir Bose|title=Raj, Secrets, Revolution: A Life of Subhas Chandra Bose|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Rh7DAdsK0gC&pg=PA29|year=2004|publisher=Grice Chapman Publishing|isbn=978-0-9545726-4-8|pages=29–}}</ref>
==Early life==
He had descended from the Boses (kulin kayastha) of Mahinagar ([[South 24 Parganas]]).<ref>''An Indian Pilgrim: An Unfinished Autobiography And Collected Letters 1897-1921'', Subhas Chandra Bose, Asia Publishing House, London, 1965, p. 1</ref> The fourth son of Haranath Bose, he was born on 28 May 1860 in village Kodalia, in the present [[South 24 Parganas district]], [[West Bengal]].<ref>''An Indian Pilgrim: An Unfinished Autobiography'' (''Netaji:Collected Works, Vol.1'') , Subhas Chandra Bose, Oxford University Press, 1997, p. 244</ref>
Janaki Nath was born in Kodalia on 28 May 1860 as the third son of Haranath Bose. The gate of the house still stands bearing this name. Although the Bose family of Mahinagar can traces its lineage back to Gopinath Bose who was given the title Purandar Khan by Sultan Hussain Shah, by the time of his birth it had been reduced to modest means. Janaki Nath passed the Entrance examination in December 1877 from Albert School, Kolkata.

==Education==
He passed his matriculation examination from the Albert School and was subsequently educated at the [[Scottish Church College]], and at the [[Ravenshaw College]], from where he graduated. Subsequently, he studied law at the [[University of Calcutta]].<ref name=Pasricha2008 />
A schoolmate at this time was the legendary chemist-cum-industrialist Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray, who as a Professor taught his sons at Presidency College. Janaki Nath attended St. Xavier’s College Calcutta for six months and then joined the General Assembly Institution, now the Scottish Church College. He then moved with his elder half-brother Debendra Nath to Cuttack and joined the Ravenshaw College in August 1879. Passing the FA examination in first division and he earned a scholarship of Rs 20 per month, a princely sum in those days.

He continued his studies there for the B A degree in 1882. He passed the B. L. degree from the Metropolitan Institution in early 1884. During this time he came into close contact with prominent personalities of the Brahmo Samaj such as Brahmanand Keshav Chandra Sen, his brother Krishna Bihari Sen and Umesh Chandra Dutt. In between he served as a lecturer at Albert College in 1883, of which Krishna Behari Sen was then Rector. For about nine months in 1884 he was headmaster at [[Jaynagar Institution]].

==Career==
During his stay in Calcutta, he came in contact with leaders of the [[Brahmo Samaj]], and was deeply influenced by their vision. In 1885, he joined the bar in the court of [[Cuttack]], where he practised, and went on to become an advocate.<ref name=Pasricha2008 /> He was appointed Government Pleader and later given the title [[Rai Bahadur]], which he relinquished in protest.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}

His career as an advocate made him come in contact with various religious, and political personalities of the [[Indian Independence movement]]. He passed many of his ideals and values to his 9th son, Subhas, at a very young age.<ref name=Pasricha2008 />

==Personal life==
Bose was the son of Haranath Bose and Kamini Bose. He was the brother of Jadu Nath Bose, Kedar Nath Bose, Devendra Nath Bose, Tara Prasanna Bose and Surya Prasanna Bose.

He was married to [[Prabhabati Bose (Dutt)|Prabhabati Dutt]], who played a substantial role in the education of their eight sons and six daughters, including [[Sarat Chandra Bose]] and [[Subash Chandra Bose]].<ref name=Pasricha2008 />

==References==
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Sourav Bapuli at 15:10, 3 August 2022