P. C. Bose

[1][2] He was the son of Priyanath Bose, born at Khasial village in Jessore district of British India (now in Bangladesh) on 17 August 1899.

[2] He was a noted Indian National Congress politician and Gandhian Independence Activist from Dhanbad, the other from the region being Purushottam K. Chauhan.

He joined Civil Disobedience and Satyagraha movements during the period 1930 to 1945; courted imprisonment five times and was in jail for about six years.

[2][1] He was Workers' delegate to ILO, Geneva conference 1928; Indian delegate to British Commonwealth Labour Conference, 1928; General Secretary, Indian Miners' Association, 1932–46, and President since 1946; Member, Mines Rescue Stations Committee since 1939; President, Manbhum D.C.C., 1941; Vice-President, All-India Trade Union Congress, 1945; President, Indian Mine Workers' Federation, 1946–47, and Treasurer, 1951-52; Member, Member, Congress Legislative Party, Bihar, 1946–52; Member, Labour Sub-Committee, Bihar, 1946–52; Workers' Representative, Indian Coal Mining Committee, Geneva, 1947 and Asian Regional Labour Conference, New Delhi, 1947; Member, Coal Mines Conciliation Board, .

[1] His elder son Shankar Bose, an advocate who practiced in Dhanbad as an Industrial & Labour Laws expert, was also a trade union leader and served in various capacities in INTUC (Indian National Trade Union Congress) and RCMS (Rashtriya Colliery Mazdoor Sangh) and was jailed by British for taking part in independence activities.