Rash Behari Bose (/rɑːʃ bihɑːri ˈboʊs/ ⓘ; 25 May 1886 – 21 January 1945) was an Indian revolutionary leader and freedom fighter who fought against the British Empire.

[5] Rash Behari Bose was born in Subaldaha village of Purba Bardhaman district, now in West Bengal, India, on 25 May 1886.

They lived with their father and also in the house of Bidhu Mukhi, the widowed sister-in-law of their grandfather, Kalicharan Bose.

[citation needed] Bose was drawn towards the revolutionary movement on hearing stories from his grandfather and teacher (Bakkeswar) at Subaldaha.

[citation needed] His father, Binod Behari Bose, was stationed in Hooghly district for few years.

[citation needed] There Bose studied at Dupleix College with his cousin and friend Shrish Chandra Ghosh.

He was hunted by the colonial police due to his participation in the failed assassination attempt, Hardinge being at that time the Governor General and Viceroy.

[citation needed] He returned to Dehradun by the night train and joined the office the next day as though nothing had happened.

The idea of the Gadar leaders was that with the war raging in Europe most of the soldiers had gone out of India and the rest could be easily won over.

[citation needed] Bose, along with A. M. Nair, was instrumental in persuading the Japanese authorities to stand by the Indian revolutionaries, whom Japan ultimately to officially supported.

Rash Behari Bose built the Indian National Army (also called 'Azad Hind Fauj').

Prior to his death caused by tuberculosis, the Japanese Government honoured him with the Order of the Rising Sun (2nd grade).

[citation needed] Bose met Toshiko Soma when he was hiding at her house in Shinjuku City.

[3] In 1943, the Japanese government honoured Bose with the highest title available to a foreigner, the Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd class.

[10] On 26 December 1967, the Posts and Telegraphs Department of India issued a special postage stamp in honour of Rash Behari Bose.