There is a whole lot to Rash Behari Bose, one of the masterminds behind the plan to assassinate Lord Hardinge, the Viceroy. But a thesis by Mamta Sachan Kumar sums up Rash Behari: In many ways Rash Behari was the opposite of his more famed namesake, Subash Chandra Bose. Netaji was a brilliant orator, one who could motivate people to shed blood for the cause of freedom, the charismatic leader, who could sway the masses like none other. Rash Behari on the other hand was more subdued, with a somber voice, in a sense he was the quite brains behind the scene, strategizing and building up the movement.
The man, who would receive the Order of the Rising Sun and lay the foundation for the Indian Army, was born in Subaldaha village of Burdwan district, in the province of Bengal, in 1886 to Binod Behari Bose, a minor clerk. With his mother passing away when he was just a baby, he was bought up by his maternal aunt Vama Sundari. He studied in Dupleix....
