Born in Khandaghosh village in the Purba Bardhaman district in district of West Bengal in 1845, Rash
Behari Ghose was an eminent lawyer, educationist,
social worker and philanthropist. His was a brilliant academic career. He
proved to be a very successful lawyer.
Rash Behari Ghose was a leading leader of the moderate
wing of the Indian National Congress. During the freedom struggle for India there
were two divisions in the Indian National Congress (INC)- moderate and extremist.
He is said to have called the extremists “irresponsible agitators” and “pestilential
demagogues”. He was a believer in the British sense of justice.
Rash Behari Ghose was
elected President of the Indian National Congress at the Surat session of 1907.
It was at the Surat session when INC split into two sections: moderate and extremist. He was again elected president of the INC in its subsequent session in 1908.
Rash Behari Ghose breathed
his last on February, 28, 1921.
The Congress Party which currently rules India at the centre has retained
the name Indian National Congress.
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