Published 14:43 IST, January 8th 2021

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's niece Chitra Ghosh passes away; PM Modi extends condolences

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has condoled Chitra Ghosh's death and spoke about her vast contribution in the academic field and community service.

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On Friday, PM Narendra Modi condoled death of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's niece and daughter of Sarat Chandra Bose, Chitra Ghosh. Taking to twitter, PM Modi stated that Chitra Ghosh's vast contribution in  acemic field is commendable. He also lauded her contribution in community service. 

PM Modi condoles Chitra Ghosh's death

PM Modi also recalled his meeting with Ghosh and spoke about several discussions he h with her, including declassification of files related to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's death. 

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Apart from PM Modi, BJP leer Kailash Vijayvargiya also extended his condolences. Vijayvargiya also spoke about Chitra Ghosh's contribution in field of education. 

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"Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's niece and daughter of Sharat Chandra Bose ji, Chitra Ghosh ji, passed away. A social worker, her work of motivating youth in field of education will never be forgotten." said Vijayvargiya

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Chitra Ghosh's life and contribution 

Chitra Ghosh was educated in disciplines of Political Science and Ecomics. Ghosh was also involved in education service of West Bengal government since beginning of her teaching career which commenced from Bethune College. Apart from this, she also worked as  He of Department of Political Science at Ly Brabourne College. In dition, she was also a visiting lecturer in  Political Science and International Relations Departments of Calcutta and Javpur Universities. 

During course of her career, she also worked as a professor of Social and Political History at Netaji Institute for Asian Studies in Calcutta. As a part of her social work, she was instrumental in  upliftment of socially backward. Some of books authored by her include Rights and Obligations of Indian Women, Women’s Studies in India, Women and Politics World Wide(IPSA), Women Movement Politics in Bengal, World of Thai Women (1990), Opening of Closed Windows (2002).

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14:43 IST, January 8th 2021