Indian Struggle for Freedom

Born at Barisal (now in Bangladesh) on the 31st of May, 1914, Prof. Satyavrata Ghosh had a chequered career. Though he belongs to a family of outstanding educationists, his own academic career was cut short just after he passed the matriculation examination. for a considerable period, he suffered incarceration as a detenu, suspected of revolutionary activities. Externed from the province of Bengal, he did his M.A. in Political Science fro Banaras Hindu University, topping the list. With the outbreak of War, however, he could secure a job at Delhi with the Government of India bu tsoon lost it due to earlier police reports. He was literally on the streets. Here came a turning point in his career. Unable to get a job, he turned desperate and moved from pillar to post. He somehow managed to get a job, he turned desperate and moved from pillar to post. He somehow managed to get a job, he turned desperate and moved from pillar to post. He somehow managed to get a job as political secretary to a Kanpur industrialist, Ram Ratan Gupta, who was then a Central M.L.A. belonging to the Nationalist Party. congressmen were in Jail. The Nationalist Party was all-important in our political life. He helped the party and also the organisation of Indian Council of World Affairs. This brought him closer to the fast changing political scene of India. But as a sensitive soul what he saw around him was depressing. He looked for fresh fields and pastures new before joining his family tradition of teaching. He became 'Prof. Ghosh' and joined Rohtak Jat college. He also served various other colleges as post-graduate professor of Political Science and retired as principal of a Government college in M.P. Later he shifted to Bombay and became a post retirement journalist and author.