Anita Bose Pfaff
Bose Pfaff with the former President of India, Pranab Mukherjee, February 2013.
Born
Anita Schenkl

(1942-11-29) 29 November 1942
Vienna, Nazi Germany
(present-day Austria)
NationalityAustrian
SpouseMartin Pfaff
Children3
Parents

Anita Bose Pfaff (born 29 November 1942) is an Austrian-born economist, who has previously been a professor at the University of Augsburg as well as a politician in the Social Democratic Party of Germany.[1] She is the daughter of Indian nationalist Subhas Chandra Bose (1897–1945) and his wife[2] Emilie Schenkl.[3]

Early life

Pfaff is the only child of Emilie Schenkl and Subhas Chandra Bose, who—with a view to attempting an armed attack on the British Indian Empire with the help of Imperial Japan—left Schenkl and Pfaff in Europe, and moved to southeast Asia, when Pfaff was four months old.[4][4] Pfaff was raised by her mother, who worked shifts in a telephone trunk office during the postwar years to support the family, which included Pfaff's maternal grandmother.[5] Pfaff was not given her father's last name at birth, and grew up as Anita Schenkl.[5]

Academic career

As of 2012, Pfaff was a professor of economics at the University of Augsburg.[1]

Marriage and family

Pfaff is married to Professor Martin Pfaff, who was previously a member of the Bundestag (the German parliament), representing the SPD. They have three children: Peter Arun, Thomas Krishna and Maya Carina.[6]

Media

Pfaff is mentioned in the Bollywood film Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero.

References

  1. 1 2 "'To have an iconic dad is, of course, difficult' says Anita Bose Pfaff, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's daughter".
  2. ↑ Gordon 1990, pp. 344–345.
  3. ↑ Hayes 2011, p. 15.
  4. 1 2 Hayes 2011, p. 159.
  5. 1 2 Madhuri Bose (12 November 2015). The Bose Brothers and Indian Independence: An Insider's Account. SAGE Publications. ISBN 978-93-5150-396-5.
  6. ↑ "Netaji's daughter speaks!". rediff.com.

Notes

    Citations

    1. Subhash Chandra Bose Wife Story
    2. Anita Bose-Daughter of SC Bose speaks
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