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Black and white close-up portrait of a man wearing round glasses and a light-colored shawl with a patterned border.

Subhas Chandra Bose 1930s

16 Herbert Street, Cambridge

History of 16 Herbert Street

Subhas Chandra Bose is known to have stayed at this address. He had been a student at Fitzwilliam House. In the 1921 census he is resident in Lancashire. he resigned from the Indi Civil Service on 22nd April 1921 and returned to India. [Other sources suggest that Bose stayed at 5 Herbert Street but the letter seems to demonstrate that he lived at no.16].

A document showing a handwritten letter dated 22 April 1921 from Subhas Chandra Bose, with a circular stamp at the bottom left.

Bose letter of resignation

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