to drive it himself. In 1903 he imported from France a Darracq 8HP single cylinder motor car, and another 2 cylinder Darracq in 1905. He was the proprietor of the first Indian owned automobile distributor in Calcutta, The Great Eastern Motor Company, and employed a British manager. He also set up a repairing unit, the Great Eastern Motor Works in Park Street. Sound recording In 1900, Bose began to make sound recordings privately, after he had acquired an Edison phonograph. He began recording his friends in a leisurely fashion. Some of the first people recorded by H. Bose included his uncle, Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose, P. C. Roy, and his good friend Rabindranath Tagore. His company became known as "Bose Pathe Recordings" which later became "H. Bose Swadeshi Records". By 1907, the demand for Bose's recordings grew so great that he began producing his own cylinders for recording. H. Bose was a well known patron of the Swadeshi movement and many of his records covered this subject. Achievements Bose was the pioneer of color photography in India. He used Autochrome Lumière slides for his photographs. He was the founder president of Sporting Union. Notes References Kinnear, Michael S. Gramophone Company's First Indian Recordings. Popular Prakashan, 1994. Vernon, Paul. Ethnic and Vernacular Music, 1898-1960: A Resource and Guide to Recordings. Greenwood Press, 1995. 1864 births 1916 deaths Businesspeople from Kolkata People from Mymensingh District University of Calcutta alumni