sri mahendra lal bose went to calcutta with his father and got admitted to st. xavier's school at park street. he passed the senior cambridge examination from that school and got admitted to st. xavier's college with honors in english. in the meantime his father had acquired much knowledge about tea planting and he decided to resign from the job at the adyas and try his luck in plantation in the district of jalpaiguri. through his relative and tea magnet sri nalini ghosh he got acquainted with sri prasanna dev raikut, the raja of the baikunthapur estate. in collaboration with the raja he established the shikarpur tea estate, about three kilometers from belakoba railway station. sri mahendra lal bose, however, could not accompany his father to north bengal, as he had to continue his studies staying at a mess near park street. at college he got acquainted with a son of mahatma gandhi and got the rare opportunity of being acquainted with the great leader and sage like personality and this radically changed his character.