Neta Ji Subhas Chandra Bose was born on January 23, 1897 in Cuttack, Orissa. His father Janaki Nath Bose was a lawyer and his mother Prabhavati Devi was a pious and religious lady. Subhas Chandra Bose was the ninth child among fourteen. He was a brilliant student right from the childhood. He topped the matriculation examination of Calcutta province and graduated with a First Class in Philosophy from the Scottish Churches College in Calcutta. He was strongly influenced by Swami Vivekananda’s teachings and was known for his patriotic zeal as a student. To fulfill his parents wishes he went to England in 1919 to compete for ICS. In England he appeared for the Indian Civil Service Competitive Examination in 1920, and came out 4th in merit. However, Subhas Chandra Bose was deeply disturbed by the Jallianwalla Bagh massacre, and left his Civil Services apprenticeship midway to return to India in 1921.
After returning to India Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose came under the influence of Mahatma Gandhi and joined the Indian National Congress. On Gandhiji’s instructions, he started working under Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das, whom he later acknowledged his political guru. Soon he gained his way up in the Congress’ hierarchy. Subhas Chandra Bose along with Jawaharlal Nehru wanted nothing short of complete independence for India (Purn Swaraj). Some times he has to oppose Gandhi Ji. He protested against the Gandhi-Irwin pact and opposed the suspension of Civil Disobedience movement specially when Bhagat Singh and his associates were hanged.
After the General Elections of 1937, Congress came to power in seven states. He was elected President of the Haripura Congress Session in 1938. During his term as Congress President, he talked of planning in concrete terms, and set up a National planning Committee in October 1938. At the end of his first term, the presidential election took place in early 1939. Subhas Chandra Bose was re-elected, defeating Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya who had been backed by Mahatma Gandhi and the Congress Working Committee. Clouds of World War II were on the horizon and he brought a resolution to give the British six months to hand India over to the Indians, failing which there would be a revolt. There was much opposition to his rigid stand, and he resigned from the post of president and formed a progressive group known as the Forward Block.
Impact of His Teacher Miss Lara Lorens was immense of Subhash Chandra Bose. She advised her Not to speak without thinking. Assess the situation first….. if condtions are not favourable; wait, don’t succumb to external pressure.
Subhas Chandra Bose started a mass movement against utilizing Indian resources and men for the great war. There was a tremendous response to his call and he was put under house arrest in Calcutta. In January 1941, Subhas Chandra Bose disappeared from his home in Calcutta and reached Germany. Working on “an enemy’s enemy is a friend”, he sought cooperation of Germany and Japan against British Empire. In January 1942, he began his regular broadcasts from Radio Berlin, which aroused tremendous enthusiasm in India. In July 1943, he arrived in Singapore from Germany and took over the charge of the Indian Independence Movement from Rash Behari Bose. He organised the Azad Hind Fauj (Indian National Army. He was hailed as Netaji by the Army as well as by the Indian civilian. He said “Tum Mujhe Khoon Do, Main Tumhe Azadi Dunga.” Azad Hind Fauj proceeded towards India to liberate it from British rule. Enroute it lliberated Andeman and Nicobar Islands. Azad Hind Fauj crossed the Burma Border, and stood on Indian soil on March 18 ,1944.
Subhash Chandra Bose roared in IInd World War like a Lion before proceeding to Russia in illfated plane.
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He gave the famous salutation slogan of his predecessor Champakraman Pillai’s “Jai Hind” a new height & also a calll to “Dilli Chalo” because Dilli being the capital of India. If Dilli is in control, Whole of India is Ours. On this pretext, on 15th August every year a tri color hoisting ceremony is performed at Lal Quila. Neta Ji Subhash Chandra Bose wanted Indian Flag be hoist at Lal Quila.
However, defeat of Japan and Germany in the Second World War forced INA to retreat and it could not achieve its objective but Azad Hind Fauj has so many instances of freedom struggle. (Some where in Burma INA soldiers were punished brutaly and forced to work in jail without food and water. In such a pity condition they survived by having faith in Lord Ram and Hanuman. They chanted “Ko nahi Janat hai jag men Kapi Sankat moc-han Naam Tiharo” to keep their morale.)
Subhas Chandra Bose was reportedly killed in an air crash over Taipeh, Taiwan (Formosa) on August 18, 1945. Though it is widely believed that he was still alive after the air crash not much information could be found about him.
Jai Hind. Jai Hind. Jai Hind.
