23/01/2022
Recently, the government has decided to install a grand statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose at India Gate to commemorate his 125th birth anniversary and as part of the year long celebrations.
Key Points
Birth:
Subhas Chandra Bose was born on 23rd January 1897, in Cuttack, Orissa Division, Bengal Province, to Prabhavati Dutt Bose and Janakinath Bose.
His Jayanti is celebrated as 'Parakram Diwas' on 23rd January.
Education and Early Life:
In 1919, he had cleared the Indian Civil Services (ICS) examination.
Bose, however, resigned later to fight for independence.
Association with Congress :
He actively participated in the Salt Satyagraha of 1930 and vehemently opposed the suspension of Civil Disobedience Movement and signing of the Gandhi-Irwin Pact in 1931.
In the 1930s, he was closely associated with left politics in Congress along with Jawaharlal Nehru and M.N. Roy.
Bose won the congress presidential elections at Haripura in 1938.
Again in 1939 at Tripuri, he won the presidential elections against Gandhi's candidate Pattabhi Sitarammayya.
Due to ideological differences with Gandhi, Bose resigned and left congress. Rajendra Prasad was appointed in his place.
He founded a new party, 'the Forward Bloc'. The purpose was to consolidate the political left and major support base in his home state Bengal.
Indian National Army (INA) :
He reached Japanese-controlled Singapore from Germany in July 1943, issued from there his famous call, โDelhi Chaloโ, and announced the formation of the Azad Hind Government and the Indian National Army on 21st October 1943.
Death:
He is said to have died in 1945 when his plane crashed in Taiwan. However, there are still many conspiracy theories regarding his death.
