Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, one of India’s most prominent freedom fighters, was born on 23 January 1897 in Cuttack, Odisha. He was termed as a rebel due to his frequent run-ins with the British authorities. Once part of the Indian National Congress, he resigned due to ideological differences with the other party members. In 1923, Netaji was elected the President of All India Youth Congress Committee and the Secretary of Bengal State Congress. Bose was also put under house arrest by the British until his escape from Indian in 1940. In 1942, he formed the Indian National Army in Southeast Asia with the help of Japan, comprising of Indian soldiers the British Indian army captured in war. He established a provisional government of Azad Hind in 1943 in Andaman and Nicobar, then captured by Japanese forces. His birth anniversary is celebrated as the National Day of Patriotism.