The 125th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, one of the great freedom fighters, is being celebrated today, 23 January. The central government has decided to celebrate it as Parakram Divas across the country. Netaji's biography and rigorous sacrifice are extremely inspiring for today's youth.
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose was an avid nationalist leader whose ardent patriotism made him one of the greatest freedom fighters in Indian history. Netaji was a revolutionary leader and he did not want to compromise with the British at any cost. Their only goal was to liberate India.
Life span
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose was born on 23 January 1897 in Cuttack, Odisha. His mother's name was Prabhavati Dutt Bose and his father's name was Jankinath Bose. After his early schooling, he enrolled in Ravenshaw Collegiate School. He then attended Presidency College Kolkata but was expelled from there due to his radical nationalist activities.
Quit Indian Civil Service job due to slavery of British
After being expelled from college, he went to Cambridge University to study engineering. In the year 1919, Bose went to London to prepare for the Indian Civil Services (ICS) examination and was also selected there. However, Bose resigned from the civil service as he believed that he could not work with the British.
Highly influenced by the teachings of Vivekananda
Subhash Chandra Bose was highly influenced by the teachings of Vivekananda and considered him his spiritual master, while Chittaranjan Das as his political guru. In the year 1921, Bose took charge of editing the newspaper 'Forward' published by Chittaranjan Das's Swaraj Party.
In the year 1923, Bose was elected President of the All India Youth Congress as well as Secretary of the Bengal State Congress. Being associated with revolutionary movements in the year 1925, he was sent to Mandalay prison where he suffered from tuberculosis.
Raised voice against the British
Bose traveled to Europe in the mid-1930s. He did his first research and then wrote the first part of the book called 'The Indian Struggle', in which he covered all the freedom movements of the country during the year 1920-1934. Bose formed the National Planning Commission in 1938 (Haripura) after being elected as the President of the Indian National Congress.
Formation of INA
The INA was first formed under the leadership of Mohan Singh and Japanese Major Iwichi Fujiwara and included the British-Indian Army War captured by Japan in Singapore in the Malayan (present-day Malaysia) campaign. Prisoners were included.
Formed Azad Hind Fauj to fight against the British
During World War II, he formed the Azad Hind Fauj with the support of Japan to fight against the British. The slogan of Jai Hind given by him has become the national slogan of India. You give me blood, I will give you freedom, the slogan was also given by him which still inspires the youth of our country. People in India refer to him as 'Netaji'.
Seeking help from Japan and Germany knocked the British
Some historians believe that when Netaji tried to get help from Japan and Germany, the British government started to talk and ordered the spies to abolish them in 1941.
On July 5, 1943, Netaji addressed the army as the 'Supreme Commander' in front of the Town Hall of Singapore. Gave the slogan and in collaboration with the Japanese Army, the British and Commonwealth Army, along with Burma, took a fierce front together in Imphal and Kohima.
Formed a temporary government of independent India
On 21 October 1943, Subhash Chandra Bose was the supreme commander of the Azad Hind Fauj and with this authority, he created a temporary government of independent India which was recognized by the governments of 11 countries including Germany, Japan, Philippines, Korea, China, Italy, Manchuko and Ireland. . Japan gave Andaman and Nicobar islands to this temporary government. Subhash went to those islands and renamed them.
In 1944, the Azad Hind Fauj attacked the British again and also liberated some Indian territories from the British. The Battle of Kohima was a fierce battle fought from 4 April 1944 to 22 June 1944. In this war, the Japanese army had to retreat, and that proved a turning point.
Mahatma Gandhi called 'Father of the Nation' on Azad Hind Radio
Azad Hind Radio was started in Germany in 1942 under the leadership of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. The purpose of this radio was to propagate the Indians to fight for freedom from the British.
On this radio, Bose addressed Mahatma Gandhi as the 'Father of the Nation' on 6 July 1944.
Died on August 18, 1945
He died in a plane crash on August 18, 1945, in Japanese-ruled Formosa (now Taiwan).