India is celebrating the 123rd birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose on 23 January 2020. It was due to the struggles of Subhash Chandra Bose and the passion of the country service that Mahatma Gandhi called him a patriot of the patriots. Subhash Chandra Bose is known for establishing the Azad Hind Fauj or the Indian National Army.
The nation pays tribute to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose on this occasion. Cultural programs are being organized in many places across the country in his honor. It is believed that Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose died in a plane crash in 1945. However, no concrete evidence of his death was ever found in the plane crash.
10 key points of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose was born on 23 January 1897 in Cuttack, Odisha into a Bengali family. He died on 18 August 1945. He was just 48 when he died.
Netaji gave the slogan of ‘You give me blood, I will give you freedom’. Which became very popular among the youth.
Bose is recognized as a great freedom fighter of India. The slogan ‘Jai Hind Jai Bharat’ given by him has become the national slogan of India.
He went to Cambridge University in England to prepare for the Indian Civil Service (ICS). It was very difficult for Indians to enter the civil service under the British rule. He had secured the fourth position in the Civil Services examination.
He left the supreme administrative service and became part of the campaign to liberate the country. He had to go to jail 11 times in his life. He first went to jail on 16 July 1921.
Azad Hind Fauj consisted of about 85000 soldiers. It also had a female unit with Captain Laxmi Swaminathan.
The people of Azad Hind Fauj hoisted the flag for the first time on 19 March 1944. The Azad Hind Fauj fought fiercely against the British on the border of Burma.
Netaji had a total of 13 siblings, including 5 brothers and 8 sisters. Subhash Chandra Bose was the 9th child and 5th son of his parents.
Netaji married his secretary and Austrian-based Emily Schenkel in 1937. Both of them had a daughter named Anita, who now lives in family Germany.
Netaji was the young leader of the Congress’s Garam Dal. He became the President of Congress in the year 1938 and 1939. He resigned from the post of Congress President in the year 1939.
