NETAJI AND HIS BHARAT

1. NETHAJI SUBHASH CHANDRA BOSE
By SRIVATSAN SP

2. EARLY LIFE
Subhas Chandra Bose was born to Prabhavati Bose and
Janakinath Bose on 23 January 1897 in Cuttack, the Orissa
Division of Bengal Province in British India.
Subhas was the ninth child and the sixth son.Jankinath, a
successful lawyer and government pleader, was loyal to the
government of British India and scrupulous about matters of
language and the law.

3. EDUCATION
He did his schooling from the Protestant European School in Cuttack, just like his
siblings.He did baccalaureate from the Presidency College.
He was influenced by the teachings of Swami Vivekananda and Ramakrishna after
reading their works at the age of 16.
He then was sent by his parents to the University of Cambridge in England to
prepare for the Indian Civil Service.
In 1920 he passed the civil service examination, but in April 1921, after hearing of
the nationalist turmoils in India, he resigned his candidacy and hurried back to
India.

4. Subhas Chandra Bose
and the formation of
Forward Bloc
All India Forward Bloc was a left-wing
nationalist political party in India that
emerged as a faction within the India
Congress in 1939, led by Subhas
Chandra Bose. He was well known for
his leftist views in Congress. The
prime objective of the Froward Bloc
was to bring all radical elements of the
Congress party. So that he could
spread the meaning of complete
independence of India with adherence
to the application of principles of
equality and social justice.

5. Subhas Chandra Bose and Indian National Congress
He joined Non-Cooperation Movement which was started by Mahatama Gandhi
who made INC a powerful non-violent organization. During the movement, he
was advised by Mahatma Gandhi to work with Chittaranjan Das who became his
political guru. After that, he became a youth educator and commandant of the
Bengal Congress volunteers.
in 1938 he was elected president of the Indian National Congress and formed a
national planning committee, which formulated a policy of broad
industrialization. However, this did not harmonize with Gandhian economic
thought.Bose’s vindication came in 1939 when he defeated a Gandhian rival for
reelection. Nonetheless, the “rebel president” felt bound to resign because of
the lack of Gandhi’s support.

6. Subhas Chandra
Bose and Indian
National Army
(INA)
An important development in the struggle
for freedom during the Second World War
was the formation and activities of the Azad
Hind Fauj, also known as the Indian
National Army, or INA
When Japan defeated the British armies
and occupied almost all the countries of
south-East Asia, the league formed the
Indian National Army from among the Indian
prisoners of war with the aim of liberating
India from British rule. General Mohan
Singh, who had been an officer in the
British Indian army, played an important role
in organizing this army.

7. In the meantime, Subhas Chandra Bose
had escaped from India in 1941 and gone
to Germany to work for India’s
Independence. In 1943, he came to
Singapore to lead the Indian
Independence League and rebuild the
Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj) to
make it an effective instrument for the
freedom of India. The Azad Hind Fauj
comprised about 45,000 soldiers, among
who were Indian prisoners of war as well
as Indians who were settled in various
countries of south-east Asia.

8. The Azad Hind Fauj, with the slogan of
‘Delhi Chalo’ and the salutation Jai
Hind was a source of inspiration to
Indians, inside and outside the
country. Netaji rallied together with
the Indians of all religions and regions,
living in southeast Asia, for the cause
of India’s freedom.Indian women also
played an important role in the
activities for the freedom of India. A
women’s regiment of Azad Hind Fauj
was formed, which was under the
command of Captain Lakshmi
Swaminathan. It was called the Rani
Jhansi regiment.

9. Conclusion