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Bose is one of the most dynamic leaders of India’s struggle of
independence. He is popularly known as Netaji.
He was born in
Cuttack, in Orissa on January 23, 1897 to Janaki Nath Bose and
Prabhavati Devi. His father was a famous lawyer and his mother was a
religious lady. Among the fourteen siblings, he was the ninth child.
Right from his
childhood he was a bright student and was a topper in the
matriculation examination from the whole of Calcutta province. He
graduated from the Scottish Church College in Kolkata, West Bengal
with a First Class degree in Philosophy. Influenced by the teachings
of Swami Vivekananda, he was known for his patriotic zeal as a
student. He went to England to accomplish his parents’ desire to
appear in the Indian Civil Services. In 1920 he appeared for the
competitive examination and stood fourth in the order of merit.
Deeply moved by the Jallianwalla Bagh massacre in Punjab, Subhash Chandra Bose left his Civil Services apprenticeship
midway and returned to India.
After he returned
to India, Subhash Chandra Bose was influenced by Mahatma Gandhi
views. He then joined the Indian National Congress and worked under
the leadership of Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das, who later became his
political guru. He opposed the Dominion Status for India declared by
the Congress under the guidance of the Motilal Nehru Committee. They
were in favor of complete independence and nothing else. In 1930,
during the Civil Disobedience he was sent to jail and released only
after the Gandhi-Irwin pact was signed in 1931.
Subash Chandra Bose
was exiled from India to Europe; he took advantage of this
opportunity and tried to establish political and cultural ties
between India and Europe by forming centers in the various capital
cities of Europe. He was jailed for a year for not obeying the ban on his entry to India. Congress was
elected in seven states during the general elections of 1937 and he
was released. Defying the ban on his entry to India, Subash Chandra
Bose returned to India and was again arrested and sent to jail for a
year. After the General Elections of 1937, Congress came to power in
seven states and he was released. Next year he was elected as the
President of the Haripura Congress Session. He took a very stern
decision and brought a resolution and asked Britishers to hand India
over to the Indians within six months.
Following
opposition to his rigid stand, he resigned from the post of
president and formed the Forward Block. He fled to Germany
via Afghanistan and tried to persuade Germany and Japan to
cooperating against the British Empire. He then moved to Singapore
from Germany in July 1943 and formed the Azad Hind Fauj (Indian
National Army). The army comprised mainly of Indians who were
prisoners of war. The army crossed the Burma border, and reached the
Indian soil on March 18, 1944.
Japan and Germany
were defeated in the Second World War and a result the INA could not
fulfill its objective. On August 18, 1945, Subhash Chandra Bose was
declared killed in an air crash over Taipei, Taiwan (Formosa).
Although it was
believed that Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose died in a plane crash, his
body was never recovered. There have been many theories put forward
regarding his disappearance. The government of India
set up a number of committees to investigate the case and come out
with truth.
In May 1956, the
Shah Nawaz Committee visited Japan to look into the situation of
Bose’s assumed death. Citing their lack of political relations with
Taiwan, the Centre, did not seek for the assistance from their
government. The reports of Justice Mukherjee Commission, tabled in
Parliament on 17 May, 2006 said, “Bose did not die in the plane
crash and the ashes at Renkoji temple are not his”. However, the
findings were rejected by the government of India.