Subhash Chandra Bose
………………………………… A Revolutionary , “patriot of patriots”-Subhash Bose the name is much more. Subhash Chandra Bose was born in Cuttack , Odisha on January 23, 1897. He went to Presidency College , Calcutta , in 1913, where he spent four tumultuous years before going to England. In 1920, Bose stood fourth in the Civil Service open examination, but left the service in April 1921 to join the Congress .Subhash ,however had ideological differences with Mahatma Gandhi , especially over Gandhi’s insistence on non-violence as the means to resist the British. He left the Congress to form the Forward Bloc, which was organized on militaristic lines.
He believed only an armed struggle could win freedom for India . During World War-II, on securing diplomatic and military support from the Axis powers, Bose set up the Azad Hind Fauj or the Indian National Army (INA) to fight British. He believed India needed allies in its struggle for freedom, even with dreadful Nazi Germany. India must gain her independence , cost what it may he argued. He march on head despite of all the barriers.
INA recorded its first success on February 4, 1944 in Arakan’s Mayu Valley against the Allied forces . However bad timing in Imphal inflicted a heavy tool on the army. Outbreak of malaria and dysentery ,following the onset of monsoon and lack of medical facilities and supplies dealt a severe blow to the INA. The Army , however regrouped and fought many battles in Burma against the Allied forces with some successes. But with the defeat of Germany in May 1945 and Japan’s surrender in August , it lost its support-base. Bose is believed to have died in August 1945 in a plane crash.
He believed only an armed struggle could win freedom for India . During World War-II, on securing diplomatic and military support from the Axis powers, Bose set up the Azad Hind Fauj or the Indian National Army (INA) to fight British. He believed India needed allies in its struggle for freedom, even with dreadful Nazi Germany. India must gain her independence , cost what it may he argued. He march on head despite of all the barriers.
INA recorded its first success on February 4, 1944 in Arakan’s Mayu Valley against the Allied forces . However bad timing in Imphal inflicted a heavy tool on the army. Outbreak of malaria and dysentery ,following the onset of monsoon and lack of medical facilities and supplies dealt a severe blow to the INA. The Army , however regrouped and fought many battles in Burma against the Allied forces with some successes. But with the defeat of Germany in May 1945 and Japan’s surrender in August , it lost its support-base. Bose is believed to have died in August 1945 in a plane crash.
