Subhash Chandra Bose was born on January 23, 1897 in Cuttack. A brilliant student, he was strongly influenced by Swami Vivekanand's Teaching. He was deeply disturbed by the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and returned to India.
He was elected President of the Indian National Congress twice in 1937 and in 1939.
During World War II, India was declared as a warring state. Bose started a mass movement against this and the British promply imprisoned him. It was in 1941, that Bose suddently disappeared. In November 1941, his broadcast from German Radio sent shock waves amonst the British and electrified the India masses.
He formed the Indian National Army (INA). INA freed the Andaman and Nicobar Islands from the British and were renamed as Swaraj and Shaheed Islands. 'Dilli chalo' was the war cry of INA.
Unfortunately, Bose, while travelling from Singapore to Tokyo, reportedly died in a plane crash. He was 48 years old that time.
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