Born on 23 January 1897 in Calcutta (Kolkata), late Subhas Chandra Bose was an Indian nationalist and freedom fighter. Popularly known as Netaji, he was also the founder of Azad Hind Sena (1943) and raised an army of 45,000 Indian soldiers, to fight for India against the British rule.
Today, on the 125th birth anniversary of the great Indian freedom fighter, let us look at the incident, which showed that how deeply Netaji was in love with the motherland and wanted to free her from the British imperial rule.
Netaji proved his mettle by clearing the Indian Civil Services exam, which was held in England, 1920. He worked for a year and later resigned in 1921 because he did not like the ?perks and privileges of the job. He wanted to join the Indian Freedom Movement instead.
He joined the Indian National Congress Party and was elected as the party president in 1938. He was re-elected in 1939 but resigned due to ideological differences with Mahatma Gandhi.
Gandhi wanted to go with the non-violent way to achieve freedom, where Netaji believed that war was the only option. Leaving Congress, he set off to organise soldiers and united them for one cause: India’s freedom.
Only on the soil of sacrifice and suffering can we raise our national edifice, said Netaji to his brother while resigning from ICS. He was one of the few unlucky leaders, who fought for Indian freedom but could not witness it.
Netaji died in a plane crash on 18 August 1945, when he was returning home from Taiwan. Give me blood and I will give you freedom, said Netaji. The government of India had recognised Netajis birthday as Parakram Diwas to salute his contribution towards nation-building.