Subhas Chandra Bose: All you need to know

Life Story of freedom fighter Bose

Thursday, 19th August 2021

Subhas Chandra Bose also referred lovingly as Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose is one of the country’s most loved and honored freedom fighters. Cuttack in Odisha is his place of birth. He had been one of the most academically gifted students during his school days. All through his youthful years, he had considered Swami Vivekananda as his idol and spiritual guru. During the same time he had been involved actively with the Indian National Congress’s radical wing.

The nationalist streak in him became evident when Subhas Chandra Bose was dropped out of Presidency College for attacking Professor Oaten wrathfully after the latter had made few anti-nationalist remarks. The political ideologies of Subhas Chandra Bose clashed with that of Gandhi ji, the Father of the Nation who was much loved by the masses. While Subhas Chandra Bose had been in support of Self-governance be it through coercion or extremist measures against the British rule, Mahatma Gandhi was for softer, non-violent measures.

On the 22nd of June, 1939, Bose constituted the Forward Bloc, a group within the Indian National Congress. Forward Bloc’s goal had been to consolidate the leftist wing of Indian politics. The influence of the Forward Bloc was significant in Bengal as well as in Southern India.

While the death of Bose is enshrouded in mystery till date, he is believed to have died due to the third-degree burns his body had received at the time of an airplane crash on August 18, 1945. Many think that it was not due to plane crash as they believe that such a crash hadn’t occurred at all. Masses further believe that his body underwent cremation at the Taihoku crematorium on the 20th of August, 1945

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Timesofindia Indiatimes