Subhas Chandra Bose Biography and Works.

Subhas Chandra Bose was born on January 23, 1897 in Cuttack, Orissa to Janakinath Bose and Prabhabati Devi.

Known by the name, Netaji, Subhas Chandra Bose was an Indian revolutionary, who led an Indian national political and military force against Britain and the Western powers during the World War II.

Being one of the most prominent leaders in the Indian independence movement, he is a legendary figure in India.

He is presumed to have died on August 18, 1945, from injuries sustained in an alleged aircraft crash in Taihoku Taipei. However, no actual evidence of his death on that day has been authenticated. Many committees were set up by the government of India to investigate the mystery of his presumed death.

Subhas Chandra Bose advocated complete unconditional independence for India, whereas, the All-India Congress Committee wanted it in phases. Later, at the historic Lahore Congress convention, the Congress adopted Purna Swaraj (complete independence) as its motto. Subhas Chandra Bose later wrote that the great enthusiasm he saw among the people enthused him tremendously and that he doubted if any other leader anywhere in the world received such a reception as Gandhi did during these travels across the country.

Despite government of India’s decision to declassify the files relating to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose death in an accident in Taipei on August 1945, the controversy continues.

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He was imprisoned and expelled from India. He came back to India and was imprisoned again for defying the ban.