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August 15th 2007, marks 60th Anniversary of Independence of India. Scores of patriots sacrificed to achieve Independence. So 60th Anniversary of Independence is an extremely joyous occasion for all the Indians across the globe. If you look at Indian Freedom History after Mahatma Gandhi, the name that stands out is of Subhas Chandra Bose or Netaji. Netaji is really one of the most influential and charismatic personalities of India. Netaji sacrificed everything for the sake of our beloved India. Finally, he even gave his life for the sake of our country.
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, was one of the most important leaders for Indian Independence against the British colonial rule. He was born Subhas Chandra Bose but he is known to people as "Netaji" which means 'respected leader'. Subhas Chandra Bose was born on January 23rd, 1897. His Bengali family was affluent and lived in Cuttack, Orissa. His father, Janakinath Bose, was a member of Bengal Legislative Council. He was a public prosecutor. Subhas went to Raven Shaw Collegiate School in Cuttack.
excerpts from Mihir Bose's enthralling
"The lost hero : a biography of Subhas Bose "
It is our duty,' Bose told his Indian National Army, 'to pay for our liberty with our own blood. The freedom that we shall win through our sacrifice and exertions, we shall be able to preserve with our own strength.' ....."
Bose advocated complete freedom for India at the earliest, whereas the Congress Committee wanted it in phases, through a Dominion status. Other younger leaders including Jawaharlal Nehru supported Bose and finally at the historic Lahore Congress convention, the Congress had to adopt Poorna Swaraj (complete freedom) as its motto. Bhagat Singh's martyrdom and the inability of the Congress leaders to save his life infuriated Bose and he started a movement opposing the Gandhi-Irvin Peace Pact. He was imprisoned and expelled from India.
While the Gandhi /Nehru faction of Congress has garnered much of the credit for India's freedom struggle, it is important to remember that India's freedom movement was in fact a movement of the masses and there were a number of great leaders with fierce patriotism and great visionary ideas who sacrificed their entire lives for the nation's cause. We continue our series on the freedom fighters, on the occasion of Netaji's 102nd birthday.
-Jyotsna Kamat
January 26, 1999
India's Republic Day
The Life Of A Leader
The political life of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, possibly the most enigmatic figure of India’s freedom struggle, is difficult to capture. Making a notable attempt is recording company Sa Re Ga Ma, with its collection of four CDs (or one DVD) of his speeches, songs and a film on the life of the man who confounded all by allying with Germany and Japan during World War II to free India from Britain’s yoke.
The government is finally preparing to make public a selection of secret and controversial documents relating to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s reported death and subsequent events.
The documents include communications to and from then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the chiefs of intelligence, which had been given to the Shah Nawaz Khan Committee of 1956 and Justice GD Khosla Commission of 1970.
Both had concluded that Netaji died in an air crash in August 1945, a conclusion trashed by the Justice M.K. Mukherjee Commission in its November 2005 report.
Home Ministry's "selected" release is first of its kind under RTI Act Records include Intelligence Bureau reports, Ministry of External Affairs' telegrams & prime ministerial correspondence. One note by Prime Minister Nehru will remain classified. After one and half years of RTI efforts which led to a landmark Central Information Commission decision and discussions among the highest echelons of power in the country, the Ministry of Home Affairs has released to Mission Netaji 91 documents relating to the mystery surrounding the death of Subhas Chandra Bose.
