SUBHASH CHANDRA BOSE
THE LEADER YOU LIKE MOST
Introduction: Subhash Chandra Bose was born on 23rd
Janurary, 1897 in Cuttack, Orissa to Prabhavati Devi and Janakinath Bose, an
adovate. He was the ninth in a family of 14 children.
He was admitted to the protestant European School, like his
brothers and sisters, in January 1902. He continued his studies at this school
which was run by the Baptist Mission upto 1909 and then shifted to the
Ravenshaw Collegiate School.
Subhash Chandra bose with congress : In the year 1923, Bose was elected the
President of All India Youth Vongress and also the Secretary of Bengal state
Congress. He was also the editor of the newspaper ‘Forward’, founded by
Chittaranjan Das. Bose worked as the CEO of the Calcutta Muncipal Corporation
for Das when the latter was elected Mayor of Calcutta in 1924. In a round up of
nationalists in 1925, bose was arrested and senyt to prison in Mandalay, where he contracted tuberculosis. He was
imprisoned and expelled from India. Defying the ban, he came back to india and
was imprisoned again.
Ideology : Bose advocated complete unconditional
independence for India, whereas the all All India Congress Committee wanted it
in phases, through dominion status. Finally, at the historice Lahore Congress Convention, the
Congress adopted complete independence as its motto.
Death : In the consensus of scholarly opinion, Subhash Chandra Bose’s Death occurred from third-degree burns on 18th August, 1945 after his overloaded Japanese plane crash. However, many among his supporters, refused at the time, and have refused since, to believe either the fact or the circumstances of his death. Conspiracy theories appeared within hours of his death and have thereafter had a long shelf life, keeping alive various martial myths about Bose.