NETAJI SUBHAS CHANDRA

BOSE – ‘THE PRINCE OF

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 INTRO
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 AIM

TO ACQUAINT THE
AUDIENCE WITH THE LIFE
STORY OF NETAJI SUBHAS
CHANDRA BOSE

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 PREVIEW
• PART 1 :- EARLY LIFE & EDN .
• PART 2 :- POLITICAL CAREER
WITH THE CONGRESS .
• PART 3 :- NETAJI & THE AZAD
HIND FOUJ .
• PART 4 :- HIS PERSONALITY &
CONTRIBUTION TO
INDIA .
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 PART 1 : EARLY LIFE & EDN

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 EARLY LIFE & EDN
• BIRTH - 23 JAN 1897 .
• PLACE- CUTTACK ,
ORISSA .
• FATHER- JANAKINATH
BOSE , A LAWYER .
• MOTHER- PRABHABATI .
• EIGHT SONS & SIX
DAUGHTERS , SUBHAS
WAS THE SIXTH SON .

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 EDN
• 1902 - BAPTIST MSN SCHOOL ,
CUTTACK .
• 1902 TO 1913 - SPIRITUAL LEANINGS .
• 1913 - MATRICULATION . JOINED
PRESIDENCY COLLEGE , CALCUTTA .
• FEB 1916 - EXPELLED FOR PROTESTS
AGAINST BRITISH LECTURER .

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 EDN
• 1917 - SCOTTISH CHURCH COLLEGE,
CALCUTTA .
• 1919 - PASSED BA , FIRST CLASS
HONOURS .
• 1919 - ENGLAND . ICS EXAM , MORAL
PHILOSOPHY .
• 1920 - PASSED ICS EXAM . STOOD
FOURTH .
• APR 1921 - RESIGNATION .

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PART 2 : POLITICAL CAREER
WITH THE CONGRESS

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 POLITICAL CAREER WITH THE
CONGRESS
• 1921 - JOINED INDIAN NATIONAL
CONGRESS .
• MEETING WITH MAHATMA GANDHI .
• CALCUTTA & CHITRANJAN DAS .
• 1921 - BOYCOTT OF PRINCE OF
WALES . FIRST IMPRISONMENT .

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 POLITICAL CAREER WITH THE
CONGRESS
• OCT 1924 - ARREST . ALIPORE JAIL .
• JAN 1925 - FORT MANDALAY , BURMA .
• INTROSPECTION IN PRISON .
• 16 MAY 1927 - UNCONDITIONAL
RELEASE .
• DEC 1927 - GEN SECRETARY OF THE
CONGRESS WITH PT NEHRU .

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 POLITICAL CAREER WITH
THE CONGRESS
• 1930 - MAYOR OF CALCUTTA .

• JAN 1932 - ARREST .

• ILL HLTH . RELEASED IN FEB 1933 &

SENT TO EUROPE FOR MED
TREATMENT .

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 TIME IN EXILE
• DISCUSSIONS WITH EUROPEAN
LDRS .
• FATHER’S ILLNESS . ALLOWED TO
RETURN IN 1934 , ARR TOO LATE.
• SENT BACK AFTER RITES.
• EMILIE SCHENKL.
• 1937 - RETURNED ON REC.
ARRESTED. RELEASED IN MAY .

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CONGRESS PRESIDENT
• 51ST SESSION OF CONGRESS IN
HARIPUR 1938.

• UNANIMOUS ELECTION AS
PRESIDENT .

• AGGRESSIVE ACTION FOR

INDEPENDENCE .

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 DIFFERENCES WITH THE
MAHATMA

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 DIFFERENCES WITH THE
MAHATMA
• 1939 - CONTESTED & BECAME
PRESIDENT FOR SECOND TIME .
• AGAINST MAHATMA GANDHI’S
WISHES .
• IMPOSSIBLE TO WK .
• FWD BLOC .
• PARTING OF WAYS .

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 SECOND WORLD WAR
• STARTED SEP 1939 .
• GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY FOR INDIA .
• CONGRESS DID NOT TAKE
ADVANTAGE .
• 1940 - ARRESTED AGAIN .
• NOV 1940 - FAST UNTO DEATH ,
FALLING HLTH , HOUSE ARREST .

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PART 3 : NETAJI & THE AZAD
HIND FOUJ

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 THE GREAT ESCAPE
• ESCAPE PLANS WHILE UNDER
HOUSE ARREST .
• 17 JAN 1941 - ‘MAULVI
ZIAUDDIN’ . CAR JOURNEY .
• RAIL JOURNEY TO PESHAWAR.
• REHMAT KHAN - KABUL .
• BUS - JAMRUD FORT .
THEREAFTER ON FT .
• KABUL - UTTAM CHAND
MALHOTRA .

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 THE GREAT ESCAPE
• PLAYED DEAF & DUMB .

• INTENTION TO GO TO USSR .

• ITALIAN PASSPORT - MR
ORLANDO MAZZOTTA .

• MAR 1941 - MOSCOW .

• ROME & BERLIN .

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 IN GERMANY
• THE INDIAN LEGION -
UNDER WEHRMACHT,
4500 SOLDIERS FROM
INDIAN PsW .

• TITLE OF ‘NETAJI’ .

• ENVISAGED INVASION OF
INDIA VIA USSR .

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 MARRIAGE
• EMILIE SCHENKL - OLD FRIEND ,
SECRETARY.

• AFFECTION .

• SECRET MARRIAGE IN VIENNA IN DEC

1941 .

• DAUGHTER - ANITA BOSE .

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 IN GERMANY
• 07 DEC 1941 - JAPAN ENTERS WAR .

• SPECTACULAR PROGRESS .

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DISILLUSIONMENT WITH HITLER
• HITLER NOT VERY ENTHUSIASTIC .
• WAR SIT CHANGED UNFAVOURABLY
FOR GERMANY .
• INA FOUNDED IN SE ASIA, & NETAJI
INVITED TO LEAD .
• DECIDED TO MOV TO SE ASIA .

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 THE SUBMARINE JOURNEY
• 08 FEB 1943 - LEFT KIEL IN A GERMAN
SUBMARINE U-180.
• WITH ABID HASSAN.
• MID OCEAN TFR TO JAPANESE
SUBMARINE , I-29 ON 27 APR 1943 OFF
MADAGASCAR .
• 06 MAY 1943 - ARR IN JAPAN .

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 SE -ASIA & THE INA
• NETAJI GIVEN ACCT
OF IIL & INA .
• JUL 1943 - RASH
BEHARI BOSE
HANDED OVER
ENTIRE ORG IN
SINGAPORE .
• ‘PROVISIONAL GOVT
OF FREE INDIA’ .
• RECOGNITION BY
NINE COUNTRIES .
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 NETAJI DECLARES THE FORMATION OF
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 THE AZAD HIND FOUJ
• INA RECONSTITUTED
AS AZAD HIND FOUJ .
• 85,000 TPS .
• RANI OF JHANSI REGT .
• INSISTED THAT INA
SPEARHEAD THE
MARCH TO INDIA .
• INDEPENDENCE
THROUGH JAPANESE
SACRIFICE WORSE
THAN SLAVERY .
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 THE AZAD HIND FOUJ
KADAM KADAM BADHAYE JA !!!
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 THE AZAD HIND FOUJ
CHALO DELHI !!!
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 THE AZAD HIND FOUJ
THE BALAK SENA
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 THE AZAD HIND FOUJ
• INA FOUGHT BATTLES DURING
MARCH TO IMPHAL & KOHIMA .
• ANDAMAN & NICOBAR TAKEN OVER .
• RETREAT AFTER JAPANESE DEFEAT
IN IMPHAL & KOHIMA .
• MAJ PORTION SURRENDERED AT
FALL OF RANGOON .
• NETAJI PERSUADED TO LVE FOR
MALAYA .
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 DEATH
• JAPAN SURRENDERED IN AUG 1945.
• DECISION TO PROCEED TO RUSSIA.
• JOURNEY IN JAPANESE BOMBER
FROM SAIGON .
• COMPANION COL HABIB UR REHMAN.
• 18 AUG 1945 - PLANE CRASHES
AFTER TAKE OFF FROM TAIWAN .

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 DEATH
• NETAJI BADLY BURNT.

• HABIB CONFIRMS DEATH.

• BODY TAKEN TO TOKYO &

CREMATED .

• ASHES KEPT IN RENKOJI TEMPLE,

TOKYO.
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 CONTROVERSY REGARDING
DEATH

• BODY NOT SEEN BY

INDIANS .

• HABIB’S OWN INJURIES

NOT SERIOUS.

• NETAJI’S FAMILY DOES

NOT BELIEVE CRASH
THEORY .
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 ENQUIRY COMMISSIONS
• SHAH NAWAZ
COMMITTEE - 1956 .

• GD KHOSLA
COMMISSION - 1970.

• JUSTICE
MUKHERJEE
COMMISSION - 1999 .

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 POST INDEPENDENCE SIGHTINGS

• SADHU IN
RISHIKESH .

• SAMRAT YOGI
MAHARAJ OF
SITAPUR, UP .

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PART4 : HIS PERSONALITY &
CONTRIBUTION TO INDIA

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 PERSONALITY
• HANDSOME .
• INDEFATIGABLE .
• SPIRITUALITY .
• CHARISMA .
• VISION .
• COURAGE .
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 CONTRIBUTION TO INDIA
• SELF BELIEF .
• THE ARMY SALUTATION .
• REMOVAL OF CLASS
BARRIERS IN ARMY .
• INDIAN ARMY SONG .
• FATHER OF THE NATION .
• WOMEN IN ARMY.
• BRITISH LOST
CONFIDENCE IN ARMY TO
SUSTAIN RAJ.
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 CONCLUS
ION
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