AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY-BANGLADEH

                                 Faculty of Engineering  
                                 Department of EEE & CoE
                              Spring Semester 2020-2021
                                              

PRESENTATION
               MID-TERM
NETAJI SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE: THE FORGOTTEN LEADER

Course: 01051 - BANGLADESH STUDIES [F] [FST]

By, SIMANTA
Dept. of EEE
SAHA
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 TODAY’S AGENDA
NETAJI SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE: THE FORGOTTEN LEADER

INTRODUCTION

EARLY LIFE & POLITICAL ACTIVITY

ACTIVITY IN EXILE

CONTRIBUTIONS OF SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE

DEATH OF SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE

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 INTRODUCTION
NETAJI SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE: THE FORGOTTEN
LEADER

World has seen many leaders. Many of them fight for their country. Subhas
Chandra Bose was one of them whose defiant patriotism made him a hero
in India. He was an Indian nationalist who stood against British Raj byname
‘Netaji’ means respected leader.

Subhas Bose was born January 23, 1897, into wealth and privilege in a large Bengali family in
Orissa during the high noon of the British Raj.

he was expelled for participating in an assault on a professor. He was also rusticated from the
University of Calcutta

Went to England at his father's urging to take the Indian Civil Service examination, he succeeded
with distinction in the vital first exam but demurred at taking the more routine but clinching3 final
exam. He cited nationalism to be a higher calling than the civil service.
 Political Activity
NETAJI SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE: THE FORGOTTEN LEADER

Under the influence of Mahatma Gandhi and joined

the Indian National Congress.
Subhas Chandra Bose along with Jawaharlal Nehru
opposed Domination Status
Announced the formation of the Independence
League.

Jailed during Civil Disobedience movement in 1930

Arrested again under the infamous Bengal
Regulation
Took steps to establish centers in different
European capitals with a view to promoting politico-
cultural contacts between India and Europe
Elected President of the Haripura Congress Session
in 1938
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 ACTIVITY IN EXILE
NETAJI SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE: THE FORGOTTEN LEADER

1 Working on the maxim that "an enemy's enemy is a friend. sought cooperation of Germany and Japan against British Empire .
Broadcasting on the German-sponsored Azad Hind Radio

2 Founded the Free India Center in Berlin and created the Indian Legion consisting of some 4500 soldiers.

3 In July 1943, he arrived in Singapore from Germany. In Singapore he took over the reins of the Indian Independence Movement in
East Asia from Rash Behari Bose and organized the Azad Hind Fauj (Indian National Army) comprising mainly of Indian prisoners
of war

4 Under his leadership The I.N.A. Headquarters was shifted to Rangoon in January 1944. Azad Hind Fauj crossed the Burma Border,
and stood on Indian soil on March 18 ,1944

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CONTRIBUTIONS OF SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE
NETAJI SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE: THE FORGOTTEN LEADER

Bose formed the Forward Bloc and one of its main

objectives was the independence of the nation.
Provided leadership to the Indian National Army
after he went to Japan in 1943.
Founded the Provisional Government of Free India
at Singapore on 21 October 1943

Provisional Government of Free India acquired its

first territories when Japan handed over the
Andaman and Nicobar Islands to it.
Provided an influential leadership and kept the
spirit of nationalism burning during the slack period
of national movement in India.
Even at the time of his death he was planning to
migrate to Russia and find a new way to combat the
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Subhas Chandra Bose was reportedly killed in an air crash over Taipeh, Taiwan (Formosa) on August 18,
1945. Though it is widely believed that he was still alive after the air crash not much information could be
found about him.
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Thank You for your
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SIMANTA SAHA
Dept. of EEE

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NETAJI SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE: THE FORGOTTEN LEADER

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