Subhash Chandra Bose

• He was born on 23rd January 1897 in Cuttack, Orissa division.
• Father: Janakinath Bose
• Mother: Prabhavathi Devi.
• Wife: Emilie Schenkl
• January 23rd is celebrated as Desh Prem Divas
• Mentor of S C Bose was Chittaranjan Das.
• On 22rd June 1939 Bose organized the All India Forward Block.
• Ziauddin and Orlando Mazzotta were the secret names used by Bose to escape from India.
• Founder of Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj).
• INA has a separate women’s unit, the Rani of Jhansi Regiment (named after Rani Lakshmi Bai) headed by Capt. Lakshmi.
• Subhash Chandra Bose’s most famous quote was “Give me blood, and I shall give you freedom”.
• Another famous quote was “Dilli Chalo”.
• S C Bose addressed Mahatma Gandhi as the “Father of the Nation”.
• “Jai Hind” or “Glory to India” was another slogan used by S C Bose and later adopted by the Government of India and the Indian Armed Forces.
• S C Bose’s death occurred in 18th August 1945 after his overloaded Japanese plane crashed in Japanese -occupied Formosa (now Taiwan).
• A memorial of S C Bose was in Tokyo, Rankoji temple.
• Book: The Indian Struggles.
• Unfinished autobiography: An Indian Pilgrim.