Subhas Chandra Bose

23 January 1897 – 18 August 1945

Subhas Chandra Bose was an Indian nationalist leader who served twice as president of the Indian National Congress before breaking with Mahatma Gandhi over strategy. During World War II he sought Axis support to end British rule and led the Indian National Army, becoming widely known by the honorific Netaji.

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Born in Cuttack, Bengal Presidency
23 January 1897

Born into a Bengali Kayastha family in Cuttack, Orissa Division of British India.

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Studied at the University of Cambridge
1919 – 1921

Studied at Fitzwilliam Hall, Cambridge, and passed the Indian Civil Service examination.

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Resigned from the Indian Civil Service
1921

Resigned from the prestigious ICS to join the Indian independence movement.

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Elected Mayor of Calcutta
1930

Served as Mayor of Calcutta, rising as a prominent Congress figure in Bengal.

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Elected President of the Indian National Congress
1938 – 1939

First elected Congress president at the Haripura session, and re-elected the following year.

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Escaped from British house arrest in India
1941

Slipped out of Calcutta and travelled overland through Afghanistan to Germany.

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Led the Indian National Army and Azad Hind government
1943 – 1945

Took command of the INA and proclaimed the Provisional Government of Free India in Singapore.

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Died following a plane crash in Taipei
18 August 1945

Reportedly died of burns after an air crash in Japanese-ruled Taiwan, though his death remains subject to controversy.

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