Subhas Chandra Bose, also called Netaji, was one of the most prominent leaders of the Indian freedom movement, and remains one of the most revered leaders of the Indian freedom struggle, a representative of the most aggressive line with British colonialism. This led him to part ways with Gandhi and Nehru and join Germany and Japan in an attempt to get their help in liberating India during World War II.
Subhas Chandra Bose asserted the need for complete freedom for India as opposed to the Dominion status acceptable to the Indian National Congress under the leadership of Gandhi. Bose was president of the Indian National Congress in 1937 and 1939, when he resigned due to ideological differences.
Bose was arrested during the Second War but escaped to form an Army of India volunteers, the Indian National Army (INA) that mainly comprised 40,000 Indian soldiers captured by the Japanese. He formed a government called “Azad Hind Government” (Free India Government) in 1943.
Sitting (left to right): Aruna Asaf Ali, Nellie Sengupta, Sarojini Naidu, Shahbanu Begum, and unknown.
Standing (left to right): Unknown, Dr. Syud Hossain, Subhas Chandra Bose, Hassan Suhrawardy, and unknown.
“Friends! My comrades in the War of Liberation! Today I demand of you one thing, above all. I demand of you blood It is blood alone that can avenge the blood that the enemy has spilt. It is blood alone that can pay the price of freedom. Give me blood and I promise you freedom!” — Subhas Chandra Bose
