Biography of subhash chandra bose and education details

Biography of subhash chandra bose

1. MODERN COLLEGE
OF PROFESSIONAL
STUDIES,
MOHAN NAGAR
GHAZIABAD

2. TOPIC = CONTRIBUTION OF SUBHASH
CHANDRA BOSE IN FREEDOM STRUGGLE

3. PERSONAL DETAILS OF SUBHASH CHANDRA
BOSE
Born = 23 January 1897
Cuttack, Orissa [now Odisha]
Died = 18 August 1945 ( age 48)
Taipei, Taiwan
Parents = Janakinath Bose (father)
Prabhabati Bose (mother)
Spouse(s) = Emilie Schenkl (m. 1937)
Children = Anita Bose Pfaff

4. EDUCATION DETAILS :-
● Protstant European School
● Rewenshaw Collegiate School
● Presidency College
● Scottish Church College, University of
Calcutta
●Fitz William College, Cambridge
(graduated with a master's degree)
●Subhas Chandra Bose passed the Indian
Civil Services Examination with fourth
position in 1920. But he resigned as the
Indian Civil Service in 1921 after
refusing to work under the British. And
he returned to India from foreign.

5. ●Subhas Chandra Bose took over the campaign of The Bengal Provincial Congress
Committee in 1921, returning to India from abroad, actively participating in Mahatma
Gandhi's Non- Cooperation Movement and launching a newspaper called "Swaraj."
Bose was subsequently elected as president of The Nikhil Bharat Yuva Congress (All
India Youth Congress) and secretary of the Bengal Pradesh Congress (Bengal State
Congress) in 1923.
●As general secretary of the Congress party he convened the annual session of the Indian
National Congress in Kolkata in December 1928. Subhas Chandra Bose as General
Officer Commanding (GOC) of Congress Volunteer Corps made an outstanding
contribution to the Congress party as well as the Freedom Movement of India.
Subhas Chandra Bose as a Protester :-
●Subhas Chandra Bose stood up for "Swaraj" (self-governance) for India's independence
but also advocated violence against the British. Which led to his disagreement with
Mahatma Gandhi who was determined to bring about India's independence with
non-violent policies. This resulted in a rift in the Indian National Congress party. And
Subhas Chandra Bose resigned from the Congress at the end of various incidents .

6. MEETING WITH ADOLF HITLER :-
●In Germany, he met with the Nazi leaders
and hoped to stage an armed struggle against
the British to gain independence. He hoped
to befriend the Axis powers since they were
against his ‘enemy’, the British.
●He founded the Indian Legion out of about
4500 Indian soldiers who were in the British
army and had been taken prisoners by the
Germans from North Africa.
●In 1943, he left Germany for Japan
disillusioned with the lukewarm German
support for Azad Hind.
●Bose’s arrival in Japan revived the Indian
National Army (Azad Hind Fauj) which had
been formed earlier with Japanese help.

7. FORMATION OF AZAD HIND FAUJ :-
It was a part of the political movement
originating in the 1940s outside India with the
purpose of allying with the Axis powers to
liberate India from British rule. It was
established by Indian nationalists in exile
during the latter part of the Second World
War in Singapore with monetary, military and
political assistance from Imperial Japan.
Founded on 1 September 1942, the
government was inspired by the concepts of
Subhas Chandra Bose who was also the leader
of the government and Head of State.

8. THE FREEDOM STRUGGLE :-
●Bose was sent to prison in Mandalay for nationalist activities in 1925.
He was released in 1927 and became the INC’s general secret.
●He had differences with Gandhi and he wasn’t keen on non-violence as
a tool for independence.
●Bose stood for and was elected the party’s president in 1939 but was
forced to resign due to differences with Gandhi’s supporters.
●At the start of the Second World War, Bose protested against the
government for not consulting Indians before dragging them into the
war. He was arrested when he organised protests in Calcutta for the
removal of the monument memorialising the Black Hole of Calcutta
●He was released after a few days but was kept under surveillance. He
then made his escape from the country in 1941 to Germany via
Afghanistan and the Soviet Union. He had previously travelled to
Europe and met with Indian students and European political leaders.

9. Death of Subhash Chandra Bose
●Bose died of third-degree burns which he suffered in a plane crash
in Taiwan on 18 August 1945.
●However, many in India refused to believe that he had died.
●Many enquiry committees were tasked with finding out what
happened on that day.
●The Figgess Report (1946) and the Shah Nawaz Committee (1956)
concluded that Bose died in the plane crash in Taiwan.
●The Khosla Commission (1970) also concurred with the previous
reports.
●But the Mukherjee Commission (2005) said that Bose’s death could
not be proved. This report was rejected by the government.