June 13th, 2009 
Aman Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: Netaji the unforgettable hero of the India was the most prominent leader. The popular name of the Subhas Chandra Bose was Netaji. He was fighting for independence of India. There were many disputes about his death. It is assumed that he died on August 18, 1945.
Early Life: Netaji was born on 23rd January, 1897 in Cuttack. He was the son of Janakinath Bose and Prabhavati Devi. His father was an advocate and his mother was a religious lady. The total siblings of Netaji were 14. He was the ninth children of his parents. By nature he was religious and god fearing. He was totally devoted to Hindu religion and to become patient, calm he regularly did meditation. He was very much impressed by teachings of Swami Vivekananda. From his young days he started studying the teachings of Swami Vivekananda and devoted himself in his teachings. He said Swami Vivekananda teachings not only impressed India but also the universe. As a student he was also brilliant guy. He was known as a devoted student in his early life.
Educational Qualification: In his early age, he studied in Cuttack in Anglo School which is further named as Stewart School and after that famous with the name of Ravenshaw Collegiate School of Cuttack. He studied in this school until he was in six standards. He was very good in studies from his young age. He had sharp mind and always performed very well. He was a brilliant student who topped in his matriculation exam in 1911. He completed his graduation in 1918 from the University of Calcutta. He completed his graduation in Philosophy from the college Scottish Church. After that to complete his parents wish he went to England in 1919. He studied there in Fitzwilliam Hall of the University of Cambridge. There he appeared for the Indian Civil service exam in 1920. He cleared the exam and ranked at the fourth position in the merit list. After he had cleared his exam he got automatic appointment. He loved his nation very much and when he heard the massacre in India he felt bad. He was very disturbed to know about Jallianwala Bagh assassination. He left his apprenticeship after listening that and came back to India in 1921.
Political Career: When he came back to India, he was come in contact of Mahatma Gandhi was very much influenced by him. He was so much impressed that he joined Indian National Congress. After joining he started working under his political guru Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das. Later Bose established his own party, All India Forward Bloc as he believed that the non-violence tactics were not any more being sufficient for independence. Jwahar Lal Nehru supported Subhas Chandra Bose in his war for independence. He was also jailed in 1930 during Civil disobedience movement. When Gandhi-Irwin pact was signed in 1931 after that he was released. He was fought against Gandhi-Irwin pact and also opposed civil disobedience movement when came to know about hanging of Bhagat Singh with his associates. He was nominated as congress president in 1938. During his political career he was many times put in jail. British government imprisoned him at least 11 times.
All India Forward Bloc: Forward Bloc is a liberal party of India. It was formed on May 3, 1939 by Netaji. It was formed when Netaji had given resign from the Indian National Congress. He gave resigned from the Congress on April 29, 1939. The main strength of this party was Bose home state Bengal. The formation of the party was announced publically in Calcutta. Initially the aim of the party was to increase the strength of the party to make it strong. They held a conference in Bombay where the constitution of the party was approved. In this conference the program or activities were also approved. The committee of the Forward Bloc was announced by Subhas Chandra Bose in July 1939. The president of Forward Bloc committee was Subhas Chandra Boss and the vice-president was S.S. Cavesheer. The general secretary of the party was Lal Shankarlal and Pandit B Tripathi and Khurshed NAriman as secretaries. The other members included were Annapurniah, Senapati Bapat, Hari Vishnu Kamnath and many more. Netaji also started a newspaper in the same year to support his party. The name of the newspaper was same as the name of party that is Forward bloc. He also travelled all around the country to promote his political party project.
First Conference of Forward Bloc: The first conference of the party was held in Nagpur on June 20, 1940 –June 22, 1940. In that conference party was declared as socialistic political party and thus June 22, 1940 was considered as the founding date of party. In this conference they passed a resolution to fight against British dominion altogether. They titled the resolution “All Power to the Indian people”.
Second conference of Forward Bloc: The party held its second conference in 1947. It was organized in Arrah, Bihar on January 12, 1947 to January 14, 1947. S.S Cavesheer was pointed as president of the party in that conference. At that time the general secretary of the team was Sheel Bhadra Yagee.The aim of this meeting was to oppose the congress party as they were going to talk with British government for Independence. They attacked the congress party by opposing party for their discussion with British. They said it was of no use and they have to take some solid steps against British.
Achievement: He was elected as president of Indian National Congress. He was the president for the party for continuously two years. After that he had resigned from the party because of some conflicts with Mahatma Gandhi. He became the leader of national stature and stood against British for Independence.
Political views of Subhas: Subhas was very much influenced by the teachings of Swami Vivekananda. He was influnecd by Swami Vivekananda from his young days. He said he was inspired by his thoughts which expressed his love for nation. His teachings inspire the whole universe. He believed that he got the spirit of fighting against British form the Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta. He recommended that India should be completely free as early as possible. But the other congress committee did not agree with this. They wanted the freedom in different phases. Although Boss had conflicts with Gandhi but still he admired him and he gave him respect by saying him the symbol of Indian Nationalism. He admired him by saying in a radio broadcast in 1944, “The Father of Our Nation”. Boss was a great patriot. Even In the congress party his rivals accepted this. Gandhi himself proclaimed that Bose’s patriotism is second to none. When he was disappeared at that time Gandhi referred him as prince among patriots. Subhas Chandra Boss just wanted the freedom of India no matters who contributed for this fight either men or women.
Netaji as Bhagwanji: It was believed that Netaji was come back as exile as a monk. Many people compared that monk with Netaji. They believed that the monk was none other than Subhas Chandra Boss. The name of the monk was Bhagwanji. The monk was lived in Ram Bhawan Faizabad, near Ayodhya. He was also known by the name of Gumnami baba. He was a mysterious monk. No one knew that form where he had come. But people believed that he was the freedom fighter of India that is Netaji Subhas Chandra boss. The Bhagwanji was very much looked like Netaji. It was believed that in at least four occasions were going on where he himself that he was Netaji Bose. He was died in 1985 but there were many dispute regarding his death. When he died all his belongings were taken by the court in his custody to know the reality about this. Justice Mukhejee inspected this case under the Justice Mukharjee Commission of Inquiry. Dr B.Lal a analyzing handwriting experienced said that the handwriting of the Netaji and Bhagwanji was matched. However commission did not accept this. They wanted some solid evidences which were still not found and it is still a mystery that whether both were same or not.
Netaji chair’s at Red Fort: The chair of Netaji is placed at Red Fort. It was brought there from Calcutta in 1981. The chair was established in red Fort by giving full honor to Netaji. The chair remains in a glass case which is a symbol of pride. This chair is also a symbol of national heritage. There is wording written on the brass shield which is placed in front of the chair. It is a symbol of sovereignty of India republic. Netaji used this chair first time in 1944. The Britishers handed over this chair to Rangoon well known business man when left the Burma. Later the family handed over the chair to the government of India in 1979. The wording mentioned that Bose organized Azad Hind government on October 21, 1943. He organized this government from outside the country. He then organized the provisional government and transferred it’s headquarter to Rangoon. He did this in the year of 1944. They also inaugurate a bank named Azad Hind Bank on April 5, 1944.
Death of the Netaji: There are many contradictory statements come out about his death. Some said he was died in a plane crash over Taiwan. Some said he was died in Siberia. Officially it is said that the Netaji Bose was died in a plane crash on August 18, 1945 when he was flying to Tokyo. He was in a Japanese plane and the plane crashed and burned so badly. The body of Netaji was never recovered. Indian Government has set many committees to find the solid evidence of this matter. Indian government had sent four men team to Japan to collect the evidence of the Bose’s death. The team sent was commonly known as Shah Nawaz Committee. In the period of 1999-2005 Indian government approached Taiwan government. From there they got information that there was no plane that carrying Bose had crashed in Taipei. This information is got under the investigation of Justice Mukherjee. Finally the justice submitted his report to Indian government on November 8, 2005.
Awards of Netaji: The unforgettable hero/leader of India Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was awarded by Bharat Ratna. This is the highest civilian award in India. After his death Netaji was honored by this award in 1992. But it was withdrawn later as there is still no evidence of his nature of death and committee was not able to give any evidence so the nature of the award was invalidated by the Supreme Court. There is a portrait of Subhas Candara Bose in parliament of India. A statue of Bose has been elevated in Legislative Assembly of West Bengal.
Conclusion: At last we can say that he was the real hero of India. He was an unforgettable hero who gave his life for the Independence of India. He was true lover of nation who believes in practical activities. He was also very religious and always followed the Swami Vivekananda teachings. His patriotism towards religion showed by this that he was very much inspired and got spirit for fighting against British from the Vedanta and Bhagavad Gita. He was also very intelligent and won his fight with his intelligence. He was the one who integrate the men and women power for the fighting against British rule. He said it does not matter that who are the fighter either man or woman. He said I just want the spirit of fight. He is true fighter that even when he was not in India still he was active in his activities and did much great work. Bose was praised by many great leaders. Mahatma Gandhi praised him and called hi the spirit of the nation. He was not only a good fighter but also was a good leader who commanded his party very well with high spirit. He always motivated his party to fight against British for the Independence of India. He was really a great hero.
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