1. Subhash Chandra Bose was bom on 23rd January, 1897 in Cuttack in Orissa (Odisha) in a Bengali family.

2. His father Rai Bahadur Janikinath Bose was a government lawyer in British judiciary. His mother Parvati Devi was a social worker as well as a philanthropist.

3. After clearing his examination from Calcutta’s Presidence College, he went to England for further studies.

4. He passed one of the most difficult exams of ICS (Indian Civil Service) at fourth number and returned to Calcutta.

5. The insulting attitude of the British professors towards Indians at the Presidency College planted the seeds of revolution in the mind of Subhash Chandra Bose. So, be became an active member of the National Assembly.

6. He joined the Swarajya Party in 1923. Soon, he became a very popular leader among youths.

7. He was imprisoned several times because he always remained at the front in the Civil Disobedience.

8. He was elected as president of the Congress convention at Haripura (Surat) at the young age of 41 and showcased his ability quite well.

9. Later, when difference of opinions increased between him and Gandhiji, he left, Congress, and established his own party called the Forward Bloc.

10. The British arrested him under Indian Defence Code. The British called him a national prisoner and treated him very badly in the jail.

11. His health deteriorated continuously because he went on fast ‘unto the death’.

12. The British shifted him to his house and kept him as a prisoner there.

13. He dressed up as ‘pathan’ and travelled from Calcutta to Peshawar, Kabul, Iran and Russia and reached Berlin (Germany) on 28th March, 1942.

14.Indians living in Germany gave him a warm welcome. There, through Berlin Radio, he urged Indians to fight against the British Empire.

15. On 29th May, 1941, he met Hitler in Germany and discussed in detail about the independence of India.