Indian nationalist leader (1897-1945)
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He walked away from empire's prize exam to fight the empire itself, then turned to Hitler and Tojo when Gandhi's path felt too slow. Bose built an army from POWs, declared a government-in-exile on occupied islands, and died in a plane crash three days after Japan surrendered—leaving India to argue ever since whether he was a hero or a cautionary tale.
Born into a wealthy Bengali family in Orissa in 1897, Bose aced the Indian Civil Service exam in England but refused the final step, choosing nationalism over colonial administration. He returned in 1921 to join Gandhi and the Congress, rose to president by 1938, then clashed with the leadership over his impatience with non-violence and his appetite for concentrated power—leading to his ouster. In April 1941 he surfaced in Berlin, where the Nazis funded a Free India Centre and helped him recruit a 3,000-man legion from Rommel's Indian POWs. By 1943, frustrated with Germany's stalled Russian ca…
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Gird up your loins for the task that now lies ahead. I had asked you for men, money and materials. I have got them in generous measure. Now I demand more of you.
It is blood alone that can pay the price of freedom. Give me blood and I will give you freedom!
It is only on the basis of undiluted Nationalism and of perfect justice and impartiality that the Indian Army of Liberation can be built up.
When we stand, the Azad Hind Fauz has to be like a wall of granite; when we march, the Azad Hind Fauz has to be like a steamroller.
The slogan coined by him in early 1939 was - "Britain's difficulty is India's opportunity".
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