Subhas Chandra Bose- His Dream of Free India

About the Book Have we not put to shame sacrifices of all those who gave their lives so that we could live in free and liberated India? Corruption, criminalization of politics and crisis of character all around is rampant. Aim of this book is to place before our readers the character, works and sacrifices of Subhas Chandra Bose along with his ideas and ideals for an Independent India. This will enable our readers to see how far and in what way we have fulfilled his dream or betrayed his vision for a free and vibrant.

India In preparing this work we have used speeches, writings and correspondence of Nataji besides Documents pertaining to proclamation of Provincial Government of Azad Hind along with history of LN.A. in chronological order.

About the Author Dr. R.K.Pruthi is widely travelled and well-read scholar. He acquired his PH.D. degree in history from Punjab University, a degree in law from Delhi University. He did a course on International Politics from Jawaharlal Nehru University. He has published a number of books and encyclopaedias. He is presently a member of Supreme Court Bar Association.

Preface Who lives in the country dies And who dies if the country lives.

Have we not put to shame sacrifices of all those who gave their lives so that we could live in free and liberated India? Corruption, criminalization of politics and crisis of character all around is rampant.

Aim of this book is to place before our readers the character, works and sacrifices of Subhas Chandra Bose along with his ideas and ideals for an Independent India. This will enable our readers to see how far and in what way we have fulfilled his dream or betrayed his vision for a free and vibrant India.

In preparing this work we have used speeches, writings and correspondence of Nataji besides Documents pertaining to proclamation of Provincial Government of Azad Hind along with history of I.N.A. in chronological order.

Professors N.S. Bose, S. Gopal, Amlesh Tripathi, A.C. Bose, Sheikh Ali, A.R. Kulkarni, M.G.S. Narayanan, G.C. Pande, Ravindra Kumar, S. Bhattacharya, S. Kadhirval, Sudhir Chandra and C.S. Jha have always been helpful. I take this opportunity to thank them.

Librarians of Universities and Institutes have always been kind and helpful I thank them all.

My publisher and his staff members have worked hard. They deserve my readers patronage.

Introduction Subhas Chandra was born on January 23rd 1887 in Cuttack as the ninth child among fourteen, of Janakinath Bose, an advocate, and Prabhavati Devi, a pious and God-fearing lady. A brilliant student, he topped the matriculation examination of Calcutta province and passed his B.A. in Philosophy from the Presidency College in Calcutta. He was strongly influenced by Swami Vivekananda's teachings and was known for his patriotic zeal as a student.

His parents' wishes kept him away from the Indian freedom struggle and led him into studies for the Indian Civil Service in England. Although he finished those examina- tions also at the top of his class (4th), he could not complete his apprentiship and returned to India, being deeply disturbed by the Jallianwalla Bagh massacre.

He came under the influence of Mahatma Gandhi and joined the Indian National Congress. Gandhiji directed him to work with Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das, the Bengal leader whom Bose acknowledged as his political guru.

Bose was outspoken in his anti-British stance and was jailed 11 (eleven) times between 1920 and 1941 for periods varying between six months and three years. He was the leader of the youth wing of the Congress Party, in the forefront of the trade union movement in India and organised Service League, another wing of Congress. He was admired for his great skills in organisation development.

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