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Subhas Chandra Bose | |
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| Born | 23 January 1897 Cuttack, Bengal Presidency, India |
| Died | 18 August 1945 (aged 48) Taihoku, Taiwan |
| Political orientation | National Bolshevism |
| Political party | Indian National Congress All India Forward Bloc |
Subhas Chandra Bose (23 January 1897 – 18 August 1945) was an Indian revolutionary and anti-colonial leader who sought to liberate India from British rule through armed struggle. He is best known for founding the Azad Hind Fauj (Indian National Army)[1] and attempting to secure India’s independence by allying with Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan during the Second World War. Although he collaborated with the Axis powers, Bose also expressed admiration for the Soviet Union[2] and envisioned a hybrid political system combining elements of fascism and socialism—a position often described as National Bolshevism.[3] In 1939, he founded the All India Forward Bloc as a breakaway faction of the Indian National Congress, presenting it as a socialist party with strong nationalist tendencies. This party still exists today. While a controversial figure due to his wartime alliances, Bose remains an influential and contested leader in the history of India’s independence movement.
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- ↑ Sankar Ghose (1975). Political ideas and movements in India. of Michigan Press ISBN University of Michigan Press
- ↑ Bhagat Ram Talwar (1976). The Talwars of Pathan Land and Subhas Chandra's Great Escape. People's Publishing House.
- ↑ Ravi Shanker (2017). There is No Such Thing As Hate Speech. Bloomsbury Publishing.