Born on January 23, 1897 in Cuttack, Orissa, to a successful lawyer Jankinath Bose and his wife Prabhavati, Netaji was of a unique temperament. His father was also chairman of the Municipal Committee and encouraged education in his province. His mother was a follower of Swami Ramakrishna Paramhansa and so inculcated spiritual values in her son. Netaji was also influenced by Swami Vivekananda.

Subash Babu was born on January 23, 1897 in a Bengali family of Cuttack as the sixth amongst eight sons and six daughters.

Netaji was influenced more by Lokmanya Tilak and Sri Aurobindo. He did not agree with Gandhiji?s methods of achieving Independence through non?violence. Rana Pratap and Shivaji were Netaji?s heroes and he believed that the only way to liberate his people was by shedding blood.

At first, Netaji joined the Congress Party and was even elected President. But because he did not agree with their views, he broke off to form the Forward Bloc. He was imprisoned for his revolutionary activities on various occasions.

In 1941, Netaji went to Japan and formed the I.N.A. in 1943. 1945 witnessed the I.N.A. waging a war from the North West of our country. He inspired his army with the battle cry Delhi Chalo. Even though he did not succeed in this battle, he had driven home his message. The Britishers realised that the Indians were serious about gaining independence, and would assume any means towards that end. On August 17, 1945, Bose died in a plane crash while flying from Bangkok to Tokyo.