ON THIS DAY 1943, SUBHAS BOSE DECLARED AN INDEPENDENT INDIA AT PORT BLAIR, HIS AZAD HIND GOVERNMENT WAS HEAVILY RELIANT.

ON THIS DAY 1943, SUBHAS BOSE DECLARED AN INDEPENDENT INDIA AT PORT BLAIR, HIS AZAD HIND GOVERNMENT WAS HEAVILY RELIANT.

He was jailed 11 times in his fight for freedom and was believed to have been killed in an airplane crash off Taipei, 

On this day 30th December 1943, Subhas Chandra Bose declared an independent India at Port Blair, Andaman Islands; his Azad Hind government was heavily reliant on Japan.

Subhas Chandra Bose (b. 23 January 1897, Cuttack, Orissa, India–d. 18 August 1945, off Taipei), was a noted Indian politician in the fight for India’s independence from British rule.

 He was jailed 11 times in his fight for freedom and was believed to have been killed in an airplane crash off Taipei.

Bose was an advocate of armed resistance against British colonialism; he could not come to terms with the ideology of non-violent resistance that Gandhi advocated.

 Upon his resignation, he formed the All India Forward Bloc on 3 May 1939, a party within Congress, in an attempt to bring together the leftist faction and to fight Gandhism He fought a losing battle against both Gandhi and the Congress party for 20 months until he was removed from the presidency of the Bengal Provincial Congress Committee and banned from holding any elective office for three years.

 In March 1940, Bose convened an Anti-Compromise Conference at Ramgarh in Bihar under the joint auspices of the Forward Bloc and Kisan Sabha, and by June of that year, was demanding the establishment of a Provisional National Government in India.

Arrested again on 21 July 1940, Bose this time went on a hunger strike, demanding his release, which came only in December 1940. 

Despite strict surveillance, Bose managed to escape under the guise of an up-country Muslim gentleman. 

With the help of the Italian embassy, and travelling under the name of Orlando Mazzota, he reached Germany via Moscow. 

There he recruited Indian prisoners-of-war in Europe and north Africa to form the Indian Legion (Azad Hind Fauj or Free India Army) to fight for India’s freedom. 

Inspired by his leadership, his followers in Berlin honoured him with the name Bose Netaji, acknowledging his stature as a leader.

Tapping into the widespread discontent of Indian army personnel in Malaya, especially over the way British officers had abandoned them during their retreat from Singapore, Bose was able to recruit many British Indian troops to the Azad Hind Fauj. 

On 14 April 1944, he led the Azad Hind Fauj on an offensive against the British in India. Crossing the Burmese border, he planted the Indian National tri-colour flag at Moirang, Manipur.

 It was a symbol of claiming Indian soil from the British. 

However, the offensive failed to take Kohima and Imphal and the troops retreated to Burma. 

The campaign was considered a failure and Bose left for Singapore via Bangkok on 24 April 1944.

Whilst in Singapore, Bose was made aware of Japan's surrender to the allies. Bose decided to contact the Soviets regarding support for an independent India.

On route to Manchuria aboard a Japanese plane, Bose was killed in a plane crash.

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