A LOOK AT SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE’S LIFE
1897 Subhas Chandra Bose is born 1913 Bose enrolls in Presidency College, Calcutta
1916 Expelled; joins Scottish Churches College
1919 Leaves for England, enrolls in Cambridge; studies for ICS
1921 Clears two rounds of ICS, withdraws name; Jailed for participating in the Non Cooperation Movement with Congress leader CR Das 1923 Becomes secretary of Bengal Provincial Congress Committee
1925 Arrested on suspicion of revolutionary activity, transferred to Burmese jail
1930-31 Put in detention for his association with radical group, Bengal Volunteers; Elected as mayor of Calcutta 1933-34
Visit Europe for treatment; meets partner Emily Schenkl
1936 Returns from Europe, arrested and released a year later 1938 Elected as president of Indian National Congress, forms a committee to formulate a policy for industrialisation 1939 Resigns from Congress, starts the more radical Forward Bloc; World War 2 starts in September 1940 Holds Anti-compromise Conference; Placed in prison, begins fast unto death for release
1941 Escapes from Calcutta in disguise, travels through Kabul and Moscow to reach Germany
1942 Helps establish Free India Centre in Berlin, takes the help of the Nazi Germany government to start Azad Hind Radio, which makes regular broadcasts in various Indian languages on free India; Emily Schenkl and Bose’s daughter Anita is born 1943 Arrives in Tokyo, Japan, one of the Axis powers, begins to train Indian troops with Japanese aid October: Establishes provisional Indian government, builds Azad Hind Fauj (Indian National Army) 1944 Marches into Kohima with Japanese troops to fight the Allied troops; defeated 1945 Surrender of Axis powers leads Bose to flee; an August report claims he died in a plane crash in Taiwan