Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: Life and Role in Freedom Struggle
Why in the news
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands hosted Parakram Diwas 2026 to honour Netaji’s birth anniversary.
Early life
- Born in Cuttack, Odisha; studied at Presidency College and Scottish Church College.
- Resigned from the ICS to join the national movement.
Role in the freedom movement
| Theme | Details |
|---|---|
| Congress | Voice of the militant left-wing current in the INC |
| Purna Swaraj | Rejected dominion status; wanted immediate independence, using Britain’s wartime weakness |
| Economic vision | Founded National Planning Committee (1938); backed state-led industrialisation, scientific planning, self-reliance |
| Tripuri crisis | He resigned, exposing the divide between Gandhian non-violence and his militant realism |
| Forward Bloc | Mobilised youth, workers and leftists on a radical nationalist platform |
Exam angle
- Birthplace: Cuttack.
- Party founded: Forward Bloc.