Subhash Chandra Bose paid a visit to Singapore. A large public meeting had been organised to accord a reception to Subhash by Ras Bihari Bose. He introduced Subhash Bose to the Indian people as ‘Netaji’.Netaji Subhash was handed over the charge of the Indian National Army and the presidentship of Indian Independence League.Netaji became Commander-in-Chief […]
On the night on 16th January, 1941 his nephew had stationed a car at the planned spot at 9 p.m. Subhash took meals with the family.Then, he emerged out of the back door of his house in the guise of a Pathan. He had grown thick beard and moustaches to look like a frontier man.
Subhash stayed in Europe for four years. His health slowly improved. At the same time his political activities continued. He visited several countries and explored new possibilities in respect of the freedom of India beyond Congress politics.The world had drastically changed politically and economically. After Bolshevik revolution Russia had become a socialist state. Stalin was
After matriculation Janakinath Bose sent Subhash Chandra to study in Presidency college. The lawyer had a Kothi in Calcutta. So, lodging and boarding was no problem. The elder brother of Subhash was already there in the same college. The Presidency College was a prominent institution of Calcutta.The atmosphere of the college was completely westernised. The
The political and social analysts reasoned that the real reasons behind the misery of Indians were social evils, caste systems, untouchability, feudal system, abject poverty and illiteracy. It was the basic truth. It resulted in several reformist movements in India to fight against social evils and the illiteracy. Schools and colleges came up for education.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak went to London in the later half of 1918. He wanted to explain ‘Home Rule’ demand to the English public.His other objective was to sue London Times reporter Valentine C. for writing scurrilous reports against him to vilify him when the reporter had visited India. Tilak lost case and was asked to
Tilak convinced the soft line leaders that his ‘Home Rule’ idea was not a militancy act. It was just a demand for right of Indians to rule over themselves, a self rule. The leaders agreed with him in principle but they were still reluctant to join Tilak’s campaign whole heartedly. They had reservations.So, Tilak decided
The year of 1914 came and progressed towards the end of Tilak’s jail term. He pulled himself out of the world of books and waited for his release. He wished to be with his children as soon as possible.The 400 books he received in jail to study were sent to his home at Poona.At long
With Tilak out of the picture the hard liners were in disarray. Many went underground. Most of his close associates were arrested one after the another.The Congress party kept silence. Some soft line leaders did protest against the harsh penalty meted out to Tilak.At Mandalay, Tilak was kept in an upper floor cabin of a
Bal Gangadhar Tilak continued to attack the rulers through his newspaper and periodicals. He wrote some very critical and condemnatory articles against the British. In one article he called upon the people to rise in armed revolution against the foreign rule.On 24th June, 1908 Bal Gangadhar Tilak was suddenly arrested.A young lawyer, Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Meanwhile the Congress party was rocked by confrontation between the softliners and the hard liners. Both the sides had hardened their stands and there was no scope for any compromise. And finally, on 27th December, 1907 the party split in two groups to the dismay of the people.The British rulers were gladdened. No news could
Bal Gangadhar Tilak worked for prohibition in the country. It does not mean that he was a pigheaded orthodox bigot. He was compelled to adopt that posture due to the circumstances. The social condition had become so horrendous that the poor were killing themselves by drinking out of sheer frustration of the situation which allowed
Sir Henry Cotton presided over the Congress session held in Bombay in 1904. Sir Henry wanted the Congress to become more active politically and represent people’s problems to the government to serve as the true voice of the people. His view was heartily supported by hardliners of the party.But the softliners would not welcome the
He resumed his political battle in 1899 with an inspiring article in ‘Kesari’ calling upon all the groups of Congress to sort out their difference and come together to continue battle for independence. He appeared to be in a hurry. May be, he wanted to make up for the lost time in Tai Maharaj case.Since
Tilak had become physically very weak. He badly needed rest and a period of recuperation to recover physically and emotionally.So, after his release Tilak went to Singhgarh hills with his wife and other members of his family. There was a famous Singhgarh fort from where the Maratha hero Chhatrapati Shivaji had fought famous battles against
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