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Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose : Father of the Indian Freedom

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose : Father of the Indian Freedom Index Preface Subhash Chandra Bose's Life Start of the opposition to British by Subhash Chandra Bose Subhash Chandra Bose in Britain for ICS and return to India Subhash Chandra Bose with Congress Subhash Chandra Bose Vs. Congress Formation of 'Azad Hind Fauj' by Subhash Chandra Bose Effect of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's earlier visits to England Disappearance Preface         Subhash Chandra Bose was one of India's greatest freedom fighter. He was the founder of the Indian National Army, popularly known as 'Azad Hind Fauj'. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose had visited London during pre-independence period to discuss the future of India, with the members of the Labor party. His sudden disappearance from Taiwan, led to surfacing of various theories, concerning the possibilities of his survival. Life of Subhash Chandra Bose ...

We will win no wars with old weapons

By Priyadarshi Dutta Stephen P Cohen and Sunil Dasgupta, in their book ‘Arming without Aiming: India’s Military Modernization’ (2010) have focused on the dilemmas of India’s militarisation. The core problem is that India is culturally and socially not a militarised state. While the armed forces are praised and are popular, they are not the fulcrum of the nation. India’s diplomatic and military policies are marked by restraint rather than aggression. They are reflective of Indian mind. Military mindset : Nehru versus Subhash ​ Nehru might be blamed in isolation for ruining India’s defence production. But he was conditioned by the matrix of historical-cultural-economic forces. Should a newly independent nation, not self-sufficient in food production, invest in weapons ? Without building up heavy industries (problem addressed in the Second Five Year plan) self-sufficiency in defence production was a chimera. India had achieved its independence by civil...

Azad Hind Sena’s Captain Lakshmi Sehgal !

Captain Lakshmi Sehgal helped Netaji Subhashcandra Bose to escape by putting up a brave fight for 16 hours on Burma border with the army that had latest weapons ! Index Subhashbabu founds ‘Jhansi Rani Lakshmi Squad’ and Lakshmi takes up its leadership Captain Lakshmi divides the squad in different contingents and marches to fight the British army Jhansi Rani squad defeats squad of valiant British soldiers and forces them to surrender in the battle fought on the border of Hindustan and Mynamar (Burma) Subhashbabu founds ‘Jhansi Rani Lakshmi Squad’ and Lakshmi takes up its leadership Captain Lakshmi was born at Chennai on 24.10.1914. At the age of 24, she passed MBBS examination in 1938. She heard speeches of Netaji Subhashchandra at Singapore, was influenced and drawn to ‘Azad Hind Sena’. Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi was born on 22nd October. On the same day in the year 1943, Subhashbabu founded ‘Jhansi Rani Lakshmi Squad’ in ‘Azad Hind ...