Bose, Subhas Chandra, 1897-1945

1920 passed the Indian Civil Service examination, but resigned his appointment; c 1920 joined the Indian National Movement; 1924-1927 imprisoned; 1927 leader of the Bengal Provincial Congress; 1928 general secretary, the Indian National Congress and commander of the Congress Volunteers; 1930-1933 series of short term imprisonments; 1930 elected mayor of Calcutta (during a period of imprisonment); 1933-1937 moved to Europe for health reasons, published various books on Indian Independance and undertook propaganda work; 1938-1939 president, the Indian National Conference; 1939 founder, the Forward Bloc; 1940 imprisoned; 1941 travelled to Berlin via Afghanistan as Orlando Mazzotta and set up the Free India Centre; 1941-1943 recruited Indians taken as prisoners of war in North Africa; 1943 travelled to Tokyo; 1943-1944 reconstituted the Indian National Army from prisoners taken by the Japanese at Singapore; 1944-1945 invaded Eastern India with the Japanese; 1945 killed in a plane crash over Taiwan.

Epithet: politician and military leader

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