- Chronicling the life of charismatic Indian freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
- Critical of both Gandhi and Nehru of not exhibiting enough zeal to force the British to quit India, Subhas Chandra Bose eventually gets arrested and is subsequently expelled from British India for rebelling against oppression and racism. He marries Austrian Michaela and both sire a daughter, Anita. After the beginning of World War II, he enlists the support of Nazi Germany to raise an army to fight the British and force them to leave India. His overtures do find some favor with the Nazis, albeit not with Adolf Hitler himself who had made it known that he considers Indians an inferior race and incapable of governing themselves. After Japan's entry in the war, he travels there, forms the first ever female regiment and sets out to wage war against the British and their allies.—rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)
- Subhas Chandra Bose was born in an affluent Bengali-speaking family during the British Raj, his father was a lawyer. He studied in a British school and was expected to follow in his father's footsteps. He was quite critical of Mohandas K. Gandhi and Jawarharlal Nehru who did not exhibit enough zeal to compel the British to leave, and felt that even a non-violent struggle required an army. He remained dissatisfied despite of being elected President of the Indian National Congress. After he witnessed the atrocities and racial discrimination his fellow-citizens suffered at the hands of the oppressive British, he rebelled, was arrested, became ill in prison, and subsequently asked to leave. He re-located to Austria, where he married Michaela, and both became parents of a daughter, Anita. When World War II broke out, he decided to enlist the help of the Germans, recruiting 3500 of the 10,000 Indian troops that were in Germany's POW camps, and formed the Azad Hind Fauj. He was unable to gain support from Adolf Hitler himself, who had earlier commented that he considered Indians an inferior race, and incapable of governing themselves. Bose then set out to Japan to recruit more troops, including the first ever female, Rani of Jhansi, regiment. With this help he hopes to take on the might of the British and the allied forces.ave perished. However, during 2006 an Inquiry Commission headed by Justice M.K. Mukherjee held that Bose's body was not positively identified. His now grown daughter, Anita, visited Bengal, was given a hero's welcome and is prepared to give DNA samples to authorities in order to determine if her father was, in fact, on that plane.
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