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THE LOST HERO : A BIOGRAPHY OF SUBHAS BOSE

By Mihir Bose. Noida Vikas 2014 , This is one of the best biographies of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose that I have come across in recent times. It is neither a hagiography nor one of those twisted character -assasination books written by, as author Mihir Bose calls them, "the raj warriors". This is the story of the Indian subcontinent's independence struggle, at a time when many inside India were busy collaborating with the British to perpetuate their empire and their own enslavement, one man was abroad planning an independence war to liberate it. The man of course was Netaji Subhas Bose. This book traces the steps of Subhas from a child growing up at the turn of the century to his rise in the national movement. The author shows with great precision that of all the leaders in the 1920s and 1930s, it was only Subhas who had the foresight and vision to not only think of a viable liberation struggle, but to plan for the country's development in the post-independence years. The author also goes into the details of the 1939 Congress Presidential Elections, and how a defeated and vindictive Gandhi managed to destroy Subhas's presidency.(following the defeat of Gandhi's candidate) [it is interesting to note of course, that one of the things that Gandhi vehemently opposed was Subhas's call for the British to withdraw from the subcontinent, however those who know Gandhi's past history will not be surprised; he had actively supported Imperial Britain's war against Imperial Germany during 1914-1918, and had tried to get volunteers to join the Imperial British Army, not only was this against the freedom fighters who were operating from Europe and elsewhere to further the Motherland's cause, but was also a hypocritcal act on the part of Gandhi himself. 9789325973954

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BOSE : Untold Story of an Inconvenient Nationalist

By Chandrachur Ghose. USA Penguin Random House 2022 , There are not many Indian heroes whose lives have been as dramatic and adventurous as that of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. That, however, is an assessment of his life based on what is widely known about him. These often revolve around his resignation from the Indian Civil Service, joining the freedom movement, to be exiled twice for over seven years, throwing a challenge to the Gandhian leadership in the Congress, taking up an extremist position against the British Raj, evading the famed intelligence network to travel to Europe and then to Southeast Asia, forming two Governments and raising two armies and then disappearing into the unknown. All this in a span of just two decades. Now, new information throws light on Bose’s intense political activities surrounding the revolutionary groups in Bengal, Punjab, Maharashtra and United Provinces, his efforts to bridge the increasing communal divide and his influence among the splintered political landscape; his outlook and relations with women; his plunge into the depths of spirituality; his penchant for covert operations and his efforts to engineer a rebellion among the Indian armed forces. With this new information, what appeared to be dramatic now becomes more intense with plots and subplots under one man’s single-minded focus on freeing the motherland and envisioning its development in a new era. Furthermore, one of the most sensitive issues that have prevented political parties and successive governments from talking much about Bose is his joining the Axis camp. While Jawaharlal Nehru and other prominent Congress leaders publicly denounced the move, the Communist Party of India went on to a prolonged vilification campaign. Sardar Patel issued instruction to Congress leaders to defend the INA soldiers without eulogizing their leader. Was Bose really a Nazi sympathiser? Knowing very well about the strong public opinion that existed among the political leadership and the intelligentsia in India against Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and imperial Japan, why did he risk his own political image by allying with the Axis powers? Pacey, thought-provoking and absolutely unputdownable, Bose: The Untold Story of an Inconvenient Nationalist will open a window to many hitherto untold and unknown stories of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. Probably the first critical biography of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose till date. 9780670096008

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