Subhas Chandra Bose was an Indian nationalist whose defiance of British authority in India made him a hero among many Indians, but his wartime alliances with Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan left a legacy vexed by authoritarianism, anti-Semitism, and military failure. The honorific 'Netaji' was first applied to Bose in Germany in early 1942—by the Indian soldiers of the Indische Legion and by the German and Indian officials in the Special Bureau for India in Berlin. It is now used throughout India.
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero is a 2004 Indian epic biographical war film, written and directed by Shyam Benegal. The film starred an ensemble cast of Sachin Khedekar, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Rajit Kapur, Arif Zakaria, and Divya Dutta, among others. The film depicts the life of the Indian Independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose in Nazi Germany: 1941–1943, and in Japanese-occupied Asia 1943–1945, and the events leading to the formation of Azad Hind Fauj.
N. Parameswaran Nayar, popularly known as N. P. Nayar was an Indian freedom fighter and author from Kollam.
Anuj Dhar is an Indian conspiracy theorist, author and former journalist. He has published several books around the locus of death of Subhas Chandra Bose that propound theories about his living for several years after the purported plane crash, thus contradicting the current consensus. Dhar is also the founder-trustee of a not for profit organisation, Mission Netaji, which campaigns for the declassification of documents concerning Bose.
Samar Guha was a noted Indian politician, and an Indian independence movement activist. He was a close associate of Subhas Chandra Bose. He was also a well known academic, whose textbooks on chemistry are still widely used. In 1967, he was elected to the 4th Lok Sabha from Contai constituency in West Bengal as a Praja Socialist Party (PSP) candidate. He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1971 and 1977 from the same constituency. He was a member of the Janata Dal (Secular) till his death. He died on 17 June 2002 at Calcutta.
The Indian Struggle, 1920–1942 is a two-part book by the Indian nationalist leader Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose that covers the 1920–1942 history of the Indian independence movement to end British imperial rule over India. Banned in India by the British colonial government, The Indian Struggle was published in the country only in 1948 after India became independent. The book analyses a period of the Indian independence struggle from the Non-Cooperation and Khilafat Movements of the early 1920s to the Quit India and Azad Hind movements of the early 1940s.
Patralekha Paul known mononymously as Patralekha, is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi films. Paul made her acting debut with drama film CityLights (2014), for which she won the Screen Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Female.
Netaji Subhas University of Technology (NSUT), formerly Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology (NSIT) is a state university located in Dwarka, Delhi, India. In 2018, the institute was granted university status, changing its name to Netaji Subhas University of Technology (NSUT).
Subodh Markandeya is a senior Indian lawyer, author and judicial activist. He primarily practices at the Supreme Court of India, but also appears in various high courts. He has served as the standing counsel for Government of India, Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), State of Uttar Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh Financial Corporation (UPFC), Uttar Pradesh State Electricity Board (U.P.S.E.B.), Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam and numerous developmental authorities. He was appointed 'amicus curiae' by the Supreme Court in the 'Tihar Jail Enquiry' (1982–85).
The Indian National Army (INA) and its leader Subhash Chandra Bose are popular and emotive topics within India. From the time it came into public perception in India around the time of the Red Fort Trials, it found its way into the works of military historians around the world. It has been the subject of a number of projects, of academic, historical and of popular nature. Some of these are critical of the army, some — especially of the ex-INA men — are biographical or autobiographical, while still others historical and political works, that tell the story of the INA. A large number of these provide analyses of Subhas Chandra Bose and his work with the INA.
Basanti Devi was an Indian independence activist during the British rule in India. She was the wife of activist Chittaranjan Das. After Das' arrest in 1921 and death in 1925, she took an active part in various political and social movements and continued with social work post-independence. She was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 1973.
Naveen Kasturia is an Indian actor known for his work in various drama series like Breathe: Into the Shadows, TVF Pitchers and Aspirants. He made his acting debut with the critically acclaimed Sulemani Keeda. He is considered one of the most popular OTT actors with 3 of his web shows in the IMDb Top 250 TV shows list.
Sardar Niranjan Singh Talib (1901–1976), was a journalist, an independence activist, revolutionary and influential leader of Indian National Congress leader and also served as Punjab Pradesh Congress Chief. He was a noted Gandhian and joined the Non-cooperation movement on call of Mahatma Gandhi in 1920. He was editor of nationalist daily Punjabi newspaper Desh Darpan, which was once published from Calcutta. Further, he was also a close associate of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and at one point of time associated closely with All India Forward Bloc as many sources claim, he drove the car, in which Netaji escaped from his house arrest in Calcutta. Before independence, he spent around 10 years in total in various jails in British India. Earlier he served as personal aide of Maharaja of Nabha, Ripudaman Singh, till the King was deposed. After independence served as Minister in Punjab Government as Public Works Department minister and also Head of Capital Project, Public Health, Engineering and Housing, which founded Chandigarh as newly developed capital city. In 1962 he won election from Chandigarh, as a Congress party candidate. He served as member of Rajya Sabha from Punjab for the years 1974 till his death in 1976.
Ratan Lal Nath is an Indian politician from Tripura. He is the Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Power and Election in the second Manik Saha Ministry. He joined BJP in 2017 after leaving National Congress.He became the MLA from Mohanpur Constituency by defeating CPI(M) Candidate Subash Chandra Debnath by a margin of 5,176 votes.
Netaji is a Bengali biographical soap opera on the life of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose that premiered on 14 January 2019 and aired on Bengali GEC Zee Bangla. Based majorly on Udyata Kharga Subhash by Achintya Kumar Sengupta and produced by Surinder Films, the series stars Abhishek Bose in the eponymous role, with Basabdatta Chatterjee, marking her comeback on television, Dhruvajyoti Sarkar, Kaushik Chakraborty, Sriparna Roy, Debopriyo Sarkar, Sohan Bandopadhyay, Fahim Mirza appearing in other recurring roles. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the shooting of the series was stalled. It was rumoured that along with Karunamoyee Rani Rashmoni, this series will be axed the channel. Putting rest to such rumours, the shooting started from June 11 and new episodes started to air from June 15, 2020.The show went off air on 1 st August 2020.
Sisir Kumar Bose was an Indian freedom fighter, pediatrician and legislator. He was the son of Indian nationalist leader Sarat Chandra Bose, nephew of Indian freedom fighter Subhas Chandra Bose and husband of former Member of Parliament Krishna Bose (1930–2020).
Gumnaami is a 2019 Indian Bengali-language mystery film based on the true events directed by Srijit Mukherji, which deals with the mystery of Netaji's death, based on the Mukherjee Commission hearings and the book Conundrum written by Anuj Dhar and Chandrachur Ghose. It has been produced by Shrikant Mohta, Pranay Ranjan, and Mahendra Soni under the banner of Shree Venkatesh Films. Prosenjit Chatterjee plays the roles of Subhas Chandra Bose and Gumnaami Baba.
Bhagabati Charan Panigrahi was an Indian Odia writer and India’s freedom struggle revolutionary/ martyr. He was a founding member of Netaji's Forward Bloc. He was the founding secretary of Communist Party of India in Odisha. He wrote around a dozen short stories before he was mysteriously murdered while under arrest of British India Police in 1943. He was a close associate of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
Rajkummar Rao is an Indian actor working in Hindi cinema. His notable films include Love Sex Aur Dhokha (2010), Talaash (2012), Kai Po Che! (2013), Shahid (2013), Queen (2014), Aligarh (2016), Trapped (2016), Bareilly Ki Barfi (2017), Newton (2017), Stree (2018), Ludo (2020), Badhaai Do (2022), Monica, O My Darling (2022), HIT (2022), Srikanth (2024), Mr. & Mrs. Mahi (2024) and Stree 2 (2024).
Adwaita Gadanayak is an Indian sculptor.
