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India@75 Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav

RASH BEHARI BOSE BORN: 25 MAY 1886, DEATH: 21 JANUARY 1945
Founder of the Azad

Hind Fauz

hen Netaji left the country and went to Germany,
WRash Behari Bose had made up his mind to hand
over the reins of Azad Hind Fauz to him. Consequently,
he invited Netaji to visit Tokyo. On his invitation, Netaji
Subhash Chandra Bose arrived in Tokyo on June 20,
1943. In his tete-a-tete with Subhash Chandra Bose,
the Founder of the Azad Hind Fauz Rash Behari
Bose vowed to free the country from the British. The
two leaders apart from their surname shared many
similarities- both were Bengalis and revolutionary
figures. Rash Behari Bose handed over the command of
the Azad Hind Fauj in Singapore to Netaji on 5 July and
designated himself in the role of advisor. Rash Behari
Bose was born on May 25, 1886, in Subhalda village of
Bardhaman district of Bengal. From his school days, he
BOTH WERE BOSE, BENGALIS, was attracted to revolutionary activities and at a very
REVOLUTIONARY AS WELL AS ADMIRERS young age, he learnt to make crude bombs. Bankim
OF EACH OTHER. Chandra's novel 'Anand Math' instilled in him the spirit

The nation rallied behind him
Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon
BORN: 25 MAY 1886
DIED: 06 FEB 2006 in his noble pursuit

ne of Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon's GURBAKSH SINGH DHILLON
Ofather's friends had advised WAS AWARDED THE 'PADMA
him to join the army owing to his
excellence in academics and burly BHUSHAN' FOR SERVICE TO
stature. After which he started THE NATION.
preparing for it and finally joined
the Indian Army in 1933. After his stay in jail, he changed his
being selected and trained in the mind and decided to fight for India
14th Punjab Regiment, he went against the British army. Under this
to Malaysia in 1941 to fight in the backdrop when he was released
Second World War, however, the from jail, he joined the Azad Hind
turning point in his life came when Fauj led by Subhas Chandra Bose.
the Japanese army took him as a Dhillon showed exemplary bravery
prisoner of war in 1942. During against the British. After the

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