{"id":52706,"date":"2026-01-23T11:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T06:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=52706"},"modified":"2026-01-23T13:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T08:12:10","slug":"netaji-subhash-chandra-bose-jayanti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/netaji-subhash-chandra-bose-jayanti\/","title":{"rendered":"Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Jayanti 2026, Parakram Diwas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Jayanti is celebrated on the occasion of Netaji\u2019s birthday. Born on 23rd January 1897 in Orissa, the day is also known as Parakram Diwas.To commemorate the spirit and selfless service of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, the Government of India has declared his birthday, January 23rd, as\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Parakram Diwas.&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0The day aims to spread awareness and inspire the people of India, especially the youth, to exhibit courage in the face of challenges, just as Netaji did, and to foster a deep sense of national pride.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Jayanti 2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Netaji <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/subhash-chandra-bose\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Subhash Chandra Bose<\/strong><\/a> Jayanti also known as Parakram Diwas is celebrated on 23rd January every year. Remembered for his famous slogan \u201c Tum Mujhe Khoon Do, Main Tumhe Azadi Dunga,\u201d Netaji qualified the Indian Civil Services Examination in 1919 but later resigned. Apart from being a strong political leader, he was inspired by the teachings of Vivekananda and was a spiritual guru. He started the independence movement journey in 1921 by starting Swarajya Newspaper in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna Award in 1992 but it was later withdrawn due to the controversy about his death.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Biography\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Subhas Chandra Bose was born on January 23, 1897, in Cuttack, Orissa.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In 1920, he passed the civil services examination but resigned from his position in April 1921 after hearing of the nationalist unrest in India.<\/li>\n<li>Bose became a prominent leader in the Indian independence movement, joining the Indian National Congress to fight against British colonial rule.<\/li>\n<li>He was elected president of the Indian National Congress for two consecutive terms but resigned due to ideological differences with Mahatma Gandhi.<\/li>\n<li>In 1939, he founded the Forward Bloc to unite all anti-British forces in India.<\/li>\n<li>During <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/world-war-2\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>World War II<\/strong><\/a>, Bose fled India and sought alliances in the Soviet Union, Germany, and Japan to combat British rule.<\/li>\n<li>With Japanese support, he reorganized the Indian National Army (INA), consisting of Indian prisoners-of-war and plantation workers, to fight against the British.<\/li>\n<li>He established the Azad Hind Government in exile, with assistance from Japan, and led the INA in battles at Imphal and Burma.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Political Life and Career\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Subhas Chandra Bose joined the Indian National Congress in 1921 and was elected President of the All India Youth Congress in 1923. He actively participated in the <strong>Salt Satyagraha<\/strong> in 1930 and, during the 1930s, worked closely with <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/jawaharlal-nehru\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Jawaharlal Nehru<\/strong><\/a> and M.N. Roy. Bose opposed the Motilal <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/nehru-report\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Nehru Report<\/strong><\/a>, which sought dominion status for India, advocating instead for complete independence. He also disagreed with the suspension of the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/civil-disobedience-movement\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Civil Disobedience Movement<\/strong><\/a> and the signing of the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/gandhi-irwin-pact\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Gandhi-Irwin Pact<\/strong><\/a> in 1931. In 1938, he won the INC presidency at the Haripura session, and in 1939, he triumphed again at Tripuri, defeating Mahatma Gandhi\u2019s candidate, Pattabhi Sitarammayya. However, due to ideological differences with Gandhi, he resigned from the INC, with Rajendra Prasad taking his place. On May 3, 1939, Bose founded the &#8220;Forward Bloc&#8221; in Makur, Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, to consolidate the political left and gain significant support in Bengal.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose in Armed Forces<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In 1934, Subhas Chandra Bose arrived in Japanese-controlled Singapore and issued his iconic &#8220;Delhi Chalo&#8221; call. On October 21, 1943, he proclaimed the formation of the Azad Hind Government and the Indian National Army (INA), which he took leadership of that same year. The INA was initially founded under the leadership of Mohan Singh and Japanese Major Fujiwara, composed primarily of Indian prisoners of war captured by Japan in the Malayan campaign and at Singapore. The INA established regiments like the Rani Jhansi Regiment, playing a crucial role in Bose\u2019s vision for an independent India. Bose\u2019s leadership led to the creation of the Provisional Government of Free India in Singapore, aligning with the INA. His death in 1945, allegedly due to a plane crash in Taiwan, marked the end of INA\u2019s active operations. However, the subsequent court-martials of INA soldiers upon their return to India sparked widespread national resistance. Bose&#8217;s life exemplifies courage, patriotism, leadership, perseverance, and sacrifice for the motherland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Jayanti, also known as Parakram Diwas, is observed on 23 January to honor Netaji\u2019s courage, leadership, and role in India\u2019s freedom struggle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":59974,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[786],"tags":[1186],"class_list":{"0":"post-52706","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-general-studies","8":"tag-netaji-subhash-chandra-bose-jayanti","9":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}