Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose ,a great patriot and organiser of the Indian National Army, was born at Cuttack, on January 23, 1897.He passed the I.C.S. Examination but did not join seervice. On his return to India, he joined the Congress and devoted himself to the service of his motherland. He was several times sent to jail. In 1930 he was elected Mayor of Calcutta. In 1938 he was elected President of the Congress. He sought re-election and was selected again. At this, differences arose between Gandhiji and Bose, and the latter formed a new party within the congress - The Forward Block.

In 1941, he was interned in his home, but he so cleverly made his escape that the British Government could not trace him. Reaching Malaya, he organised the Indian National Army with the help of the Japanese. He is said to have lost his life in an aeroplane crash in 1945. Subhash Chandra Bose was a first rate orator and a fiery youth leader who could captivate his audiences. Subhash Babu will go down in history as a hero. He was one of the greatest freedom fighters of India and the "Pride of Bengal".