Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti 2024: Date, Famous Quotes by Netaji

Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti also known as Parakram Diwas is celebrated on January 23 every year. It falls on Tuesday this year and marks the 128th birth anniversary of Netaji.

It was announced in the year 2021 that Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti will be observed as Parakram Diwas.

Netaji was a man who inspired thousands of youths to fight for freedom against the Britishers’ rule.

His quote ‘Give me your blood, and I shall give you freedom’ still remains one of the iconic freedom quote that played a pivotal role in the freedom movement of India.

Bose was also the first one to address Mahatma Gandhi as the “Father of the Nation”.

Subhas Chandra Bose was given the title of Netaji by the Indian soldiers of the Indische Legion and by the German and Indian officials in the Special Bureau for India in Berlin in early 1942.

Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti 2024 Overview

Event	Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti
Also known as	Parakram Diwas
Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti Date in 2024	23rd January 2024
Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti Date in 2025	23rd January 2025

Subhas Chandra Bose Birthday

According to the 2024 calendar, Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti 2024 falls on Tuesday.

Who was Subhas Chandra Bose?

Subhas Chandra Bose was born in Cuttack (now in Odisha) to Prabhavati Bose Dutt and Janakinath Bose.

His father Jankinath was a successful lawyer and government pleader and Bose was his ninth child and sixth son.

Subhas Bose was an academically brilliant child and was sent to England on his father’s urge to take the Indian Civil Service examination.

He cleared the first exam with distinction but as he was more leaning to join the nationalist movement led by Mahatma Gandhi, he returned and joined the Indian National Congress in the year 1921.

By the year 1938, Bose became the president of the Indian National Congress but due to continuous conflict arsing between him and Mohandas Gandhi, he resigned from his post and was eventually thrown out of the party.

Subhas Bose got arrested in 1940 by the Bengal government over a small protest. He was placed under a strict police watch but he somehow managed to escape from there around six months later.

He fled to Nazi Germany in 1941 where he got married and had a daughter. From there he went to Japan where he formed an Indian National Army from the Indian Prisoners of Wars (POWs) of the British Indian army who were captured by the Japanese in the Battle of Singapore.

This way, the first Indian National Army was formed in the year 1942.

Netaji died from the injuries that incurred to him due to third-degree burns caused when his plane crashed somewhere in Taiwan.

However, many people refused to believe that he died in a plane crash and numerous conspiracy theories were created regarding his death (which still many people believes in). Netaji died on 18 August 1945.

About 128^th birth anniversary of Subhas Chandra Bose

The year 2024 marks the 128^th birth anniversary of Subhas Chandra Bose and it was decided by the Indian Government in 2021 that this day will be celebrated as Parakaram Diwas.

The main idea behind celebrating this important day is to encourage the youth to show the bravery same as Subhas Ji Bose and instill a patriotic feeling inside their hearts.

Celebration of Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti 2024

Birthday of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose is celebrated with great enthusiasm in schools and colleges of West Bengal.

Many activities like essay writing, debate competitions, patriotic themed plays are organized by the schools and a large number of students participate in them.

Flag hoisting is also a famous practice carried out at Government offices and many political leaders also conduct the flag hoisting ceremony at their offices.

It is to be noted that Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti is not a gazetted holiday.