Maharashtra State PSC Model Paper 5

The correct answer is Subhash Chandra Bose.

• Subhas Chandra Bose was an Indian freedom fighter.
  • He was born on 23^rd January 1897 in Cuttack.
  • Subhash Chandra Bose's birthday is celebrated as "Desh Prem Divas" in India.
  • The proposal to observe January 23 as Desh Prem Divas was given by the West Bengal government.
  • As of January 2021, the government has announced that it will be celebrated as Parakram Divas every year.
• Subhas Chandra Bose is popularly called "Netaji".
• He was the founder-head of the Azad Hind Government.
• He was the head of the Indian National Army.
• He became the president of INC in 1938 at Haripura session.
• He is the first elected president of the Indian national congress.
• He was elected as the president of INC at the Tripuri session 1939. (Later, he resigned, Rajendra Prasad replaced Bose after the session.)
• The famous slogan "give me blood, I will give you freedom" was first raised by Subhas Chandra Bose.