Subhash Chandra Bose Quiz

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The Andaman and Nicobar Command handed over the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Island to Andaman and Nicobar Administration for development of tourism and infrastructure growth.
The island, erstwhile known as Ross Island, is situated three kilometers away from Port Blair. It also houses India’s first solar lighthouse. NITI Ayog and Island Development Agency has taken several initiatives to develop these Islands under Act East Policy.

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During World War II, Moirang in Manipur was the headquarters of Azad Hind Fauz. Colonel Malik of the Indian National Army, (INA) hoisted the Tricolour for the first time on Indian soil on 14 April 1944, in Moirang with the help of Manipuris like Shri Mairembam Koireng Singh and others who were members of the INA.

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Subhash Chandra Bose was elected Congress President in 1938 and 1939. At the end of his first term, the presidential election to the Tripuri Congress session took place early in 1939. Netaji was re – elected by defeating Dr Pattabhi Sitaramayaa who had been backed by the Mahatma Gandhi and the Congress Working Committee.

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The All India Forward Bloc is a leftwing nationalist political party in India. It emerged as a faction within the Indian National Congress in 1939, led by Subhas Chandra Bose. The party re-established as an independent political party after the independence of India.

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Professor Vinod Sharma, the founder co-ordinator of the National Centre of Disaster Management, has been selected for this year’s Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar, under individual category.
The Gujarat Institute of Disaster Management (GIDM) was selected under the institutional category. Minister Narendra Modi presented the awards in an event, commemorating the 125th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.

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Netaji Museum
is a memorial hall of Subhash Chandra Bose (Netaji). It is located in Kolkata and
owned and managed by Netaji Research Bureau. This is the ancestral house of
Subhash Chandra Bose where he had lived. He was put under house arrest at this house until his escape to Berlin in 1941. This museum has also a good collection of
photographs and documents on India’s struggle for freedom.

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Sheel Bhadra Yajee joined Subhash Chandra Bose to establish the All India Forward Bloc and also participated in the INA Movement. All India Forward Bloc was founded in 1939. He was actively associated with INA Movement. Sheel Bhadra Yajee was an activist from Bihar who was associated with the non-violent and the violent form of the Indian Independence Movement.
INA (Azad Hind Fauz) was an armed force formed by Indian collaborationists and Imperial Japan on 1 September 1942 in Southeast Asia during World War II.

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The Union Ministry of Home Affairs presents the ‘Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar’ award.
The award recognises individuals as well as institutions for their contributions in the field of disaster management. The Government of India has recently invited the nominations for the award, which is presented on the birth anniversary of freedom fighter Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, on January 23.

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After the meager August Offer-1940, Subhash Chandra Bose advocated a campaign of mass civil disobedience to protest Viceroy Linlithgow’s decision to declare war on India’s behalf without consulting the Congress. Failing to persuade Gandhi or the Congress, he organised mass protests in Calcutta, and was arrested in July 1940. Released after a 7-day hunger strike, his house was put under CID-surveillance. However, in a daredevil act, Bose managed to escaped on 19 January 1941 along with his nephew Sisir Bose. Remaining incognito, he reached Germany via Afghanistan, Russia and Italy. Indians heard Bose after one year, in March 1942 over Radio Berlin. It was that time that Azad Hind Radio service was started under Subhash Chandra Bose in Germany in 1942 to encourage Indians to fight for freedom. Though initially based in Germany, its headquarters were shifted to Singapore, and later to Rangoon, following the course of the war in Southeast Asia. After Netaji’s departure to Southeast Asia, the German operations were continued by A.C.N. Nambiar, the head of the Indian Legion in Germany and later ambassador of the Arzi Hukumate Azad Hind in Germany.

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Subhash Chandra Bose, who had been the Congress President for a year, desired another one-year term at the end of 1938. Subhash felt the German threat to Britain in the Second World War was an opportunity to launch an all-out mass disobedience movement to kick out the British. However, Gandhi didn’t favour a second term for Subhash. Subhash was adamant, and a contest ensued: Subhas vs. Pattabhi Sitaramayya of Andhra PCC. Sitaramayya was backed by Gandhi. Subhash was re-elected by 1580 to 1375 votes on 29 January 1939. However, Subhash faced several issues and resigned in April 1939. He announced formation of the Forward Bloc within the Congress in May 1939. His place as Congress President was taken by Dr. Rajendra Prasad.