Prakaram Diwas- January 23rd

• The nation celebrates Parakram Diwas on January 23^rd to mark the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
• It aims to inspire people of the country, especially the youth, to act with fortitude in the face of adversity as Netaji did, and to infuse in them a spirit of patriotic fervor.
• Ministry of Culture in collaboration with its institutions such as the Archaeological Survey of India, National School of Drama, Sahitya Akademi, and the National Archives of India has decided to hold a comprehensive celebration at the Red Fort.

ABOUT SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE

• Subhas Chandra Bose was born on 23^rd January 1897, in Cuttack, Orissa Division of Bengal Province.
• In 1920, he passed the civil service examination, but resigned in April 1921, after hearing of the nationalist turmoil in India.
• Deshbandhu- Chittaranjan Das, was his political mentor.
• Bose joined the Indian National Congress and actively participated in the Indian independence movement.
• He was also elected president of the INC for two consecutive terms in 1938 (Haripura) and 1939 (Tripur) but resigned from the post following ideological conflicts with Mahatma Gandhi.
• After that in 1939, he formed the Forward Bloc, which was an organization aimed at unifying all the anti-British forces in India.
• He also formed the Azad Hind Government in exile with Japanes assistance, and regrouped, and led the Indian National Army in battle against the allies at Imphal and in Burma.