IN PICS | Remembering 'Netaji' Subhas Chandra Bose - One Of India’s Tallest Nationalist Leaders

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose (Courtesy: Getty Images)

Subhas Chandra Bose, fondly known as 'Netaji', was born on 23 January 1897 (at 12.10 pm) in Cuttack, Orissa Division, Bengal Province. He was the ninth in a family of 14 children. (Photo: Getty Images)

Subhas Chandra Bose resigned from his civil service job in UK on 23 April 1921 and returned to India. He started the newspaper 'Swaraj' and took over the responsibilty of publicity for the Bengal Provincial Congress Committee. (Photo: Getty Images)

Bose's mentor was Chittaranjan Das who was a spokesman for aggressive nationalism in Bengal. In the year 1923, Bose was elected the President of All India Youth Congress and also became the Secretary of Bengal State Congress. (Photo: Getty Images)

Members of the Indian National Congress - Mahatma Gandhi, Subhas Chandra Bose and Vallabhai Patel during the 51st Indian National Congress. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

By 1938, Bose had become a leader of national stature and agreed to accept nomination for the post of Congress President. He stood for Swaraj including the use of force against the British. However, Mahatma Gandhi who advocated for Ahimsa was opposed to Bose's presidency splitting the Indian National Congress party. (Photo: Getty Images)

Subhas Chandra Bose delivering a speech for India's Independence in Berlin. Photographer: Gerd Baatz (Laux) (Photo by Baatz/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

The rift in Indian National Congress over Bose's Presidency also caused a rift between him and Nehru. At that point, Gandhi's preferred candidate was Pattabhi Sitaramayya. (Photo: Getty Images)

Subash Chandra Bose with Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo at a parade in support of Indian national independence, Shonan, Japan. Photographed 1944. (Photo by Keystone-FranceGamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

To rid India of British Rule, Bose also sought the help of Nazi Germany. But by May 1942, when he met Hitler, he realised that the Nazi leader was using his men to win propaganda victories than military ones. So, in February 1943, he left for Japan.

Subhas Chandra Bose's death is widely believed to have occurred from third-degree burns on 18 August 1945 after his overloaded Japanese plane crashed in Japanese-ruled Formosa (now Taiwan). However, the issue of death is a debated one as there have been a lot of theories and claims refuting that he died because of the plane crash. A section of people even speculates that Netaji faked his own death and returned to India. (Photo: Getty Images)