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Prologue continues..
The freedom movement threw up a galaxy of leaders who were outstanding men. Pandit Nehru, Subhash Chandra Bose, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Maulana Azad were but a few among the vast array
of illustrious leaders who led the struggle against British rule.
Among them, Subhash Chandra Bose stood out as a man of indomitable courage who differed with Gandhi on the means to be adopted to achieve freedom. He
thought that Gandhi’s non-violent satyagraha would not bring freedom
quickly. So he went out and formed the Indian National Army to fight the
British.
Armed struggle against the most powerful empire on which the
sun did not set was too daring an act. But Subhash Chandra Bose did not
sit back and calculate the risk. He took his newly formed army to battle.
He fought bravely, but his army was decimated by the far superior British
forces.
Thereafter Subhash Chandra Bose disappeared from the scene. His
end is shrouded in great mystery. The British government as well as the
government of free India claimed that Subhash Chandra Bose died in an air crash somewhere in Japan in 1945. But his followers in Bengal refuse even today to believe that he died in the plane crash.
Subhash Chandra Bose represented the rebellious spirit of India. He
was the one and only ‘netaji’ (respected leader) of the Indian people. His
courage, will and spirit of adventure made him a superhero of the masses.
Though he could not achieve his mission by the means he chose, he will
always remain the netaji of Indians.
Although there was a section of freedom fighters who was impatient
with the non-violent satyagraha in view of the increasing repression by the government, Gandhi did not allow any deviation from the path of non violence. He was prepared to even give up the movement if it turned violent.
The satyagrahis were commanded to take a vow of non-violence in all
their actions and thoughts. The whole nation came under the spell of
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, whom they reverentially called Mahatma
Gandhi (Mahatma, the ‘great soul').
To be continued...