Netaji Jayanti or Parakram Diwas : Birth Anniversary of an Immortal Hero

Netaji Jayanti or Parakram Diwas : Birth Anniversary of an Immortal Hero

Netaji Jayanti or Parakram Diwas : Birth Anniversary of an Immortal Hero--

23^rd January is not just a regular holiday that we Bengalis celebrate. We have a lot of emotion on it. Religion, polity, caste, class does not matter, we all gather to celebrate the birth anniversary of our hero Shri Subhas Chandra Bose or it will be even better to call ‘Netaji’ who was born in 1897 in Cuttack, Orissa Division (Old Bengal Province). Of course it is celebrated all over the India, but we Bengalis have some special place for him in our heart.

About 5 months after the disappearance of Netaji, the Netaji Jayanti was celebrated for the 1^st time in Rangoon. Now Netaji Jayanti is an official holiday in West Bengal.

The Forward Bloc, honorable CM of WB Mamata Banerjee along with all the Bengalis and the family members of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose demanded Government of India to declare Netaji Jayanti as Deshprem Divas/ Patriots’ Day and National Holiday. 

On 19th January 2021 Central Government declared that Birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose i.e. Netaji Jayanti is going to be celebrated as Parakram DIwas.

 

Facts About Netaji:

· He was the Head of Indian National Army or Azad Hind Fouj.

· He was the founder and head of Azad Hind Government

· Became president of Indian National Congress on 18^th January 1938

· Founded Forward Bloc on 22^nd June 1939

· Became 5^th Mayor of Calcutta on 22^nd August 1930

· Chittaranjan Das was his Political Guru.

· The title Netaji was given by the Indian Soldiers of Azad Hind Fauj.

· “Give me Blood and I will give you Freedom.”- Famous and inspirational quote by Netaji.

· He gave the title Bapu to Gandhiji.

· 'The Indian Struggle’- a book by Netaji, was published in 1935

We the People of India,  described our National Hero Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose as An Immortal Hero because he is still alive in our Heart and we admire his contributions to our Independence.

We Salute you, We Love You, We Admire You. You are Our Netaji.