subhas chandra bose
Subhas Chandra Bose ( / ʃ ʊ b ˈ h ɑː s ˈ tʃ ʌ n d r ə ˈ b oʊ s / ⓘ shuub- HAHSS CHUN -drə BOHSS ; [12] 23 January 1897 – 18 August 1945) was an Indian nationalist whose defiance of British authority in India made him a hero among many Indians, but his wartime alliances with Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan left a legacy vexed by authoritarianism , anti-Semitism , and military failure . The honorific Netaji ( Bengali : "Respected Leader") was first applied to Bose in Germany in early 1942—by the Indian soldiers of the Indische Legion and by the German and Indian officials in the Special Bureau for India in Berlin. It is now used throughout India. [h] Subhas Bose was born into wealth and privilege in a large Bengali family in Orissa during the British Raj . The early recipient of an Anglocentric education, he was sent after college to England to take the Indian Civil Service examination. He succeeded with distinction in t