Subhas Chandra Bose

Politician

Birthday January 23, 1897

Birth Sign Aquarius

Birthplace India

DEATH DATE Aug 18, 1945 (48)

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About

Infamous for his appeals to Japan and Nazi Germany for aid in freeing India from British rule, Bose led a radical group within the Indian National Congress in the two decades leading up to the start of World War II.

Before Fame

Before entering politics, he studied at both the University of Calcutta and the University of Cambridge and worked for the Indian Civil Service.

Trivia

In the early 1920s, he established a news publication titled Swaraj.

Family Life

He had a long-term relationship with, or possibly a secret marriage to, Austrian national Emilie Schenkl. The union resulted in a daughter named Anita Bose Pfaff.

Associated With

During the late 1930s, Bose briefly served as President of the Indian National Congress, but he was quickly removed from office by Mahatma Gandhi.