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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- Subhas Chandra Bose was an Indian nationalist leader who founded the Forward Bloc and led the Azad Hind Fauj against British rule during the Second World War.
- Why did Subhas Chandra Bose resign from the Indian Civil Service?
- What was the significance of the 1939 Tripuri crisis?
- How did the Indian National Army affect the transfer of power?
- What remains disputed about Bose's death?

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1. 23 January 1897

   Born on in Cuttack, Orissa Division, he was educated at Presidency College, Calcutta, and Fitzwilliam Hall, Cambridge.

2. 3 May 1939

   Unable to function, Bose resigned the presidency in April 1939 and, on , founded the Forward Bloc as a left consolidation within the Congress.

3. 21 October 1943

   On in Singapore he proclaimed the Provisional Government of Free India (Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind), which declared war on Britain and the United States and w…

4. 18 August 1945

   Bose is reported to have died on in a plane crash at Taihoku (Taipei), then under Japanese control, from burns sustained in the accident.

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