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Birth
Born in Cuttack, Orissa, India. -
Expelled from Presidency College
Expelled from Presidency College in Calcutta for nationalistic activities. -
Graduated from College
He graduated from Scottish Churches College. -
Passed the Civil Service Exam
He passed the civil cervice exam after studying at the University of Cambridge. -
Resigned his Candidacy
Resigned from the Indian Civil Service and joined the Indian Civil Service. -
Sent to Jail
Sent to jail by the British due to his activities with the Bengal Congress Volunteers. -
Released from prison.
Upon being released from prison he found the Bengal Congress in disarray. -
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Arrested Several Times
" When the civil disobedience movement was started in 1930, Bose was already in detention for his associations with an underground revolutionary group, the Bengal Volunteers. Released and then rearrested several times for his suspected role in violent acts, Bose was finally allowed to proceed to Europe after a year’s detention." (Subhas Chandra Bose) -
Returned from Europe
Upon arriving he was taken into custody and released a year later. -
Elected President of INC
"elected president of the Indian National Congress and formed a national planning committee, which formulated a policy of broad industrialization." (Subhas Chandra Bose) -
Resigned from Presidency
He felt like he needed to resign because of a lack of support from Gandhi. -
Incarcerated Yet Again
Was Incarcerated due to his creation of the Foward Bloc. "His refusal to remain in prison at this critical period of India’s history was expressed in a determination to fast to death, which frightened the British government into releasing him." (Subhas Chandra Bose) -
Escaped from Prison
"though closely watched, he escaped from his Calcutta residence in disguise and, traveling via Kabul and Moscow, eventually reached Germany in April." (Subhas Chandra Bose) -
Began making broadcasts from Germany to South Asia
"He and other Indians who had gathered in Berlin made regular broadcasts from the German-sponsored Azad Hind Radio beginning in January 1942, speaking in English, Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Gujarati, and Pashto." (Subhas Chandra Bose) -
Reached Tokyo
"A little more than a year after the Japanese invasion of Southeast Asia, Bose left Germany, traveling by German and Japanese submarines and by plane, and arrived in May 1943 in Tokyo." (Subhas Chandra Bose) -
Assumed leadership of Indian Independence Movement in East Asia
"A little more than a year after the Japanese invasion of Southeast Asia, Bose left Germany, traveling by German and Japanese submarines and by plane, and arrived in May 1943 in Tokyo." (Subhas Chandra Bose) -
His Army Reached Indian Soil
"In a stubborn battle, the mixed Indian and Japanese forces, lacking Japanese air support, were defeated and forced to retreat; the Indian National Army nevertheless for some time succeeded in maintaining its identity as a liberation army, based in Burma and then Indochina." (Subhas Chandra Bose) -
Death
"A few days after Japan’s announced surrender in August 1945, Bose, fleeing Southeast Asia, reportedly died in a Japanese hospital in Taiwan as a result of burn injuries from a plane crash." (Subhas Chandra Bose)