Biography
Bose escaped house arrest in 1941 and reorganized the Indian National Army in Southeast Asia. The INA was defeated in Burma. He died after a plane crash in Taipei in August 1945.
Asia · 1900–1950
SC
Primary revolution
Subhas Chandra Bose
Indian National Army
Congress leader who raised the Indian National Army against British rule during the Second World War.
Life
1897–1945
1897–1945
Place
Kolkata, India
Kolkata, India
Years
1943–1945
1943–1945
Map
22.5726, 88.3639
22.5726, 88.3639
Revolution
Theme. Independence · National army
Key figures. Lakshmi Sahgal
Outcome. The INA was defeated in the field. The later trials stirred the British Indian armed forces.
Casualties. Thousands of INA soldiers died in the Burma campaign.
Influence. A central figure in Indian memory of armed independence.