| Where and when was Subhas Chandra Bose born? | Where: Cuttack, Odisha
When: January 23rd, 1897. |
| When was the Forward Bloc formed? | May 3rd, 1939. |
| What were the objectives of the Forward Bloc? | Immediate Objective:
Liberation of India with the help of youth, peasants and other organisations.
Objectives after attaining independence: To build a sovereign social republic.
(i) Developement of agriculture on socialist lines
(ii) Abolition of Zamindari System
(iii) Introduction of a new monetary and credit system |
| Where was Netaji put on house arrest? | Kolkata. |
| Who thought of the idea of the INA? | Mohan Singh. |
| When was Tokyo Conference held?
What were the decisions taken at the Tokyo Conference? | 28th to 30th March, 1942.
Decisions:
(i) To strengthen and expand the Indian Independence League.
(ii) To form under the command of the League an army for liberation, the INA.
(iii) To hold a conference at Bangkok to consolidate these decisions. |
| When was Bangkok Conference held?
What were the decisions taken at the Bangkok Conference? | 15th June to 23rd June, 1942.
Decisions:
(i) To invite Subhas Chandra Bose to come from Europe and lead this movement.
(ii) To form a Council of Action to control and guide the movement.
(iii) Elect Rashbehari Bose as the President of the Council of Action.
(iv) Make Mohan Singh the Commander-In-Chief of the INA. |
| What was the women's regiment in the INA called? And who was its leader? | Rani Jhansi Regiment.
Dr. Laxmi Swaminathan. |
| What are the objectives of the INA? | (i) To organize an armed revolution and to fight the British with modern arms.
(ii) Since Indians in their homeland cannot organize a revolution, this responsibility is left to the Indians living abroad, specially those living in East Asia.
(iii) To organize a Provisional Government of Free India to mobilize all the forces effectively.
(iv) Total mobilization of labour-force and money for a total war.
(v) Motto of the INA, 'Unity, faith, sacrifice.' |
| When and where was the Provisional Government of Free India set up? | In Singapore, on October 21st, 1943. |
| When and where was the Provisional Government headquarters shifted to? | In 1944, it was shifted to Rangoon. |
| When did Japan handover the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to the Provisional Government?
To what did Netaji rename them? | On November 6th, 1943.
Netaji renamed them to Shaheed and Swaraj Islands. |
| State some of the contributions of Subhas Chandra Bose. | He renamed the Andaman and Nicobar Islands as 'Shahid and Swaraj Islands'.
He took charge of the INA as its supreme commander.
He shifted the Provisional Government headquarters to Rangoon.
Worked for the nation's interest and not his own. |
| What was the date of Japanese official version of Subhas Chandra Bose's death? | August 18, 1945. |
