Subhas Chandra Bose



India unveils statue to Nazi-allied independence hero

  • Subhas Chandra Bose was a charismatic and popular contemporary of Mahatma Gandhi but broke with the pacifist leader to forge alliances with Germany and Japan during World War II
  • The statue of ‘Netaji’ — or ‘leader,’ as Bose is commonly known — was erected near the India Gate war memorial in New Delhi, replacing a statue of Britain’s King George V
By AFP ·