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Bose was born in Cuttack in Orissa on 23rd January, 1879, to Prabhabati Devi & Janakinath Bose. Bose’s father, Janakinath Bose was a celebrated lawyer and was even given “ Rai Bahadur” as title. During World War II he led the pioneering Indian National Army. He consistently advocated for India's total as well as unconditional independence for the clutches of britishers. He was later elected to the Legislative Council of Bengal.

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Bose was a bright and diligent student and had little interest in games. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Calcutta’s Presidency College.After witnessing multiple accounts of fellow Indian’s being exploited by the Britishers Subhash Bose decided to exact vengeance. He allegedly thrashed and beat a British Professor, E F Otten, in 1916. Professor E F Otten had given racist remarks on students of Indian origin. Bose was dismissed from college and was even barred from the University of Calcutta as a result. He was added to the rebel Indian’s list as a result of the occurrence. He was arrested as well as imprisoned in December 1921 for organizing a protest against the ceremonies marking the visit of Prince Wales to India.

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Naidu earned the moniker “the Nightingale of India” or “ Bharat Kokila'' by Mahatma Gandhi.

She was born in Hyderabad to a Bengali family and was educated in Madras, London, and Cambridge. During her time as a suffragist in England , she was attracted to the movement of India’s struggle for freedom led by the Indian National Congress. Naidu became a member of the Indian Nationalist Movement as well as a supporter of Mahatma Gandhi and the concept of Swaraj.

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In 1898, Naidi got married to Govindarajulu Naidu, a physician. Naidu was appointed as the president of INC in 1925. She later also became the United Province’s Governor in 1947, becoming the Dominion of India’s 1st female Governor.

Her poetry consists of both serious poems about tragedy, patriotism and romance as well as poems for children. One of her popular works include, “In the Bazaars of Hyderabad” which was published in 1912. On March 2,1949, Naidu died from a cardiac arrest.

Naidu has been one of the most significant female figures in the history of India’s freedom struggle as well as in the history of Indian literature. Naidu’s first book namely, “The Golden Threshold '' was published in 1905 in London. Her last book of poems, “ The Broken Wing” was devoted to Mohammed Ali Jinnah.

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Bose regarded nationalism as a bigger ideal than civil service. When he returned to India during 1921, he decided to be a part of the Nationalist Movement which was led by the Indian National Congress and Mahatma Gandhi. Bose first worked in Bengal with C. R. Das. The group was youthful, less interested in constitutional reform but was more inclined to support socialism. Bose rose quickly through the ranks and became the President of Indian National Congress in 1938. Disagreements between him and Gandhi after he was re-elected in 1939. The Congress had made it their mission to oppose every idea of Bose and to stifle his lofty ambitions. He felt suffocated many times during his congressional maneuver.

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To acknowledge support from outside and obtain freedom, Bose had traveled to distant Germany as well as Japan during the Second World War. He made the decision to persuade soldiers from outside the country to surrender. Bose, with Japanese assistance, reformed the Indian National Army, which was established by Captain Mohan Singh and Major Iwaichi Fujiwara. It consisted of Indian soldiers from the British Indian Army who had been captured by the Japanese during the Battle of Singapore.