On 19 January 2021, Ministry of Culture, (Special Cell) notified that the Government of India has decided to celebrate the 125th Birth Anniversary year of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose beginning from 23rd January 2021 in a befitting manner at national and international level. This is great news for the Indians and thanks to the Government of India as Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s contribution in the independence movement was colossal, albeit somehow so many years of our independence Netaji’s sacrifice was not highlighted as it should be. And in this regard, a simple line will clarify the picture, Mr Clement Richard Attlee, who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951 and the Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955 agreed Netaji was the toughest challenge the British Empire faced. He also stated that because of the military activities of Netaji Subhas Chandra the erosion of loyalty to the British crown among the Indian Army and Navy personnel scaled up massively. Netaji was born on 23 January 1897 in Cuttack, Orissa/Odisha. From childhood, he was a patriot and with heart and soul was Indian and he never tolerated any foreigner talking against Indians. In this context, an event may be cited. He thrashed a British Professor E.F. Otten in the Presidency College of Calcutta in 1916 for Prof Otten’s racist remark against Indians and for this, Netaji had to suffer also, however with the intervention of Indian scholars and other stalwarts the matter was settled. He was a brilliant student also. His brilliancy may be assumed when he went to England in 1919 to compete Indian Civil Service as desired by his parents and subsequently in 1920, he came out fourth in order of merit with the highest mark in English but he was deeply disturbed by the Jallianwalla Bagh massacre and left his Civil Service probation in midway and returned India. After returning, Subhas Chandra joined Indian National Congress subsequently, he started working under Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das, whom he always respected as a political mentor. In those days Netaji and other youth leaders were in favour of complete freedom but other leaders were in favour of “dominion status for India within the British rule” and this difference sharply cropped up in 1928 Gauhati (now Guwahati) Session of the Congress. While Subhas Chandra Bose was Congress president many admired him for his energetic role and that is why he was elected President of Indian National Congress for two consecutive terms but had to resign in the mid of second term due to ideological difference with Gandhiji as Mahatma Gandhi’s preferred Pattabhi Sitaramaiah, but he was defeated. It is believed that albeit Pattabhi Sitaramaiah was a Telugu person hailing from the southern part of India but many persons of the southern region of India voted in favour of Netaji Subhas. Anyhow, while Netaji was Congress President he carried out many remarkable works – one was his initiative to keep Assam with India as then Muslim League leaders’ had a different game plan. In 1938, Assam was passing through a great political turmoil as there was a serious political problem – Muslim League vs. Congress. During that time, Gopinath Bordoloi invited Netaji (President of Congress that time) to come to Assam and intervene. Subhas Chandra immediately rushed to Assam and strongly advocated the formation of the ministry under the leadership of Gopinath Bordoloi. As a sequel, Assamese youths were happy and a booklet on Subhas Chandra was published by some enthusiastic students of Cotton College in 1939, under the umbrella of All Assam Progressive Youth Association (AAPYA, formed that time). While Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was Head of Indian National Army (INA) or Azad Hind Fauj, Dr. (Mrs.) Lakshmi Swaminathan met him in Singapore and decided to join in the freedom movement as she was impressed with the charismatic speech of Netaji Subhas. She as Captain Lakshmi headed a regiment called Jhansi Rani Laxmi Bai Regiment. It was the first regiment headed by a lady in Asia with around 1000 women personnel. Also, it is pertinent to mention that around 60,000 persons consisting of all religions were in Azad Hind Fauj and brigades were in the name of great personalities: Gandhi brigade, Nehru brigade, Azad brigade, Subhas brigade, Rani of Jhansi regiment. No Indian can forget Netaji’s great statement, ‘You give me your blood and I will give you Independence!’