Subhas Chandra Bose and North East India by Dr. Rabindra Bordoloi

Subhas Chandra Bose was one of the greatest personality as far as the freedom movement in India was concerned.  He was a very popular leader of the country and worked to free India from British dominion. Bose had become twice the president of the INC and united the people to fight for freedom. The Indian political scenario, particularly his ideological and methodological conflicts with Gandhiji had compelled him to leave his motherland. His participation and his leadership in INA and the high idealism of the INA movement and Bose’s grand scheme of India’s liberation inspired   huge number of Indian people in an unprecedented manner. The fiery patriotism, supreme courage and gifted organizational abilities of Subhas Bose were unquestionable. With the leaders and people of North East India Netaji had maintained cordial relations and tried to understand the problems of the region. The revolutionary ideas of Netaji had attracted common people of the region to participate in the war of India’s independence. After the formation of the INA in June, 1942 Netaji tried to liberate the country from North Eastern side and the forces of INA along with Japanese troops fought with British forces in the region. Many people of the region had supported the revolutionary ideas of Netaji and join the Azad Hind Fauj to liberate the country. The flag of free India was first planted by the soldiers of INA at Moirang of present Manipur state. Netajis’s mission in India is much heard and talked about both in the scholastic and academic realm. Many facts and records on Subash Chandra Bose are still not getting proper attention. A systematic study and research would necessary to highlight all the hidden aspects of Netaji’s role in the freedom movement of India. This peer reviewed book contains research papers on the role played by Netaji in the freedom movement of India with special reference to North East India.

Dr. Rabindra Bordoloi (b.1979) a post-graduate in History from Gauhati University, hails from Kaki, Hojai in the state of Assam. He did his Ph.D from Assam University in 2018. He has been working on local history, folk culture and ethnic history of North East India. So far, he has published several thought provoking research papers in reputed research journals and books. He has taken part in several national and international seminars, workshops and conferences. His published books are Politics and Administration of the Tiwas (2021), Exploring Local History and Folk Culture of North East India (2021) and Ethnic Life of North East India (2021). He has the credit in editing The Watchword, a Peer Reviewed Annual Journal of Assam College Teachers’ Association (2019). His area of interest is on ethnic and local history, culture and autonomy movement in North East India. Currently, he is serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Nanda Nath Saikia College, Titabar (Assam).