Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose

WLEWP Section-2 : Group-1

Aniket Gajjar (2019PGP136)

Ashish Munda (2019PGP142)
Chubarenla Lomgkumer (2019PGP148)
Pratyush Joshi (2019PGP172)
Stanzin Gurmet (2019PGP185)
Suryansh Singh (2019PGP189)
Swagata Ghosh (2019PGP191)
Kshitij Avinash Meshram (2018PGP080)
 BACKGROUND
• Subhas Chandra Bose was born on 23 January 1897 in Cuttack, Orissa Division, Bengal Province, to

Prabhavati Dutt Bose and Janakinath Bose, an advocate belonging to a Bengali Kayastha family. He was

the ninth in a family of 14 children

• His primary education happened at Protestant European School (presently Stewart High School) in

Cuttack, in 1902, and then later shifted to then shifted to the Ravenshaw Collegiate School

• His young mind was influenced by the teachings of Swami Vivekananda and Ramakrishna after reading

their works, further more the behavior of British towards the Indians in public and the outbreak of World

War-I influenced his thinking

• His nationalistic temperament came to light when he was expelled for assaulting Professor Oaten (who

had manhandled some Indian students) for the latter's anti-India comments.
 BACKGROUND
• Bose had been a leader of the younger, radical, wing of the Indian National
Congress in the late 1920s and 1930s, rising to become Congress President in
1938 and 1939.
• However, he was ousted from Congress leadership positions in 1939 following
differences with Mahatma Gandhi and the Congress high command.
• He was subsequently placed under house arrest by the British before escaping
from India in 1940

The Indian National Congress

Indian National Army
• He met senior officials of Hitler’s administration, after escaping from
his house arrest and arrived at Berlin in 1941
• After the priorities of Germany shifting he shifted his focus Southeast
Asia and the Imperial Japan and convinced them to help him raise the
Indian National Army
• His defiant patriotism made him a hero in India, but whose attempt
during World War II to rid India of British rule with the help of Nazi
Germany and Imperial Japan left a troubled legacy.
 Challenges faced by
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
FA C I N G I D E O L O G I C A L A D V E R S A R I E S
While he was elected congress president for two consecutive terms , he had
to resign following ideological conflicts with Mahatma Gandhi.

FA C I N G M U LT I P L E I M P R I S O N M E N T S
He was imprisoned 11 times by British authorities between 1925 and 1940.
In 1940 he escaped his house arrest and went to Russia via Afghanistan.

CHALLENGE OF RAISING AN ENTIRE ARMY

Raised and entire army of 43000 people, was a model of diversity by region,
ethnicity, religion, and even gender.
 Challenges faced by
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
CHALLENGE OF CONVINCING AXIS POWERS
He met senior officials of Hitler’s administration, and later Imperial Japan and
convinced them to help hi raise the Indian National Army

S TA N D I N G F O R B E L I E F A N D I D E O L O G Y
He was a believer of unqualified Swaraj including use of force to achieve it,
shows he was practical and a believer in realpolitik

GIVING HOPE TO PEOPLE

His call of “Give me blood I shall give you freedom ” and his charisma made
POWs and civilians wanting to join INA.
 Strategies to face and overcome challenges
• He stood for unqualified Swaraj including the use of force against
the British
• He did not take a step backward and always stuck to the situation
and improvised
• He opposed the path that did not lead to the goal
• Worked for the Nation’s interest sacrificing his own
• Brought together the powers which guided him to freedom and did
not leave the job halfway
• Consistent efforts regardless of the obstacles
• Use of all possible tactics to achieve the target
• According to Ohio state study Bose was both a task oriented and • “ Higher the target, more
people oriented leader. He had the perfect balance the obstacles, so
multiply your efforts in
• Theory Y was applicable to Netaji (self motivated, positivity, the same proportion”
enthusiasm)
• “An enemy’s enemy is a
friend”
• “Freedom is not given,
its taken”
 Strategies to face and overcome challenges
• His religious and spiritual propensity was elevated and broadened in
contact with the teachings, writings and philosophy of Ramkrishna
Paramahansa, Swami Vivekananda and Sri Aurobindo Ghose
• Took inspiration from Hindu spirituality like the Vedanta and the Bhagwad
Gita for struggle against the British
• Subhas Chandra Bose accepted Upanishadic concept of 'Tyaga' and
imbibed the ideal of renunciation for self-realisation and became
determined to work ceaselessly for the benefit of the country and its
toiling masses
• His view of nation-wide freedom struggle would result in psychological
metamorphosis on political front
• Advocating for all round emancipation of women
• Education necessary for character building and all round development of
human life. He was in favour of a common educational policy with a
common script, the common lingua franca being Hindustani
• According to him, liberty broadly signified political, economic and social
freedom. For him economic freedom was the essence of social and
political freedom
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose – Exemplary Military Leader
1. Bose sought help from the then Japanese
government and Nazi party because “enemy
of enemy is an ally”.

2. Bose led from the front through personal

example.

3. He had a magnetic personality that could

mesmerize people and win their love and
admiration.

4. His followers regarded Bose as an incarnation

of God himself – they offered him strong
allegiance and also went to great lengths to
keep their promises to him out of volition.

5. Bose led the formation of independent

government Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind.

6. He revived the once disbanded Indian

National Army (INA) and took charge.

7. The Azad Hind Fouz received huge amount of

donation and moral support without a single
iota of coercion.
 Examples of Leadership Strategies
• As a student leader at Presidency University, Bose jeopardised his own personal
career by shouldering the entire blame of assaulting Prof. Oaten and accepting the
expulsion. He never divulged the names of his followers and classmates who
supported him.
• As the Chief Executive of Calcutta Municipal Corporation, Bose himself started
cleaning the railway platforms of Sealdah Junction and soon a large crowd joined
in to help him. Calcutta became garbage free in a span of just 3 days.
• During the retreat of the Indian National Army, he walked on foot for 10 miles
along with the soldiers.
• Bose personally inspected all the hospitals and kitchens at the INA camps, and he
ate the same food as all the other soldiers.
• He once accepted a donation of ₹3 from a beggar woman with tears in his eyes
and honoured her for her contributions.
• During a flood in North Bengal in 1931, Bose was the first among the soldiers to
wade through the knee-deep waters carrying a sack of rice tied on his back and
other soldiers followed suit.
 Leadership Lessons for
ACT ON YOUR INSTINCT
Individual
“No real change in history has ever been
achieved by discussions.”

BELIEVE IN THE CAUSE

“One individual may die for an idea, but
that idea will, after his death, incarnate
itself in a thousand lives.”

GIVE, IN ORDER TO GET

“Forget not that the grossest
crime is to compromise with
injustice and wrong. Remember
the eternal law: you must give, if
you want to get.”

READING THE TRENDS

 Leadership Lessons for Organization
Reading The Trends:
He was the ONLY INDIAN LEADER WHO HAD AN IN-
DEPTH UNDERSTANDING OF GLOBAL AFFAIRS and
was excellent at reading the emerging trends. That is
one skill every businessman needs to hone!

Leadership Skills:
The British could rule over India for close to 200 years
but getting these people to break their oath to the
British king and the king’s army for the sake of the
country’s freedom was indeed a huge accomplishment.

Negotiation Skills:
Netaji was able to persuade Germans though he was not
physically present in Germany, but thousands of
kilometers away in Singapore, it does speak highly of the
influence that Netaji wielded over the German high
command and Hitler himself
 Leadership Lessons for Organization
Don’t Shy Away From Work:
Netaji was a doer. He could have lived
comfortably in Berlin until the end of the war
and enjoyed all the privileges But no, he sailed
8,000 miles through the thick of the war in a
cramped U-Boat all the way to Singapore to
raise another army of Indian PoWs.

Equal Opportunities:
The INA units were formed as all-India units
devoid of any bias towards caste, creed or
color. After Independence, the new units
raised by the Indian Army was modelled on
this concept
 Thank You
For Your Attention.

WLEWP (S2) ~ Group 1