Subhas Chandra Bose

Subhas Chandra Bose, also known as Netaji by his supporters, was a leading figure in the Indian independence movement.

In July 1941, Ram, a Sepoy from Bengal training in Lahore, played card games with his custom pack of playing cards depicting leaders of the independence movement. Chandra Bose represented the King of Diamonds (Gandhi was conspicuously absent).

Chandra Bose was the head of the Indian National Army during World War II. He aligned the movement with Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, claiming he was doing so for the sake of India's freedom. The movement aided the Japanese in the Far East Campaign, fighting against British and other Indian forces.

Many followers of the Indian National Army were Indian prisoners of war captured during the fall of Singapore in 1942. In 1944, the Indian National Army suffered heavy losses in the hard fighting at Kohima. Prem Barsar, no supporter of Chandra Bose, decried the developments which had led Indians to fight against other Indians. (PROSE: Letters from the Front)

On 17 August 1947, India was granted independence but the violent divisions of the Partition of India ensued. (TV: Demons of the Punjab)