His Majesty\'s Opponent. Subhas Chandra Bose and India\'s Struggle Against Empire

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death of, 265, 266; false news of son’s death
and, 216; letters in Bengali from Subhas, 15,
23–24
Bose, Rashbehari (revolutionary), 242, 244,
255
Bose, Sarat Chandra (elder brother), 9, 30, 33,
93, 358n74; in Bengal legislative assembly,
168; bungalow in Kurseong, 113, 123; Cal-
cutta (Woodburn Park) home of, 70, 74,
117, 125, 163, 184; civil disobedience move-
ment and, 83; coalition politics and, 150;
communications with Subhas during war,
211, 212; demand for release of po lit i cal
prisoners, 182; detained as prisoner during
Second World War, 212; elected as alder-
man, 53; family of, 156; Gandhi and, 127;
health of Subhas as concern of, 66; ICS
question and, 39; on imperialism and totali-
tarianism, 172–173; news of Subhas’s death
in plane crash, 305, 320; in prison, 83, 84,
114; release from prison after war, 309; sec-
retary of, 137; Subhas’s escape plan and,
186–187, 193–194, 199–200; Subhas’s re-
election campaign and, 155; support pro-
vided to Subhas, 47; visits to Subhas in
prison, 114
Bose, Sarat Chandra, correspondence with
Subhas, 24, 38, 40–41, 177–178; on govern-
ment’s offer of European exile, 68–69; on
ideas, 45, 69; on Mandalay Jail, 58; on
prison hunger strike, 65; on resignation
from the ICS, 42–43; Subhas’s journey to
Asia, 231
Bose, Satish (eldest brother), 43
Bose, Sisir Kumar (nephew, son of Sarat), 114,
123, 195, 211; detention of, 284; escape plan
of Subhas and, 184–191, 193, 198; news of
Subhas’s death in plane crash, 304–305,
320–321; secret agents and, 283–284; Sub-
has’s secret communications from abroad
and, 265–266
Bose, Subhas Chandra: on approach of war,
169; arrests, 54–55, 78, 83, 177; autobiogra-
phy, 22–23, 24, 29, 30, 128–129; in Bangkok,
251, 265, 287, 296, 301–302; Bengal Provin-
cial Congress Committee and, 167; in Berlin
during Second World War, 203, 205, 208–
213; birth of, 14, 15, 17; British plans to as-
sassinate, 208; in Burma, 284–285, 287; in
Calcutta, 25–34; Cambridge University edu-
cation, 8, 34–44; in China, 262–263; circle


of Indians in Berlin and, 206–207, 228;
communications with India during war,
211–212, 265–266; on communism and fas-
cism, 98, 132; in Cuttack, 17–25; on democ-
racy, 72–73; denounced as traitor and fas-
cist, 273–274; education, 19–21; elected
mayor of Calcutta, 79–80; as electoral can-
didate, 66–67; ethics of ser vice and sac ri fice,
128, 327; famine relief for Bengal and, 250;
Forward Bloc and, 166–167, 176; as George
Washington of India, 1, 3, 4; German–Brit-
ish rivalry and, 154, 202–205, 216; habits,
228, 253; as hero in South Asia, 6–7, 326–
327; Hindu–Muslim relations and, 54, 59,
174–177, 180, 231–232, 326; Hitler’s meet-
ing with, 201, 219–221; on imperialism and
war, 174, 176–177, 202–203; Imphal offen-
sive and, 271, 273, 274–275, 277–278, 281,
326; Indian Civil Service (ICS) and, 33–34,
38–44, 49, 128, 131; Indian National Army
(INA) and, 245–247, 251–253, 255–256,
260, 263, 278; on industrial development,
141–142, 145; in Ireland, 105–107; Japanese
military commanders and, 12–13, 272; Jin-
nah and, 175, 176; as leader of youth, 70–
84; legacy of, 321–327; legend of, 12, 14;
love for Emilie Schenkl, 102, 111–113, 116,
129–131, 153; on music, 62, 64; national an-
them and greeting chosen by, 210–211,
256–257; National Planning Committee
and, 146; as Netaji (“revered leader”), 1–2,
209, 246; in noncooperation movement,
48–49; philosophy as interest of, 32–33, 121,
128; as president of Indian National Con-
gress, 7, 133, 146, 152, 236, 262; provincial
elected of fices and, 118–119; Provisional
Government of Azad Hind (Free India)
and, 5, 12, 253–255; radio broadcasts dur-
ing war, 213, 216, 218–219, 223–225, 278–
279, 281, 296–297; reading interests of, 60–
61, 83, 115, 121; reelection campaign of,
153–158; religion and, 53, 187, 253; reputa-
tion in West, 6; retreat from Burma and,
292–295; samyavada ideal, 88, 89; on Sec-
ond World War, 201–202; ser vice to human-
ity as ideal, 10, 11, 21–22, 38; in Singapore,
3–4, 8, 238, 296–301; socialists and, 147–148;
submarine voyage to Asia, 11, 219, 230, 231–
237; on swaraj (self-rule), 40, 161; in Tokyo,
237, 240, 243–244; Vivekananda’s in flu ence
on, 21–22, 23; writings, 121–122, 165
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