Supreme soldier ; Considered by the British as their most resolute and resourceful enemy, Subhas Chandra Bose may not have taken to Gandhi's ways, but he was instrumental in the stirring of a new political consciousness.

From: India Today | Date: April 21, 2008| Author: Sugata Bose | Copyright information

SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE FREEDOM FIGHTER, 1897-1945

& quot;In one respect, Christopher Bayly and Tim Harper write of the war situation in 1943, the British had much to fear. Subhas Chandra Bose, their most resolute and resourceful Indian enemy, was on the move.

Bose had boarded a German U-boat at Kiel on February 8, 1943, on a perilous voyage across half the globe to Southeast Asia.

There is a certain amount of risk undoubtedly in this undertaking, Bose had written to t...