In
order to commemorate the 125th birth anniversary of the great freedom fighter
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and as a part of the yearlong celebrations to mark
the event, the government has decided to install a grand statue of Netaji Subhas
Chandra Bose at India Gate in New Delhi. The statue, made of granite, shall be
a fitting tribute to the immense contribution of Netaji in the country's
freedom struggle, and would be a symbol of the country’s indebtedness to him.
Till the work for the statue is completed, a hologram statue of Netaji will be
present at the same place.
Ever
since the announcement of the installation of Netaji's statue at India Gate,
the discussion has once again started on social media among netizens whether
the Jawaharlal Nehru or Subhash Chandra Bose was the first Prime Minister of
the country?
If the
words of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s grandnephew are to be believed, Netaji
was India’s first prime minister as he hoisted the Indian flag in
Andaman and Nicobar islands. He said that “The history of India’s independence
has not been written properly and there has been distortions.” The history of
freedom struggle should be rewritten to inform the countrymen about the real
facts of the freedom struggle.
Netaji
played an important role in the freedom struggle and went to jail several
times. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose formed the first independent provisional
government of India on 21 October 1943, which was named “Azad Hind Sarkar”. Bose formed this government in Singapore
during the Second World War. Netaji
called this government as the first 'Arji Hukumte-Azad Hind' of independent
India. In 1944, while addressing the soldiers of the Azad Hind Fauj, Netaji
gave the famous slogan, "You give me blood, I will give you freedom."
Later,
Japan also handed over the Andaman and Nicobar islands to “Azad Hind Sarkar”
headed by Netaji. He was the prime minister of the first provisional government
of India. The country’s first independent government was recognized and supported
by eight countries, including Germany, Japan, Italy, Crotia, Thailand, Burma,
Manchuria, and Philippines.
Just
before independence, Jawaharlal Nehru was elected the President of Congress
with the support of Mahatma Gandhi. At
that time India was standing on the threshold of independence and as the head
of the first interim government of independent India, the president of the
Congress party was to be made the Prime Minister of the country.
Jawaharlal
Nehru became the head of the first interim government formed after the
country's independence on 15 August 1947. He had hoisted the tricolor on the
Red Fort on 15 August 1947 as the first Prime Minister of sovereign India i.e.
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of independent India.