Remembering Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: Rare photos from Express archives

Subhas Chandra Bose was born on January 23, 1897 in Orissa division. (Express archive photo)

Bose resigned from his civil service job on April 23, 1921, and returned to India from Britain. In pic: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose (third from left) with his father Janakinath Bose, sister-in-law Bivabati and brother Sarat Chandra in Shillong 1927. (Express archive photo)

During the mid-1930s, Bose travelled across Europe, visiting Indian students and European politicians, including Benito Mussolini. In pic: Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose (centre) with his wife Emilie Schenkl to his left at Basgastein, Austria in 1937. The others in the picture are ACN Nambiar, Hedy Fullop Miller and AN Bose. (Photo Credit Netaji Research Bureau.)

Subhas Chandra Bose delivered one of his most famous speech on July 4, 1944 for the Indian National Army at a rally of Indians in Burma. In pic: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose inspecting Indian National Army regiment. (Express archive photo)

With his most famous quote, 'Give me blood, and I shall give you freedom!, Bose urged the people of India to join him in his fight against the British Raj. In pic: Subhas Chandra Bose in Cellular Jail in Andaman And Nicobar. (Express archive photo)

While Bose is reported to have died in a plane crash, mystery shrouds his death. In pic: Indira Gandhi with her father Jawahar Lal Nehru and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. (Express archive photo)