Amazon Quiz (March 25, 2022): Which Indian state celebrates Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s birthday as Desh Nayak Diwas?

West Bengal

Assam

Odisha

Manipur

Answer: West Bengal

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on the 125th birth anniversary of freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, announced that the state of West Bengal would henceforth celebrate the day as Desh Nayak Diwas, saying that Bose had not received his due respect from the Central government.

“There has been no patriot like Netaji. He endorsed Tagore’s ‘Jana Gana Mana’ for the National Anthem. He gave the ‘Jai Hind’ slogan. Netaji was a great philosopher. He envisioned the Planning Commission and the Indian National Army before Independence. But Netaji did not get his due respect,” Banerjee said, making the announcement.

She went on to criticise the Central government in a veiled manner, saying, “They claim to revere Netaji but scrapped the Planning Commission. I do not know why?”

“We will celebrate the birthday of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose as ‘Desh Nayak Diwas’. It is based on a great history. Rabindranath Tagore addressed Netaji as Desha Nayak. We formed a committee for Netaji’s 125th birth anniversary celebration. Amartya Sen, Abhijeet Banerjee and eminent personalities are part of the committee for the year-long celebration,” Banerjee concluded.

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was born on January 23, 1897, but died under mysterious circumstances, with most reports suggesting that he died from third-degree burns in a plane crash in Taipei on August 18, 1945.

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