Overview
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi posted on X praising Subhas Chandra Bose’s courage and said freedom demands capability, hard work, justice and organized resolve.
- The day marked 82 years since Bose hoisted the Tricolour in Port Blair on December 30, 1943 as leader of the Indian National Army.
- Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha hoisted the national flag and inaugurated the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Flag Point in Jammu.
- Sinha invoked Bose’s ‘Jai Hind’ slogan and called unity the foundation for the nation’s future while honoring Netaji’s contribution to the freedom struggle.
- Coverage referenced the government narrative that the 1943 event declared the Andaman and Nicobar Islands the first liberated territory and noted the 2021 dedication of the Sankalp Smarak in Port Blair.