Builders of Modern India- Subhas Chandra Bose

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FOR WRITING A biography-even a short biography-of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, one requires intensive preparation and careful study. Many books on Netaji have already appeared, but none of them, however, can be called a real biography of the great man that Subhas Bose was. Many of these books published so far are no more than mere source materials for the definitive biography that has yet to be written. The authors of books on Netaji have not claimed either to be his biographers nor have they recorded more than their personal impressions or, in some cases, personal observations on Netaji. They have done so in the expectation that 'the biography' will be published by someone some time. The truth is that such a biography cannot be written by one person within a short time and without intensive concentration and without the sifting of all available materials scattered in many parts of the world. For though he disappeared very young, yet the period of twenty years or so during which he was active, he achieved so much and spoke and wrote so often and had been to so many countries, that in order to publish a recorded narrative of all his various activities one requires sustained period of work and research extending for many years.

I am afraid I have not been able to devote so much time to the preparation of such a biography and, hence, this short and very personal estimate of Netaji Subhas Bose written at the request of the Publications Division of the Government of India. Nevertheless, it was necessary that such a book should be written because an assessment of his personality and his work should be attempted at various stages and by many people, so that eventually we can form a more objective and correct idea of his work and his personality. I have known Subhas Bose for many years.