Who called Subhash Chandra Bose a national hero?

The correct answer is Rabindranath Tagore.

• Rabindranath Tagore called Subhash Chandra Bose as Desh Nayak.

Key Points

• Subhash Chandra Bose:

  • He founded the Independence for India League with Jawaharlal Nehru.
  • He was elected as the President of INC at its Haripura Session (1938) and Tripuri Session (1939) but resigned from Tripuri due to differences with Mahatma Gandhi.
  • He took the charge of the Indian Army (Azad Hind Fauj) in 1943 in Singapore and set up an Indian Provisional government there.
  • Subhash Chandra Bose was the one who addressed Mahatma Gandhi as the Father of the Nation.
  • He gave the famous slogans–Dilli Chalo and Jai Hind.
  • The Indian Struggle was his autobiography.
  • He was called Desh Nayak by Rabindranath Tagore.

Additional Information

• Rabindranath Tagore:
  • His first poem was published in the Amrita Bazar Patrika and then he wrote ‘Banaphul’ and ‘Bhanusimha Padavali’.
  • He founded Shantiniketan near Bolpore in December 1901.
  • He wrote Gitanjali, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1913.
  • He also founded the Vishwa Bharati University.
  • In 1919, he renounced the knighthood granted by the British crown after the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre. 
  • His composed National Anthem by two nations
    • India–Jana Gana Mana
    • Bangladesh–Amar Sonar Bangla
• Bal Gangadhar Tilak:
  • He launched two newspapers that are the Kesari in Marathi and the Maratha in English.
  • He also organised Ganpati Festival in 1893 AD and Shivaji Festival in 1895 AD.
  • Tilak asserted: ‘Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it.
  • He was awarded the title of Lokmanya.
  • He was a part of the trio of ‘Lal-Bal- Pal’ and the extremist group.
  • He authored books The Arctic Home of Vedas and Gita Rahasya.