Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's Birthday To Be Celebrated as "Parakram Diwas" every year

On Tuesday, 19 January 2021, Government of India announced that the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, falling on January 23, will be celebrated every year as “Parakram Diwas”; inorder to honour his incomparable and “selfless service” to the nation.

“Starting from January 2021, every year the occasion will be celebrated to inspire people, especially youth of this country “to act with fortitude in the face of adversity as Netaji did, and to infuse in them a spirit of patriotic fervour,” the Union Ministry of Culture said in press statement.

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Earlier this month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi formed a high-level committee to commemorate the 125th birth anniversary celebrations of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. Among those on the committee include actors Kajol and Mithun Chakrabarty, musician AR Rahman, cricketer Sourav Ganguly, and Medanta chairman Ravi Kasliwal.

The 85 member committee - including 10 central ministers and seven chief ministers - will decide on the activities for a year long tribute.

This year on his birthday, an exhibition on Netaji will be held at Victoria Memorial and “an eminent personality”, yet to be chosen,  will deliver the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Memorial lecture on the day.