The name of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose fills every Indian with pride and with emotions of patriotism. Everyone acknowledges that he was a great leader, who changed the course of the history of India. In the struggle for India’s Independence against the British, his Contribution has been unique. He sacrificed his everything to attain independence and even today is a source of inspiration to the Indian people. Janakinath Bhawan, the ancestral house of Netaji Birth Place Museum, is located at Oriya Bazar in Cuttack city of Orissa.
Subhas Bose was born in this house on 23.1.1897 and spent his early childhood at Cuttack. He lived in this house with a large family of eight brothers and six sisters. His father Janaki Nath Bose was a lawyer by profession and a man of repute during his time. Subhas Bose passed the Entrance examination from Ravenshaw Collegiate School in 1913 and thereafter went to Calcutta to pursue higher studies. Interesting collections in the Museum include 22 original letters written by Netaji from Geneva, Milan in Italy, Mandalay Jail, Rangoon Jail in Myanmar, Presidency Jail, Alipore New Central Jail in Calcutta and Berlin to his parents and family members. The ancestral house where Netaji was born and brought up till he completed his school education has been covered in a Museum. Netaji Birth Place Museum is one of the tourist attraction places in Cuttack, Odisha.
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