West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday paid tributes to Indian freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on his 121st birth anniversary.

Banerjee took to twitter saying, “Remembering Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on his birth anniversary. Jai Hind”.

Advertisement

Remembering Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on his birth anniversary. Jai Hind pic.twitter.com/LxvrSZIjDd

Advertisement

— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) January 23, 2018

Banerjee in a series to tweets said, “Netaji is a National Hero, an epitome of patriotism, selfless service, courage, dignity and dedication” and added “Today is the day for all of us including our young generation to take pledge again to work tirelessly for the good our country and the people.Jai Hind”.

Netaji is a National Hero, an epitome of patriotism, selfless service, courage, dignity and dedication. Today is the day for all of us including our young generation to take pledge again to work tirelessly for the good our country and the people.Jai Hind pic.twitter.com/R6vUZKRF5n

— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) January 23, 2018

The birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was celebrated everywhere in befitting manner.I was present in the state-level programme at Kolkata Maidan. pic.twitter.com/jAEFqqXa7V

— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) January 23, 2018

Subhas Chandra Bose, who was also referred as Netaji, was born 23 January 1897 in Bengal constituency (now Odisha state) in India. He was a Indian Independence movement activist and a member of Indian National Congress Party. He became the party president in 1938.

Netaji left India after he had a falling-out with Mahatma Gandhi and later approached Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan to assist in making India an independent country.

In 1942, Bose formed the Indian National Army with help from Japan to fight the British Raj in India.

Also read: PM Modi pays tributes to Bose on his 121st birth anniversary

However, Netaji died from third-degree burns on 18 August 1945 after his overloaded Japanese plane crashed in Japanese-ruled Formosa (now Taiwan). His death has been mired in controversy, as the circumstances of his death were not accepted by his supporters.

The government has so far released over 303 classified files on Netaji. The declassified files are available on http://www.netajipapers.gov.in.