The government has decided to observe January 23 as ‘Parakram Diwas’ to commemorate the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, said Union Minister Prahlad Singh Patel.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the first ‘Parakram Diwas’ programme in Kolkata on Bose’s 125th birth anniversary and inaugurate an exhibition on the grounds of National Library to mark the occasion, Patel said.
Patel said PM Modi will also felicitate prominent members of the Indian National Army formed by Bose and their family members in Kolkata on Saturday. As many as 200 Patua (traditional folk art on a scroll) artists from West Bengal will make a painting on a 400-metre-long canvas depicting Subhas Chandra Bose’s life.
A programme at Haripura village in Gujarat’s Surat will also be held. Subhas Chandra Bose was elected as president of the Indian National Congress at the Haripura session in 1938. The ministry of culture is also considering a memorial built in honour of around 26,000 INA members who died fighting for the country.
