PM Modi, President Ram Nath Kovind remember Subhas Chandra Bose on 121th birth anniversary

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Ram Nath Kovind paid tribute to freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on his 121st birth anniversary on Tuesday.

"The valour of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose makes every Indian proud. We bow to this great personality on his Jayanti," Prime Minister Modi tweeted, along with a video.

The valour of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose makes every Indian proud. We bow to this great personality on his Jayanti. pic.twitter.com/Qrao1dnmQZ

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 23, 2018

  I offer my tributes to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. He remains one of our most beloved national heroes and an icon of India's freedom struggle, tweeted the President.

On his birthday, I offer my tributes to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. He remains one of our most beloved national heroes and an icon of India's freedom struggle #PresidentKovind

— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) January 23, 2018

Speaking to media, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's grandnephew, Chandra Kumar Bose said, "NDA government is committed to find out truth about the disappearance of the liberator of India. We have requested PM that true history of Indian freedom struggle must be documented & published."

Earlier, in an open letter, he had asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to announce the former's birth anniversary as 'Patriots Day' or 'DeshPrem Diwas'.

Subhas Chandra Bose was an Indian nationalist, whose intransigent patriotism made him a hero in India. It was on this day in 1897, Netaji was born in Cuttack, Odisha.

A number of functions are being organised in different parts of the country to mark the occasion.

Bose had been a leader of the younger, radical, wing of the Indian National Congress in the late 1920s and 1930s, rising to become Congress President in 1938 and 1939.

(With agency inputs)