The Central Government has formed an 85-member high-level committee led by Prime Minster Modi to commemorate the 125th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in a befitting manner. A gazette notification to this effect was issued in New Delhi on Saturday.
The panel members include distinguished citizens, historians, authors, experts, Netaji’s family members and eminent persons associated with the Azad Hind Fauj, established by Netaji.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is among the members of the committee, which would decide on the activities for a one-year-long commemoration beginning from Netaji’s birthday January 23.
Tthe committee would guide the commemoration activities in Delhi, Kolkata and other places associated with Netaji and the Azad Hind Fauj in India and abroad.
Notably, born in Cuttack on January 23, 1897, Netaji played a key role in India’s freedom movement.