India celebrated 123rd birth anniversary of Subhash Chandra Bose.
He was born on January 23, 1897.
In order to commemorate Netaji’s birth anniversary, The Government of India is inaugurating a temple at Varanasi in the name of the leader (Netaji Temple) with a Dalit woman as a chief priest.
The prayers are to be performed to Bharat Mata at the temple.
The temple is to be built in red, white and black colours.
The red colour symbolizes revolution, black represents strength and white for peace.
In 2017, the Government confirmed that the leader had died on August 18, 1945 in a plane crash.