Factcheck:Kangana Ranaut Refers to Subhash Chandra Bose as India’s First Prime Minister – Here’s What She Actually Said

The Lok Sabha Elections 2024 are coming up soon. The first round of voting will start on April 19, 2024. Different political parties have been announcing their candidates from all over the country in the run-up to the elections. Most recently, the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), which is currently in power, named Kangana Ranaut as one of its candidates from Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Bollywood actress caused a big stir when she called Subhash Chandra Bose the first Prime Minister of India in a recent interview. This is completely false; Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of Independent India. However, this has caused people to talk about a less well-known event in Indian history: Bose declared India independent before it was actually independent, and he set up a free government with himself as the head of the state. Find out more about it…

Subhash Chandra Bose NOT First PM Of India But…

As we already said, Kangana Ranaut caused a stir when she called Bose the first Prime Minister of India in a media interview. This is not true; Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of India. However, this has caused people to talk about another important event in Indian history that has to do with Subhash Chandra Bose.

History says that on October 21, 1943, four years before India got its freedom, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose set up a government for free India (Azad Hind), but not in India. He did it in Singapore. In a speech during the Second World War, Bose said that he was the Prime Minister (Head of State) and the Minister of War.

‘Father Of Nation’ Title First Used For Gandhi By Netaji

Along with this important event, there’s another thing you might not know about Subhash Chandra Bose. In 1944, “Netaji” was the one who first called Mahatma Gandhi “Father of the Nation” in a radio speech from Singapore. Even though they had different political views, Netaji was the one who first called him “Rashtrapita,” which means “Father of the Nation,” on July 6, 1944.

Kangana Ranaut Calls Bose First PM Of India, Creates Storm

We already talked about how Kangana Ranaut, the newest Bollywood star to join politics with the BJP for the upcoming Lok Sabha Polls, caused a lot of trouble when she called Subhash Chandra Bose the first Prime Minister of India. “Tell me one thing: where did India’s first prime minister, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, go when we got our independence?”