{"id":8067,"date":"2025-12-31T00:01:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T18:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.suramya.com\/blog\/?p=8067"},"modified":"2025-12-30T21:23:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T15:53:50","slug":"82nd-anniversary-of-netaji-hoisting-the-tricolour-for-the-first-time-on-the-indian-soil-at-port-blair-in-andaman-and-nicobar-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.suramya.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/82nd-anniversary-of-netaji-hoisting-the-tricolour-for-the-first-time-on-the-indian-soil-at-port-blair-in-andaman-and-nicobar-islands\/","title":{"rendered":"82nd Anniversary of Netaji hoisting the Tricolour for the first time on the Indian Soil at Port Blair in Andaman and Nicobar Islands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>India owes a lot to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose because without his <i>Ajad Hind Fauj<\/i> India would not have gotten its independence from the British. It was only when the Ajad Hind Fauj started making its way from the north-east India towards Delhi &#038; Calcutta did the British finally agree to leave India. <\/p>\n<p>His freedom struggle was years in making and on 30th Dec 1943, Netaji hoisted the Tricolour for the first time on the Indian Soil in Port Blair at the Andaman and Nicobar Islands declaring the Islands as the first Indian Territory to be freed from the colonial rule. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>According to the Government of India, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose had visited the South Andaman district in 1943. On December 30, 1943, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, the Commander of the Azad Hind Fauj or the Indian National Army (INA), hoisted the Indian National Flag for the first time on the soil of Port Blair.<\/p>\n<p>This historic event occurred after his escape from British surveillance on January 16, 1941, when he entered Indian soil. The flag hoisting symbolised the realisation of his promise that the Indian National Army would set foot on Indian soil by the end of 1943. This also marked a declaration of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands as the &#8220;first liberated territory of India&#8221;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Now every year on 30th December a function is organized at Flag Point commemorating the first flag hoisting by Netaji. Without the struggle and sacrifice of these brave men and women India would not have won its independence and we owe it to them to ensure that their sacrifice and hard-work is not whitewashed and gaslit out of our history books. While I was writing this post I remembered this old Hindi song which is completely apt so <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=099HSMdFpOc\">sharing it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u092f\u0947 \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0939\u0948 \u0935\u0940\u0930 \u091c\u0935\u093e\u0928\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u093e<br \/>\n\u0905\u0932\u092c\u0947\u0932\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u093e \u092e\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0928\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u093e<br \/>\n\u0907\u0938 \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0915\u093e \u092f\u093e\u0930\u094b \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0915\u0939\u0928\u093e<br \/>\n\u092f\u0947 \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0939\u0948 \u0926\u0941\u0928\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0915\u093e \u0917\u0939\u0928\u093e <\/p>\n<p>\u092f\u0939\u093e\u0901 \u091a\u094c\u0921\u093c\u0940 \u091b\u093e\u0924\u0940 \u0935\u0940\u0930\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0940<br \/>\n\u092f\u0939\u093e\u0901 \u092d\u094b\u0932\u0940 \u0936\u0915\u094d\u0932\u0947\u0902 \u0939\u0940\u0930\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0940<br \/>\n\u092f\u0939\u093e\u0901 \u0917\u093e\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u0930\u093e\u0901\u091d\u0947 \u092e\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902<br \/>\n\u092e\u091a\u0924\u0940 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u0927\u0942\u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092c\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902 <\/p>\n<p>\u092a\u0947\u0921\u093c\u094b\u0902 \u092a\u0947 \u092c\u0939\u093e\u0930\u0947\u0902 \u091d\u0942\u0932\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0940<br \/>\n\u0930\u093e\u0939\u094b\u0902 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0915\u093c\u0924\u093e\u0930\u0947\u0902 \u092b\u0942\u0932\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0940<br \/>\n\u092f\u0939\u093e\u0901 \u0939\u0901\u0938\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948 \u0938\u093e\u0935\u0928 \u092c\u093e\u0932\u094b\u0902 \u092e\u0947\u0902<br \/>\n\u0916\u093f\u0932\u0924\u0940 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u0915\u0932\u093f\u092f\u093e\u0901 \u0917\u093e\u0932\u094b\u0902 \u092e\u0947\u0902 <\/p>\n<p>\u0915\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0926\u0902\u0917\u0932 \u0936\u094b\u0916\u093c \u091c\u0935\u093e\u0928\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0947<br \/>\n\u0915\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0915\u0930\u094d\u0924\u092c \u0924\u0940\u0930 \u0915\u092e\u093e\u0928\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0947<br \/>\n\u092f\u0939\u093e\u0901 \u0928\u093f\u0924 \u0928\u093f\u0924 \u092e\u0947\u0932\u0947 \u0938\u091c\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902<br \/>\n\u0928\u093f\u0924 \u0922\u094b\u0932 \u0914\u0930 \u0924\u093e\u0936\u0947 \u092c\u091c\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 <\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0926\u093f\u0932\u092c\u0930 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f \u0926\u093f\u0932\u0926\u093e\u0930 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u0939\u092e<br \/>\n\u0926\u0941\u0936\u094d\u092e\u0928 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f \u0924\u0932\u0935\u093e\u0930 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u0939\u092e <\/strong><br \/>\n\u092e\u0948\u0926\u093e\u0901 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0905\u0917\u0930 \u0939\u092e \u0921\u091f \u091c\u093e\u090f\u0901<br \/>\n\u092e\u0941\u0936\u094d\u0915\u093f\u0932 \u0939\u0948 \u0915\u093f \u092a\u0940\u091b\u0947 \u0939\u091f \u091c\u093e\u090f\u0901 <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A very rough Translation:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nThis country has brave young men who are carefree<br \/>\nFriends, this country<br \/>\nFriends, this country is great<br \/>\nThis country is an ornament of the world<\/p>\n<p>Here the courageous people have a brave heart<br \/>\nHere the women have an innocent face<br \/>\nHere the lovers sing<br \/>\nHere the lovers sing in joy<br \/>\nThere are gatherings in the colony<\/p>\n<p>There are swings of spring on the trees<br \/>\nThere are flowers lined up in the paths<br \/>\nHere the rainy season smiles<br \/>\nHere the rainy season smiles in the tresses<br \/>\nThe flowers blossom on the cheeks<\/p>\n<p>Somewhere the young are wrestling<br \/>\nSomewhere there&#8217;s a talent show of archery<br \/>\nHere there are carnivals<br \/>\nHere there are carnivals adorned all around<br \/>\nWhere the drums and music are playing<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a lover for my beloved<br \/>\nI&#8217;m a sword for my enemy<br \/>\nIf I step my foot on the battlefield<br \/>\nIf I step my foot on the battlefield<br \/>\nThen it&#8217;s impossible to turn me back<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It is good to see India taking back its seat at the world stage and leading it towards a better future. (Yes there are issues that need to be solved but while we are working on that we do need to celebrate our progress as well)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Suramya<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India owes a lot to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose because without his Ajad Hind Fauj India would not have gotten its independence from the British. It was only when the Ajad Hind Fauj started making its way from the north-east India towards Delhi &#038; Calcutta did the British finally agree to leave India. His freedom [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"","activitypub_status":"federated","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-thoughts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suramya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suramya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suramya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suramya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suramya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8067"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.suramya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8071,"href":"https:\/\/www.suramya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8067\/revisions\/8071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suramya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suramya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suramya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}