23 January: Subhash Chandra Bose's birth anniversary.

Stamp issued to mark his 67th birthday (23.01.1964)

"As soldiers, you will always have to cherish and live up to the three ideals of faithfulness, duty and sacrifice. Soldiers who always remain faithful to their nation, who are always prepared to sacrifice their lives, are invincible. If you, too, want to be invincible, engrave these three ideals in the innermost core of your hearts." - Subhash Chandra Bose.

Subhas Chandra Bose (b. 23 January 1897 – d. 18 August 1945) was a freedom fighter in the Indian independence movement who believed in violent resistance to British colonial rule, and founded the Indian National Army, an armed Indian nationalist force.