Archive · 1 Oct 2026
Modi Highlights Bose’s 1920 UPSC Exam at Centenary Event
Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended a ceremony celebrating 100 years of the Union Public Service Commission.
The event took place in New Delhi on October 1.
Modi said Subhas Chandra Bose took the civil-service examination in 1920.
He also said Bose wrote the examination in Sanskrit.
Modi released a book, a coin, and a postage stamp honoring the commission.
He remembered Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s role in building India’s government institutions.
The UPSC was created in 1926 and later received its current name in 1950.
Today, it conducts about 250 recruitment examinations each year.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the Union Public Service Commission’s centenary event in New Delhi on October 1.
Modi said freedom fighter Subhas Chandra Bose appeared for the UPSC examination in 1920 and wrote it in Sanskrit.
The prime minister released a book on 100 landmark UPSC decisions, a commemorative coin, and a special postage stamp.
Modi credited Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel with making the UPSC a pillar of independent India.
The commission conducts about 250 recruitment examinations annually and has changed its name twice since 1926.
- Who
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Union Public Service Commission, Subhas Chandra Bose, and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
- What
- Modi attended the UPSC centenary event and discussed Bose’s 1920 examination, the commission’s history, and Patel’s contribution.
- When
- October 1; Modi referred to Bose’s examination in 1920 and the UPSC’s establishment in 1926.
- Where
- Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi.
- Why
- To mark 100 years of the UPSC and recognize its role in public-service recruitment and nation-building.
- Event
- UPSC centenary celebration
- Date
- October 1
- Venue
- Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi
- Bose examination
- Modi said Subhas Chandra Bose appeared for the examination in 1920 and wrote it in Sanskrit
- UPSC establishment
- The Public Service Commission was established in 1926
- Annual examinations
- Approximately 250 recruitment examinations
- Current name
- The commission became the Union Public Service Commission in 1950