Netaji's grand-nephews recall Bengal's role in Quit India Movement

Many years ago, in 1942, huge crowds of people across India rose up and asked the British rulers to leave the country.

Mahatma Gandhi gave the famous call to 'Do or Die,' and the next morning he and other top leaders were arrested.

After that, students, young people and workers kept the protest going with rallies, class boycotts and secret underground networks.

On August 9, the Netaji Research Bureau held a special event in Calcutta to remember this great uprising.

Two of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's grand-nephews, Sugata and Sumantra Bose, spoke at the event.

They told the audience how important Bengal was in the movement and how areas like Medinipur were centres of resistance.

They also said that brave people set up their own small governments, such as the Tamralipta Jatiya Sarkar, and that women like Matangini Hazra played a big role.

They remembered how Sisir Bose led a student march in Calcutta and was badly hurt when the British police attacked the crowd.

The speakers were sad that the anniversary was 'almost invisible in Bengal,' and they said people should pay more attention to this history.

They also explained that the movement brought together the thinking of Gandhi and Netaji, who had wanted such an uprising years earlier.