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“The ideology of Subhash Chandra Bose was a combination of nationalism, fascism and communism.” Comment.

  • UPSC 2002
  • Other Strands in the National Movement

Subhas Chandra Bose's political thought genuinely borrowed vocabulary and technique from both fascism and communism, but neither borrowing ever displaced the uncompromising anti-imperialist nationalism that organized his entire political life.

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