December 30 | in In History Today
Subhash Chandra Bose waves the Indian independence flag in Port Blair in 1943.
Subhash Chandra Bose raised the Tricolour for the first time on free Indian soil on December 30, 1943, at the Cellular Jail in Port Blair during his visit to Andaman, declaring the island a free territory from British authority. It was long before India's independence in 1947. He also declared the Islands, the first Indian territory to be liberated from British control.
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