On December 30, 1943, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose hoisted the Indian Tricolor at Port Blair’s Gymkhana Ground,
Newsday Network,ThisDayInHistory | On December 30, 1943, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose hoisted the first Tricolour at Port Blair’s Gymkhana Ground, proclaiming Andaman Nicobar as Azad Hind’s liberated territory.
He renamed the islands Shaheed and Swaraj, placed them under the Provisional Government of Azad Hind, marking India’s independent spirit years before freedom in 1947.
