Kangana Ranaut Calls Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose As India's First PM, Opptn Reacts

Kangana Ranaut, actor and BJP leader, stirred up a storm when she erroneously referred to Subhas Chandra Bose as India's first Prime Minister. In a television interview, Ms Ranaut said, "Tell me one thing, when we got independence, where did India's first PM Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose go?"

While Kangana Ranaut's factually incorrect remarks have started a meme fest on X (formerly Twitter), it has also brought to light a little-known historic event when Bose declared India free and proclaimed a government where he was head of the state.

The freedom fighter, popularly known as Netaji, had on October 21, 1943 formed a government of Azad Hind (Free India) in Singapore. Subhas Chandra Bose declared himself as the Prime Minister, the Head of State, and the Minister of War while making the announcement came during World War II.