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Celebrates Netaji Subash Chandra Bose 121st birth anniversary

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday hit out at the Centre for not declaring Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's birthday a national holiday and lamented that the iconic freedom fighter is yet to get his due. "The birthday of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose has not yet been declared a national holiday. Cannot we show this much respect to him? ' The state had announced public holiday on January 23 years ago,' Mamata said after offering floral tributes to Bose at Indira Gandhi Sarani here on his 121st birth anniversary. on January 23,2018 in Kolkata City,India. (Photo by Debajyoti Chakraborty/NurPhoto)