The Beginning
Subhas Chandra Bose organised a group of volunteers during the 1928 Kolkata session of Indian National Congress.The group was named Bengal Volunteers and was under the leadership of Major Satya Gupta. Subhas Chandra Bose himself was the GOC. After the Kolkata session of the Congress was over, the Bengal Volunteers continued its activities. Soon, it was turned into an active revolutionary association.
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