The British Govt. looked upon Bose as a dangerously revolutionary, and arrested him on 2nd July, 1940 under section 129 of the Defence of India Rule. Even while he was in detention in the Presidential Jail, Calcutta, he was undergoing trials in two criminal suits brought against himby the Govt. He decided to go on hunger strike and addressed a long letter to the Governor of Bengal and his Ministers which concluded as " The individual must die , so that the nation may live. Today I must die, so that India may win freedom and glory". He commenced his fast on 29 Nov 1940 but as he developed alarming symptoms , the Govt. released him on 5th Dec, 1940.
After arrest Bose remained house-arrest in his 38/2 Elgin Road residence where 62 policemen guarded him round the clock.
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