M.K.Gandhi (1869-1948), Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) and Subhas Chandra Bose (1897- ? ), the three national leader of India - Introduction

Mahatma Gandhi
Born	Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-10-02)2 October 1869 Porbandar, Kathiawar Agency, British Indian Empire[1]
Died	30 January 1948(1948-01-30) (aged 78) New Delhi, India
Cause of death	Assassination by shooting
Resting place	Cremated at Rajghat, Delhi
Other names	Mahatma Gandhi, Bapu, Gandhiji
Ethnicity	Gujarati
Alma mater	Alfred High School, Rajkot, Samaldas College, Bhavnagar, University College, London (UCL)
Known for	Leadership of Indian independence movement, philosophy of Satyagraha, Ahimsa or nonviolence. pacifism
Political movement	Indian National Congress
Religion	Hinduism, with Jain influences
Spouse(s)	Kasturba Gandhi
Children	Harilal Manilal Ramdas Devdas
Parents	Putlibai Gandhi (Mother) Karamchand Gandhi (Father)

Innumerable sacrifices had been made for gaining freedom of India of which something more than 910 lives have been recorded in my blog ; http://radhikaranjan.blogspot.com since India came under British Rule in 1757, through East India Company and subsequently through British Crown from 1858 . These struggles and intermittent compromises were mainly  followed by two paths.1. Violent Method and Non-violent method. The three leaders 1. M.K.Ganghi (1869-1948), 2 Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964), and 3. Subhjas Chandra Bose (1897 -  ? ), took the leading role  of the two paths.As per the historian Ramesh Chandra Majumdar freedom struggle of India took in four phases. In the Phase I.!763 to 1863, about 100 years. Sporadic movements took place in different parts of India. Phase II - 1860-1905. Growth of Patriotic and national sentiments, Phase III - 1905 to 1915, Tilak Era and Entry of Gandhi in Indian Politics, Phase IV,  1915 to 1947 - Gandhi Era
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi  ( 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the preeminent leader of Indian nationalism in British-ruled India. Employing nonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi was one of the three key persons who led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. He took the leadership of India's Freedom Movement at the end of  its third phase.  The honorific Mahatma ( Great soul an epithet given by Tagore) He is also called Bapu (Gujarati: endearment for "father," "papa.") in India.

Jawaharlal Nehru and Subhas Chandra Bose  entered Indian politics in the Phase IV.

The son of Motilal Nehru, a prominent lawyer and nationalist statesman, Jawaharlal Nehru was a graduate of Trinity College, Cambridge and the Inner Temple, where he trained to be a barrister. Upon his return to India, he enrolled at the Allahabad High Court, and took an interest in national politics, which eventually replaced his legal practice. A committed nationalist since his teenage years, Nehru became a rising figure in Indian politics during the upheavals of the 1910s. He became the prominent leader of the left-wing factions of the Indian National Congress during the 1920s, and eventually of the entire Congress, with the tacit approval of his mentor, Gandhi. As Congress President in 1929, Nehru called for complete independence from the British Raj and instigated the Congress's decisive shift towards the left

Subhhas Chandra Bose joined Indian Politics in the IV Phase.

From the very beginning Subhas Chandra was not in favour of Gandhiji's plan and programme of "Swaraj in a Year", rather he was of opinion which led him, ultimately, to a direct fight with British Govt.. . He  formed INA and took arms to achieve freedom of India.