It is also significant that Netaji escaped British surveillance from Kolkata on 16th Jan 1941 and stepped back on Indian soil after nearly three years, at Port Blair Aerodrome on 29th Dec 1943. On 30th December 1943, he hoisted the national flag for the first time on Indian soil, at Port Blair. This historic visit also marked a declaration of Andaman and Nicobar Islands as the “first liberated territory of India”.
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