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The path of ahimsa (non-violence) was not for Netaji. When he was only 17 years old, he came to the realisation that military strength was indispensable. He wrote:"If India was to be a modern, civilised nation, she would have to pay the price and she would not by any means shirk the physical, the military, problem....
The war had shown that a nation that did not possess military strength could not hope to preserve its independence."
The war had shown that a nation that did not possess military strength could not hope to preserve its independence."
