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Even as the British military was assaulting Netaji's I.N.A. in Rangoon and elsewhere with ferocious ground and air attacks, Netaji's one-pointed intensity only increased. Sisir Bose vividly describes his uncle at the time of his 48th and final birthday on earth:"Netaji himself continued to work twenty hours a day inspecting troops and facilities, while his adjutants had to be replaced three times on account of exhaustion...."