New Delhi, Dec. 30 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday highlighted that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose had hoisted the tricolour for the first time in Port Blair in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on December 30, 1943.

In an X post, recalling the historic event, PM Modi hailed Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's "courage and valour."

"On this very day, December 30, 1943, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose had hoisted the tricolour with courage and valour in Port Blair. That moment reminds us that freedom is not shaped merely by aspiration, but by capability, hard work, justice, and organised resolve," the Prime Minister wrote on X.

"Today's subhashita expresses this very sentiment. Saamarthyamulm svaatantryam shrammulm ch vaibhvm. Nyaaymulm suraaj...