23 January ‘Youth Day’ i.e. birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
January 23 is celebrated as 'Youth Day' in India because Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, the great personality of India who was a pioneer and ideal nationalist revolutionary for the youth, was born on January 23, 1897 in Cuttack, Orissa. Historians believe that he died in Taipei, Taiwan on August 18, 1945, a mystery that is still being researched.