The Forward Bloc of the Indian National Congress was formed on June 22, 1939 , by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose , who had resigned from the presidency of the Indian National Congress on 29 April after being outmaneuvered by Mohandas K. Gandhi.
Subhas Chandra Bose was elected as the President of the Indian National Congress (INC) in 1939 against Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
Subhash Chandra Bose and Sardul Singh Kavishar were the party's first president and vice-president respectively.
It held its first conference in Nagpur from June 20-22, 1940 where it demanded complete independence for India.
It had its own newspaper called Forward Bloc. After independence, the party joined mainstream politics.