Nehru snooped upon key Bose family members : Declassified IB files

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Thevar had hinted Netaji was alive after air crash in 1945
TNN | Sep 20, 2015, 01.54 PM IST

MADURAI: The declassification of 64 files on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose by the West Bengal government, which have several references and correspondence indicating he was alive after 1945, has elated many of his followers who are eager to know the complete details of the files.

Interestingly, to corroborate this, Tamil Nadu's former MLA A R Perumal, in a book has revealed that on January 23, 1949, during a public meeting held at the Tamukkam grounds in Madurai, freedom fighter and former Tamil Nadu president of All-India Forward Bloc, Pasumpon U Muthuramalinga Thevar had said that Netaji was indeed alive and had not died in the crash as presumed by many.

In his book Mudisooda Mannar Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar, Perumal quoting Thevar's speech says: "Netaji is well and safe. It is false that our leader Netaji died in the air crash. Our leader will appear before the people at the right time. Besides, I am in direct contact with Netaji."

It may be recalled that thousands of Tamils from the southern districts of Madurai, Ramanathapuram, Sivaganga, Virudhunagar, Tuticorin and Tirunelveli and those spread across Burma (Myanmar), Singapore and Malaysia had joined the Netaji's Indian National Army (INA) because of love they had on him.

Now, many descendants of those members from the INA are elated over the West Bengal government's move and want to know what the files contain. T G Yoganandam, son of former INA member, Thirugnanam of Virudhunagar said, "My father who died recently told many things about Netaji. My father's INA attire is still at home, which makes our family members remember Netaji always. I wish to go to the museum (where the files are kept) and look at them with my own eyes."

J Vivekanandan, grandson of another INA member Vaithilingam said his family's financial constraints are preventing his desire to go and see the files.

Madurai-based National Netaji Association chairman V Swaminathan said the exhibition of files coincides with a certain information that he had gathered from many INA men in the districts with respect to Netaji's presence after 1945. After the alleged air crash, Netaji had stayed in a secret room at Padmanabapuram palace in Thiruvananthapuram and a farm land belonged to Muthuramalinga Thevar in Pulichikulam in Virudhunagar district, claimed Swaminathan. He further said he is thinking of inviting Netaji's grandnephew Chandra Kumar Bose who has been fighting to make public the files, to Madurai.

Pasumpon Thevar Sinthanai Maiyam founder V S Navamani urged the central government to officially make public many important files relating to Netaji like the West Bengal government.

It may be recalled that Netaji who walked out from Congress, formed the All India Forward Bloc in 1939. To mobilise support he then toured many places in the country. As part of it, he attended a meeting at Marina beach in Chennai on September 3, 1939, wherein he announced All India Forward Bloc's Tamil Nadu branch.

Netaji, who lauded Thevar by terming him as the Bose of South also made him the Tamil Nadu president, said Navamani.

Following it, Netaji on the request of Thevar came to Madurai on September 6 and spent a whole day. He went to then Udupi hotel (now Pothys) and stayed in Thangaraj clinic in the Vakkil Pudhu Theru, Swaminathan said.

The 64 files that made public by the West Bengal Government on Friday has referred to the reported presence of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose after the air crash held on August 18, 1945, remembers a public meeting, held at Madurai's Thamukkam ground on January 23, 1949, birth anniversary of Netaji, which had suggested Netaji's presence after the air crash.

Netaji-founded All India Forward Bloc' former Tamil Nadu president Pasumpon U Muthuramalinga Thevar spoke out in the meeting that Netaji was not dead in the alleged air crash.

In his book 'Mudisooda Mannar Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar, the state's former MLA A R Perumal has quoted Thevar' speech. According to it, "Netaji is well and safe. It is false that our leader Netaji died in the air crash. Our leader will appear before people at proper time. Besides, I am in direct connection with Netaji," said Muthuramalinga Thevar in the public meeting.

The heirs of member of Indian National Army (INA) headed by Netaji and fans of Netaji are happy over the West Bengal government's move. They said they are eager to know the contents of the files that have been kept at the Police Museum in West Bengal.

Thousands of Tamilians of the southern districts including Madurai, Ramanathapuram, Sivagangai, Virudhunagar, Tuticorin, and Tirunvelveli and Tamilians who spread in Burma, Singapore, and Malaysia loved Netaji and joined in the INA. Among those districts Madurai is directly related to Netaji.

T G Yoganandam, son of former INA man Thirugnanam in Virudhunagar said, "My father who died recently told many things about Netaji. My father's INA attire is still in my home, which remembers us Netaji all along our family members. Thus, I wish to go the museum and look at the files on my own eyes."

J Vivekanandan, grandson of other INA man Vaithilingam said his family' financial constraints prevents his wish to go there.

Madurai-based National Netaji Association chairman V Swaminathan said the exhibition of files relating to Netaji are coincided with a certain information that he had gathered from many INA men in the districts with respect of Netaji's presence after 1945.

After the alleged air crash Netaji had stayed in a secret room at Padmanabapuram palace in Thiruvanandapuram and a farm land belonged to Muthuramalinga Thevar in Pulichikulam in Virudhunagar district, said Swaminathan.

He further said he is thinking of to invite Netaji'grand nephew Chandra Kumar Bose who fights to make public the files, to Madurai.

Pasumpon Thevar Sinthanai Maiyam founder V S Navamani urged the central government to officially public many important files relating to Netaji like the West Bengal Government.

It may be recalled that Netaji who walked out from Congress, formed All India Forward Bloc in 1939. To mobilize support he then toured many places in the country. A part of it, he attended a meeting at Marina Beach in Chennai on September 3, 1939, wherein he announced All India Forward Bloc' Tamilnadu Branch. Netaji who appreciated Muthuramalinga Thevar by stating that Thevar was the Bose of South also made him as Tamilnadu president, said Navamani.

Following it, Netaji on the request of Muthuramalinga Thevar came Madurai on September 6 and spent a whole day in Madurai. He went to then Udupi hotel (now Pothys) and stayed in Thangaraj clinic in the Vakkil Pudhu Theru, Swaminathan said.

Thevar had hinted Netaji was alive after air crash in 1945 - The Times of India

 

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Film actress & Trinamool Congress MP Moon Moon Sen during release of the book Lost Address on Neataji Subhash Chandra Bose written by his niece Krishna Bose (2nd R) at a function in Kolkata.

 

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Netaji's daughter urges Modi to declassify files | Zee News
Last Updated: Sunday, September 27, 2015 - 09:37

Kolkata: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's daughter has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declassify files relating to the leader that are with the Centre so that the mystery surrounding his disappearance over 70 years ago is unravelled.

On the recent release of 64 secret files on Netaji by the West Bengal government, 72-year-old Anita Bose Pfaff said she was yet to receive copies of the documents. "I am, therefore, not aware of their content, especially not of any information about his death."

She also said, "I would appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declassify the files that are with the Centre."

"As a scholar, I certainly believe that all the old files which have been kept closed beyond thirty years should be declassified. As a daughter, I certainly also demand that those on my father be declassified," Anita said in an email interview with PTI, joining the growing chorus for release of the Netaji files held by central government departments.

Members of the Bose family, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and many others have been demanding declassification of the Netaji files by the Centre.

Asked whether she would appeal to the British, Russian and Japan governments to declassify the files they have on Netaji, Anita said, "It would be helpful, if the Indian government appealed to those other governments to make files available for study. Some countries have a 'right to information'. However, as long as the Indian government has not declassified their files, they are in a poor position to ask others."

Anita, a noted economist based in Germany, also demanded that DNA test of the ashes -- believed to be that of Netaji -- kept at Japan's Renkoji temple be carried out in order to settle the mystery surrounding his death in an air crash.

Noting that she believed her father died in the air crash in Taihoku airport in Taiwan in August in 1945 "until proved otherwise", she said the ashes hold key to unravelling the mystery.

"I certainly would like the 'mystery' settled. An agreement between Indian and Japanese governments to a DNA-test of the remains at Renkoji temple would certainly be helpful," she said.

"Moreover I wish the Indian public would concern themselves more with his life and his achievements from which there is much to be learned than with his death!" she said.

She alleged that successive Congress governments had neglected the contributions made by Bose and his Indian National Army (INA).

"The Congress governments have by and large neglected Netaji and INA's contributions. The (Mukherjee) Commission did get a lot of time, some resources, though seems to have gotten little support," Anita said.

PTI

 

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Bengal govt declassifies cabinet papers on Netaji Subhas Bose, allied issues from 1938 to 1947 | Zee News

Kolkata: The West Bengal government on Monday declassified cabinet papers on great freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and allied issues from 1938 to 1947.

"Those papers may have been confidential in pre-independent India but today there is a need to bring them into public domain. That is why we made them public," Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee told reporters at the state secretariat.

Banerjee also released a CD containing information about those papers of 401 cabinet meetings during that period which had witnessed among other events 'Quit India' movement, the great 'Bengal Famine' and Partition of Bengal.

The move comes days after the state government had declassified around 64 files on Netaji. In the presence of Bose's family members, 8 DVDs of over 12,000 pages were released at a function here.

According to the declassified files by the West Bengal government, Netaji Subash Chandra Bose was "alive" and "somewhere in Manchuria, China" in 1948, one of his trusted aides, Deb Nath Das, had claimed then.

Notably, among the released dossier, file No 22 sheds light on intelligence gathered by the Bengal government (office of the deputy commissioner of police), on INA leaders, including Das.

An extract dated August 9, 1948, says: "Deb Nath Das, an ex-INA leader who is actively engaged in anti-Congress propaganda, is preaching in political and party circles that Netaji Subash Chandra Bose is alive and is somewhere in Manchuria, China at present."

However, on August 22, 1945, Tokyo Radio announced the "death" of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in an air crash in Formosa (now Taiwan) on August 18, 1945, en route to Japan.

But the crash theory has been rejected by scores of Bose's followers and admirers and claims of the revolutionary leader resurfacing continue to intrigue and divide Indians over the years.

Adding to the controversy, the extract further states that Das had asserted that in 1948 Bose was keeping tabs on the international as well as national scenario.

Bose, once the Congress president, made contact with the Axis powers during World War II. He formed the Indian National Army in Singapore, with the help of the Japanese, and fought the British Indian Army.

Ex-INA leader Das, was a key member of the provisional government-in-exile formed by Bose in 1943.

 

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Mamata Banerjee gives CD containing Subhas Chandra Bose files to President | Zee News

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 - 21:41

New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday handed over a CD containing files relating to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose to President Pranab Mukherjee.

"Visited Rashtrapati Bhavan. It was an honour to hand over the digitized version of declassified Netaji files to the President of India," Banerjee said in a tweet.

Earlier, talking to reporters Banerjee said that she would also hand over copies of the CD to other ministers, stressing everyone has a right to know the historical details.

"The Bose files which we had... 64 files we have declassified. We have sent the CD to Prime Minister, we are sending to Home Minister, Speaker Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha Chairman," she told reporters after meeting Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.


The declassified files and cabinet papers, she said, contained information "about Quit India movement, historical things. We want to make them public, phase by phase so that people of the country should know".

Banerjee further said whatever information was there with the central government with regard to Bose should be disclosed in the best interest of the country as "people have a right to know."

Banerjee said she had also released 400 files relating to state cabinet decisions at the time of Independence.

"The Cabinet decisions at the time of Independence... that time it was not the paper decision, it was a action paper. So more than 400 files which were Cabinet decision... all those we have digitised and made hard disk and made public," she added.

Asked whether she would put pressure on the central government to release files relating to Bose, she said, "We don't believe in pressure tactics. We believe our young generation should have information. Our historians should have information, our country men should have information, press should have information."

PTI

Mamata Banerjee gives CD containing Subhas Chandra Bose files to President | Zee News

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 - 21:41

New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday handed over a CD containing files relating to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose to President Pranab Mukherjee.

"Visited Rashtrapati Bhavan. It was an honour to hand over the digitized version of declassified Netaji files to the President of India," Banerjee said in a tweet.

Earlier, talking to reporters Banerjee said that she would also hand over copies of the CD to other ministers, stressing everyone has a right to know the historical details.

"The Bose files which we had... 64 files we have declassified. We have sent the CD to Prime Minister, we are sending to Home Minister, Speaker Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha Chairman," she told reporters after meeting Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.


The declassified files and cabinet papers, she said, contained information "about Quit India movement, historical things. We want to make them public, phase by phase so that people of the country should know".

Banerjee further said whatever information was there with the central government with regard to Bose should be disclosed in the best interest of the country as "people have a right to know."

Banerjee said she had also released 400 files relating to state cabinet decisions at the time of Independence.

"The Cabinet decisions at the time of Independence... that time it was not the paper decision, it was a action paper. So more than 400 files which were Cabinet decision... all those we have digitised and made hard disk and made public," she added.

Asked whether she would put pressure on the central government to release files relating to Bose, she said, "We don't believe in pressure tactics. We believe our young generation should have information. Our historians should have information, our country men should have information, press should have information."

PTI

'Nehru restricted Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose from entering India' | Zee News
Last Updated: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 - 15:08
Kolkata: Ever since the West Bengal government declassified 64 files related to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, numerous reports surrounding his death mystery have been surfacing.

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) mouthpiece 'Organiser' has termed Netaji's disappearance as the "mother of all conspiracies" and said Nehru-Gandhi family has lot many questions to answer on the great freedom fighter and other leaders with different ideological positions.

The RSS has asked the Modi government to take the 'bold' step of unravelling the mystery over Netaji's death.

The cover article in the RSS organ entitled "The mother of all conspiracies" said, "Many such conspiracy theories are associated with the Nehru-Gandhi family, but this is turning out to be the mother of all conspiracies. It is clear now that the Congress Party and especially Nehru-Gandhi family has lot many questions to answer on Netaji and other leaders with different ideological positions. The irony is the same Nehru and his heirs claim to be the founders of democracy and tolerance in Bharat...

"If this bold step towards resolving Netaji's death mystery is not taken by Narender Modi Government, I don't think anyone else will be able in future to do that. And the mystery of Netaji will remain as a mystery forever,""If this bold step towards resolving Netaji's death mystery is not taken by Narender Modi Government, I don't think anyone else will be able in future to do that. And the mystery of Netaji will remain as a mystery forever."

The article further raises questions on what happened to the money and jewellery donated by thousands of Indians living in South East Asia to Netaji?"

The article said, "On one hand Nehru restricted Netaji to enter India, but at the same time one more question raised where has the money of Netaji and INA gone? Netaji went to Singapore because of Lord Mountbatten's request and met many bank officers. But why that is still a mystery?"

The mystery surrounding Netaji's death continues to haunt countrymen and the debate over the veteran freedom fighter's mysterious death has intensified further.

Researcher and writer of 'India's Biggest Cover-up', Anuj Dhar has come forward with a new theory that Bose might have stayed in China around 1949.

A report published in the Hindi daily 'Hindustan' on Friday, claimed that the veteran freedom fighter spent his last days as a saint living in caves near Kathy village on the Varanasi-Gazipur stretch.

The declassified files on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose have revealed that veteran freedom fighter's elder brother Sarat Bose was considered as the potent threat by the Britihers.

According to a report published in 'Hindustan Times', the British considered Sarat Bose “the real power behind his brother Subhas Chandra Bose”.

Netaji used to introduce himself as saint Sardanand, the report claimed.

Adding to the Netaji death mystery, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said that some letters in the declassified files indicate that Netaji was alive even after 1945.

The Bengal CM also that the documents also support the theory that Bose family was snooped upon.

On August 22, 1945, Tokyo Radio announced the 'death' of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in an air crash in Formosa (now Taiwan) on August 18, 1945, en route to Japan.

While the declassified West Bengal government files may not provide "conclusive" proof of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose being alive after 1945, researchers asserted that the documents reflect that even the Indian government post Independence did not buy the "Taiwan plane crash" theory.

The nearly 13,000 pages of "secret' information that were made public by Bengal government reveal the extensive surveillance carried out on Netaji's family members, particularly his elder brother Sarat Chandra Bose and nephews Sisir Kumar and Amiya Nath.

(With agency inputs)

 

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British seek more time to decide on declassifying Netaji files | Zee News

Last Updated: Sunday, October 4, 2015 - 12:12

New Delhi: The UK has sought more time to decide whether to declassify the secret files in its possession on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, his family said on Sunday.

Bose's family had recently approached British authorities demanding making public all the files relating to his sudden disappearance in 1945.

"My sister Madhuri Bose has approached the government of UK. She has already received several responses admitting that there were files on Subhas Bose but they would require more time to take a decision about the de-classification," Netaji's grandnephew Surya Kumar Bose told PTI.

Surya, who had met Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Berlin in April, said the Bose family will also keep asking the governments of the USA, Russia and Japan to open up the files they have on Netaji.

"In post-war India, Subhas Chandra Bose was a threat to Nehru and Patel. Hence the classified files on Subhas are of immense importance," he said.

Complimenting West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for declassifying over 60 files relating to Bose, he said it was time for the Centre to unravel the mystery and make public the information relating to Netaji.

"We do not know if all the files were opened up or some were eaten up by moths or bureaucrats. This move will certainly put pressure on the Prime Minister to open up his Pandora's box! But it would be very much more difficult for Narendra Modiji to open up all the classified Bose files," said Surya from Berlin.

Sixty four files running into nearly 13,000 pages relating Bose were declassified last month by the West Bengal government. The files showed some of his close family members were spied on in independent India but there was no clarity whether he died in an air crash in 1945 as is widely believed.

"I think Mamata Banerjee has taken a very good and welcome step in declassifying all the files in the custody of the West Bengal government. There may have been political motivation behind this very bold move but we must give her credit for doing so," said Surya.

He said Bose family will not sit quiet till the Centre declassied all the files relating to Netaji.

"We shall continue the movement till sufficient pressure has been built up for the Centre to comply with our demand and the demand of the people of India," he said.

Asked when the family approached the British authorities, he did not specify but indicated it was done recently.

Toeing the line adopted by the previous UPA government, Prime Minister Modi's Office in February had refused to declassify the files relating to Bose.

The PMO had in August told the Central Information Commission that it cannot declassify the files as it will adversely affect relations with foreign countries.

Netaji had gone missing in 1945 and some of his family members have rejected the theory that he had died in a plane crash in Taihoku in Taiwan on August 18 that year.

PTI

 

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Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's kin meet PM Narendra Modi at 7 RCR | Zee News

Delhi: The legendary freedom fighter Subhash Chandra Bose's family on Wednesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at 7 RCR.

Earlier talking to ANI grandson of Netaji, Chandra Bose had said, "We are acting as the ambassador for the people of India and we believe that Subhash Chandra Bose belongs to the entire nation."

"Netaji was probably one of the first nationalists of India. Prime Minister Modi claims to be a nationalist and keeping that in mind, I feel he will ensure the truth about Netaji's disappearance would be settled once and for all. We are hopeful along with the whole nation, that a positive result will come out of this meet," he had added.

Meanwhile, the Trinamool Congress also said earlier in the day that the entire nation deserved to know the truth about Netaji's disappearance.

"The Mamata Banerjee government took a historic decision to declassify Netaji's files. This is a great example of transparency and we believe that the Centre should do the same because Netaji deserves it and everybody in the nation deserves to know the truth," Trinamool Congress spokesperson Derek O Brien had said.


(With Agency inputs)

 

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The family members of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, meeting the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, at 7, Race Course Road, in New Delhi on October 14, 2015.

 

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So.....?

 

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Govt to declassify Netaji files; first lot to be made public on Jan 23, 2016: PM Narendra Modi | Zee News

New Delhi: In a dramatic development, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday told the family members of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose that his government will declassify files relating to the freedom fighter.

The PM gave the assurance during a meeting with Netaji's family members at his residence 7, Race Course Road here.

Writing on Twitter, PM Modi said that “there is no need to strangle history”.

“Nations that forget their history lack the power to create it,” he wrote, adding the process of declassification of files relating to Netaji will start on January 23, 2016 - the birth anniversary of Subhas Chandra Bose.


The PM further said that his government will also request foreign governments to declassify files on Netaji available with them. The first such request will be made to Russia in December, he tweeted.

Netaji's family members today met PM Modi primarily to demand the declassification of files in possession of the Central government.

Just last month, the West Bengal government had released 64 such files.

Netaji's mysterious disappearance 70 years ago continues to baffle all in India as well as outside.


The Prime Minister, in his monthly 'Mann Ki Baat' radio programme on September 20, had said that he would be receiving over 50 members of Netaji's family members at his residence in October.

"Over 50 members of Subhas babu's family, from various countries, will be coming... I am happy to welcome them," PM Modi had said.


Describing it as a momentous occasion for him, he had said that it would perhaps be the first time that the family members of Netaji would be together visiting the Prime Minister's residence.

Bose's grandnephew Chandra Bose had earlier said that his family will appeal to PM Modi to write to countries including Russia, Japan, China, America, UK, Japan, Singapore and Malaysia to declassify all Netaji files lying with them.


"Netaji was in touch with people in all these countries. They all have classified files relating to him. We want to take this movement of declassification to the global level to get all the clues," he had said.

"Our main focus, however, would be on declassification of all Netaji files held by the government of India. If we do not have our own files declassified, then how can we ask other nations to do it?" Abhijit Ray, Netaji's another grand-nephew, had said.

 

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Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose files to be declassified, first round to start on January 23 - IBNLive

 

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The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi interacting with the family members of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, at 7 Race Course Road, in New Delhi on October 14, 2015.

 

[Abingdonboy]

Can anyone explain the significance of the entire Bose-snooping affair? I must confess I am entirely clueless about this entire saga and even less aware of the ramifications (if any) of declassifying such reports.

 

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Will look into India's request for declassification of Netaji's files: Russia | Zee News


Delhi: Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov assured External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday that they will look into India's request for declassification of files related to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.

Swaraj, who is on a trip to Russia, requested Lavrov's cooperation in declassification of Netaji's files.

“We asked if there is any Netaji files information that can be shared, FM Lavrov said he will see if Russia had any information on this, MEA spokesperson Vikas Swarup said, as per PTI.

On October 14, meeting long-pending demands, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced that government will start unveiling the secret files related to Netaji from January 23 next year, raising hopes about solving the seven-decade-old mystery about his disappearance.

Declaring that there was no need to strangle history, Modi had told Netaji's family members during a meeting in the national capital that he would also urge foreign governments to declassify files on Bose available with them by writing to them and personally taking up with their leaders, beginning with Russia in December.

Modi had made the announcements while hosting Netaji's 35 family members who welcomed it and hoped that the "historic" decision would finally lift the veil over his mysterious disappearance, as per PTI.

Successive governments have refused to make public these documents, arguing that India's relations with foreign countries would be jeopardised.

Modi's office too had stated till August this year that the files cannot be declassified as it will adversely affect relations with foreign countries.

Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal recently declassified 64 files which were in its possession.

(With PTI inputs)

 

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In Hindu India the wily British just appointed their stooges to administer on their behalf - and claim to be free which they never were.