Experts differ on Netaji’s disappearance
9 years, 6 months ago

Experts differ on Netaji’s disappearance

The Hindu  

With different scholars having different takes on whether Netaji Subhas Bose died in an air crash in Taiwan in 1945, the controversy over his disappearance is unlikely to die soon. In a chapter of the book, titled His Majesty’s Opponent, Mr. Bose deals at length with accounts of the events of 1945 and afterwards and comes to the considered view that Netaji did die in hospital in Taiwan after the plane crash. Sugata Bose makes it clear Netaji’s close Indian National Army confidant Habibur Rahman – who accompanied Bose on the flight and survived the crash -- broke the sad news to other INA colleagues. ICHR member Purabi Roy, who has researched Bose’s disappearance, holds a view very different from Sugata Bose, however.

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Trinamool, BJP criticise Rahul Gandhi for posting ‘incorrent’ date of death for Netaji
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trinamool, BJP criticise Rahul Gandhi for posting ‘incorrent’ date of death for Netaji

The Hindu  

The Trinamool Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party leadership in West Bengal criticised Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for a social media post on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose which mentioned that the late freedom fighter had died on August 18, 1945. Offering a tribute to the great revolutionary on his birth anniversary, Mr. Gandhi put up a photograph of Netaji on social …

India wouldn't have been partitioned if Netaji was there: NSA Ajit Doval
1 year, 9 months ago

India wouldn't have been partitioned if Netaji was there: NSA Ajit Doval

India Today  

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, addressing an event in Delhi on Saturday, said that India would not have been partitioned had Subhas Chandra Bose been alive. Doval, while speaking at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Memorial Lecture, hailed the freedom fighter for showing "audacity" at various stages of his life. He said Subhas Chandra Bose had the audacity to challenge …

Daily Quiz | On ‘Netaji’ Subhas Chandra Bose
2 years, 1 month ago

Daily Quiz | On ‘Netaji’ Subhas Chandra Bose

The Hindu  

Daily Quiz | On ‘Netaji’ Subhas Chandra Bose Copy link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit YOUR SCORE 0 /7 RETAKE THE QUIZ 1 / 7 | Who is credited with giving the honorific Netaji to Subhas Chandra Bose? YES NO Answer : Parakram Divas SHOW ANSWER 3 / 7 | Name the political party founded by Bose in …

Hindi Cinema's unconvincing tryst with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and the mystery around the iconic figure's death
2 years, 1 month ago

Hindi Cinema's unconvincing tryst with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and the mystery around the iconic figure's death

Firstpost  

On the occasion of freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s 126th birth anniversary, we look at some films that were made on his life and legacy. One of the most ambitious ones was by Shyam Benegal, called Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero, where the titular character was played by the very effective Sachin Khedekar. More than 75 years …

From the India Today archives (2016) | Why politics won't allow Subhas Chandra Bose to RIP
2 years, 2 months ago

From the India Today archives (2016) | Why politics won't allow Subhas Chandra Bose to RIP

India Today  

Publicly at least, the government of India believes Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose 'disappeared' on August 18, 1945. Rajeshwar on August 19, 1976, said bringing the ashes back would create further complications because members of the family and Bose's political party, Forward Bloc, did not recognise them as belonging to their leader and the ongoing Emergency would make people feel a …

Mahindra University: "Author Speaks" On 125th Birth Celebrations Of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
2 years, 11 months ago

Mahindra University: "Author Speaks" On 125th Birth Celebrations Of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose

Live Law  

Renowned Telugu Journalist and author M V R Sastry has presented authentic and logical reasons to conclude that Netaji was not Gumnami Baba and the plane crash is a stark reality. program on the occasion of 125th birth celebrations of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, the author of two Telugu books on this national hero, Sastry highlighted the exemplary leadership and …

Interview | Why Netaji Bose remains an inconvenient nationalist despite being immensely popular
3 years, 1 month ago

Interview | Why Netaji Bose remains an inconvenient nationalist despite being immensely popular

Firstpost  

Author Chandrachur Ghose, while explaining the riddle of Subhas Chandra Bose being an inconvenient nationalist, also talks about his ties with Gandhi and Nehru, and why his Hitler connection was borne out of his love for India Chandrachur Ghose, with Anuj Dhar, has devoted his entire life to Mission Netaji — an endeavour that works towards decoding the mystery surrounding …

New translation reveals Mukherjee Commission ignored Renkoji temple's nod for DNA test of ashes, says Netaji kin
3 years, 1 month ago

New translation reveals Mukherjee Commission ignored Renkoji temple's nod for DNA test of ashes, says Netaji kin

Firstpost  

Madhuri Bose, the grand-daughter of Netaji’s brother Sarat Bose, said they had commissioned a fresh translation after they found inconsistencies in the Mukherjee Commission report and found several paragraphs in the letter written in Japanese missing from it Kolkata: A new translation of a letter in Japanese written by the chief priest of Tokyo’s Renkoji temple, keeper of an urn …

In Bengal, the political battle over Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
4 years, 1 month ago

In Bengal, the political battle over Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose

Hindustan Times  

There are many, especially in Bengal, who believe that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose not only did not die in an air crash in 1945, but survived long after India became independent. Netaji’s secular spirit found true expression in INA and the Azad Hind government With the party founded by Netaji, the Forward Bloc, having faded into obscurity, the Bharatiya Janata …

Undying Legacy: Why Subhash Chandra Bose is More Relevant than Ever on His 125th Birth Anniversary
4 years, 1 month ago

Undying Legacy: Why Subhash Chandra Bose is More Relevant than Ever on His 125th Birth Anniversary

News 18  

In an incessant quest for unravelling the mystery behind Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s disappearance, admirers of Netaji have repeatedly asked three vital questions: How, when, and where did Netaji breathe his last? Prior to that, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar in his interview with the BBC in 1955 had clearly stated the reason behind Britain’s hasty departure from India— “because of …

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: 10 Fascinating Facts on the Life and Death of the Freedom Fighter
4 years, 1 month ago

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: 10 Fascinating Facts on the Life and Death of the Freedom Fighter

News 18  

As we pay tribute to monumental patriot Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on his 125th birth anniversary, let’s take a moment to ponder what a man of unfathomable depth, profound knowledge, incredible intelligence and riveting persona he was. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The ‘prince among patriot’. Subhas Chandra Bose termed Mahatma Gandhi ‘Patriot of Patriots’, even though both shared two different …

Mamata urges Modi to declare Netaji's birthday as national holiday, clear air on Bose's disappearance in 1945
4 years, 4 months ago

Mamata urges Modi to declare Netaji's birthday as national holiday, clear air on Bose's disappearance in 1945

Firstpost  

Several reports have claimed that Subhas Chandra Bose boarded a plane from Taihoku Airport in Taiwan which crashed leading to the death of the leader. There is, however, no confirmation on his demise, as experts, over the years, have come up with different theories on his disappearance Kolkata: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday wrote to Prime Minister …

Gumnaami trailer: Srijit Mukherji's film raises questions about the disappearance of Subhash Chandra Bose
5 years, 6 months ago

Gumnaami trailer: Srijit Mukherji's film raises questions about the disappearance of Subhash Chandra Bose

Firstpost  

The trailer of National Award-winning director Srijit Mukherji’s upcoming film Gumnaami was released on Sunday. The film is based on the legend of ‘Gumnami Baba’, an ascetic spotted in Uttar Pradesh in the 1970s whom many believed was freedom fighter Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose in disguise. The clip suggests that Gumnaami runs in two timelines: one examining the immediate events …

People deserve to know what happened to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: Mamata Banerjee
6 years, 6 months ago

People deserve to know what happened to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: Mamata Banerjee

India TV News  

People deserve to know what happened to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: Mamata Banerjee The Mamata Banerjee government had put 64 files on Netaji that were with the state Home Department in the public domain on September 18, 2015. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said people deserve to know exactly what happened to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose after …

Former India and Bengal cricket captain Gopal Bose passes away
6 years, 6 months ago

Former India and Bengal cricket captain Gopal Bose passes away

Firstpost  

Former Bengal cricket captain Gopal Bose died after suffering a cardiac arrest. New Delhi: Former Bengal cricket captain Gopal Bose died after suffering a cardiac arrest at a Birmingham hospital on Sunday. Some of the Bengal stars of later years like Ranadeb Bose, Devang Gandhi, and Abishek Jhunjhunwala learnt their cricket under Bose’s tutelage. Saddened at the passing away of …

Book review: The legend of Bose finally laid to rest?
7 years ago

Book review: The legend of Bose finally laid to rest?

Deccan Chronicle  

One of the panellists at the Kolkata launch of Laid to Rest suggested The Last Word would have been a more appropriate title for this passionately argued book which delves through masses of letters, reports and records in several countries. Another panellist at once said that in spite of Ashis Ray’s claim to provide final and irrefutable proof that Subhas …

DNA test would clear doubts over Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's death, says daughter
7 years, 1 month ago

DNA test would clear doubts over Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's death, says daughter

India TV News  

A DNA test of the remains of Netaji would put to rest the doubts of people over his death, says his daughter Anita Bose-Pfaff. Prof. Bose-Pfaff makes this observation in a new book titled Laid to Rest: The Controversy over Subhas Chandra Bose’s Death by Ashis Ray. “For most of those people who continue to doubt Netaji’s death in Taihoku …

Bose: Dead/Alive review - Beyond Rajkummar Rao's performance, racy plot, production design stand out
7 years, 4 months ago

Bose: Dead/Alive review - Beyond Rajkummar Rao's performance, racy plot, production design stand out

Firstpost  

In the second episode of the web series Bose: Dead/ Alive, we see the shadowy figure of a man in a train. Alt Balaji’s 9-part web series Bose: Dead or Alive addresses Indian history’s biggest controversy, the mystery behind the death of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, with entertaining doses of fiction. “Chaakri nahin karni, krantikari karni hai.” Bose’s introductory scene …

Bose: Dead/Alive — ALT Balaji's new web series examines the man, and the myths
7 years, 5 months ago

Bose: Dead/Alive — ALT Balaji's new web series examines the man, and the myths

Firstpost  

There are perhaps more myths to Subhash Chandra Bose than there are accurate histories. The intrigue surrounding Netaji’s death has in recent years also become a way to garner political mileage, with the BJP often cornering Nehru and the Congress for its treatment of Bose’s family after he allegedly went missing. ALT Balaji’s Bose: Dead/Alive with the near-impossible-to-pin-down Rajkumar Rao …

Netaji death anniversary: 72 years on, believers still believe Subhash Chandra Bose had survived plane crash
7 years, 7 months ago

Netaji death anniversary: 72 years on, believers still believe Subhash Chandra Bose had survived plane crash

India Today  

Today, August 18, marks the 72nd year of the fateful plane ride that Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose took in 1945, which crashed in Japanese-occupied Formosa. Most recently, in April, someone named Sayak Sen issued a Right to Information application asking about Gumnami Baba -- the identity that many claim Netaji had taken up after surviving the plane crash. As for …

Subhas Chandra Bose escaped after arrest in 1945, was alive in 1947: French historian
7 years, 7 months ago

Subhas Chandra Bose escaped after arrest in 1945, was alive in 1947: French historian

India TV News  

After discovering a report by the French secret service which suggested that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose didn’t die in air crash and was still alive in 1947, Paris-based historian JBP More has now come up with a related document supporting his finding, says a Times of India report. More found the summary of the Information of the Intelligence Service of …

Netaji death row: Mamata Banerjee takes on Centre over RTI response on Subhas Chandra Bose
7 years, 9 months ago

Netaji death row: Mamata Banerjee takes on Centre over RTI response on Subhas Chandra Bose

Firstpost  

“Person of his stature does not deserve to be handled in such a casual manner,” Mamata Banerjee said about the Central Government’s reply to an RTI about Subhas Chandra Bose Reacting to the Centre’s announcement that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose died in a plane crash in response to an RTI query, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee took to social …

Did Subhash Chandra Bose die in 1945 plane crash? Modi govt says yes in RTI reply; Netaji's kin see red
7 years, 9 months ago

Did Subhash Chandra Bose die in 1945 plane crash? Modi govt says yes in RTI reply; Netaji's kin see red

India Today  

In a reply to an RTI query on Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, the Narendra Modi government said that Netaji died in a plane crash. The MHA said that it has declassified all the available files relating to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. Replying to the query, the MHA said that after considering the reports of various commissions, the government has arrived …

Indira refused fresh probe into Netaji's death in 1968: Documents
8 years, 11 months ago

Indira refused fresh probe into Netaji's death in 1968: Documents

India TV News  

New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government has released 50 more declassified files related to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. The latest documents revealed that former PM Indira Gandhi had refused to set up a fresh inquiry into the mysterious death of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose as demanded by a large number of MPs in 1968. "The government has accepted the conclusion …

Website releases papers detailing day before Bose plane crash
9 years, 2 months ago

Website releases papers detailing day before Bose plane crash

India TV News  

New Delhi: A UK-based website set up to chart the last days of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose has released documents relating to the day before his plane crashed in August, 1945. Several Indian and Japanese witnesses testified this to the 1956 Netaji Inquiry Committee headed by Major General Shah Nawaz Khan, among them S A Ayer and Debnath Das of …

U.K. website releases papers of day before Bose plane crash
9 years, 2 months ago

U.K. website releases papers of day before Bose plane crash

The Hindu  

A U.K.-based website set up to chart the last days of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose has released documents relating to the day before his plane crashed in August 1945. Several Indian and Japanese witnesses testified this to the 1956 Netaji Inquiry Committee headed by Major General Shah Nawaz Khan, among them S.A. Ayer and Debnath Das of the Provisional Government …

India asks Russia to share any information it has on Netaji
9 years, 5 months ago

India asks Russia to share any information it has on Netaji

Firstpost  

India on Tuesday asked Russia to share any information it has on the seven-decade-old mystery surrounding Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. Moscow: India on Tuesday asked Russia to share any information it has on the seven-decade-old mystery surrounding Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. The development came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement that India will declassify files on Bose beginning 23 January …

PM to host Netaji family, associates tomorrow
9 years, 5 months ago

PM to host Netaji family, associates tomorrow

The Hindu  

Nearly 35 members of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s family from across the world and around 15 research associates who have been asking for the declassification of the Bose files by the government, will be hosted at 7 Race Course Road on October 14 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, for what is being seen by the family members as an important …

Snooping on Bose family proof of Netaji being alive after 1945
9 years, 6 months ago

Snooping on Bose family proof of Netaji being alive after 1945

India TV News  

Kolkata: 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. Researchers and some Bose family members believe that the snooping was a result of the Indian government …

Bose documents bring no closure
9 years, 6 months ago

Bose documents bring no closure

The Hindu  

Declassified by the West Bengal government on Friday, 64 files relating to Subhas Chandra Bose raise questions about whether he had indeed died in an air crash at Taihoku, now in Taiwan, on August 18, 1945. On his return from Europe sometime after Independence, Sarat Chandra Bose had said he was inclined to believe from information gathered on the continent …

'Netaji was alive at least till 1964'
9 years, 6 months ago

'Netaji was alive at least till 1964'

India TV News  

'Netaji was alive at least till 1964' New Delhi: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, whose death has become one of the biggest unsolved mysteries in India, did not die in 1945 and was alive at least till 1964, according to some documents that New Delhi: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, whose death has become one of the biggest unsolved mysteries in India, …

Subhas Bose's last days
9 years, 6 months ago

Subhas Bose's last days

The Hindu  

Mr. Subhas Chandra Bose was being brought to Tokyo as the first step in his transfer to Manchuria where he was expected to seek safety and protection from the Russians at the time of his reported death in a plane crash on August 18, according to Mr Amar Lahiri, a former Indian journalist resident in Tokyo. These factors had indeed …

Why Netaji still rules the Bengalis' heart
9 years, 7 months ago

Why Netaji still rules the Bengalis' heart

India TV News  

Why Netaji still rules the Bengalis' heart Kolkata: Ask any Bengali "who is your hero", and an overwhelming majority will say "Netaji".Seven decades after his "disappearance", Subhas Chandra Bose continues to inspire generations and is still the numero uno political hero in Kolkata: Ask any Bengali "who is your hero", and an overwhelming majority will say "Netaji". Seven decades after …

PM urged to set up new panel to unravel Netaji disappearance mystery
10 years, 4 months ago

PM urged to set up new panel to unravel Netaji disappearance mystery

India TV News  

Kolkata: Claiming the finds of the Justice Mukherjee Commission of Inquiry into the disappearance of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose were ‘incomplete', a city based organisation has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking a new panel to unravel the mystery of the leader's fate. The Netaji Chetna Mancha - an organisation of researchers - in the letter has claimed existence …

Successive governments neglected Netaji mystery: Anita Bose
12 years, 1 month ago

Successive governments neglected Netaji mystery: Anita Bose

India TV News  

Kolkata, Jan 27: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's daughter Anita Bose Pfaff feels that the inquiry commissions set up to investigate his whereabouts following his disappearance in 1945 were handicapped for want of enough government support. "I don't know how much support the inquiry commissions had received, but I think in some ways it was supportive and in other ways they …

Netaji's family seeks Mamata's help to reveal mystery
12 years, 2 months ago

Netaji's family seeks Mamata's help to reveal mystery

India TV News  

Kolkata, Jan 8: After failing to get any response from the Centre, thirty members of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's family have sought West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's intervention in revealing the mystery surrounding the disappearance of the nationalist leader. Demanding declassification of all secret records about the freedom fighter, who was last seen at Bangkok Airport on 17 August …

Nation Must Accept Netaji's Death: Biographer
13 years, 7 months ago

Nation Must Accept Netaji's Death: Biographer

India TV News  

New Delhi, July 24: Contrary to doubts raised about his death, historical evidence indicates thatNetaji Subhas Chandra Bose died in an air crash Aug 18, 1945, and the nation must accept that he was a martyr to the cause of freedom, says his grandnephew who has authored a new biography on Netaji Bose. I had seen the testimonies of six …

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