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 Narendra Modi seeking his intervention for declaring Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s birthday on 23 January as a national holiday. She also urged Modi to personally see that the Centre takes appropriate steps to give a conclusive picture on the freedom fighter’s disappearance on 18 August, 1945. I would like to request your kind personal intervention to see that the Central Government declared 23rd January, Netaji’s birthday, a National Holiday and also takes appropriate steps to give conclusive steps to give conclusive position to the issue relating to the disappearance of Netaji…” the CM wrote.

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Modi, Murmu pay tribute to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Modi, Murmu pay tribute to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose

Deccan Chronicle  

The Prime Minister also underscored Bose’s pivotal role in celebrating India’s cultural heritage, mentioning, “Netaji not only opposed foreign rule but also countered those who questioned India’s rich legacy. His life and contributions continue to inspire Indian youth.” President Droupadi Murmu also paid tribute to Bose, acknowledging his monumental role in India’s freedom struggle. In a post on social media, …

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 …

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose 125th Birth Anniversary: History And Significance Of The Great Freedom Fighter
3 years, 1 month ago

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose 125th Birth Anniversary: History And Significance Of The Great Freedom Fighter

ABP News  

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, announced to install a grand statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on his 125th birth anniversary at India Gate in New Delhi. The announcement of erecting a granite statue of the great freedom fighter Subhas Chandra Bose was made on the Twitter handle of Prime minister Narendra Modi. Republic Day Tableau Controversy …

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 …

Committee Headed by PM Modi to Commemorate Bose’s 125th Birth Anniversary
4 years, 2 months ago

Committee Headed by PM Modi to Commemorate Bose’s 125th Birth Anniversary

News 18  

Ministry of Culture has issued notification for a high-level committee, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to commemorate the 125th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in a befitting manner. Activities will be planned in Delhi, Kolkata and other places associated with Netaji and Azad Hind Fauj, both in India as well as overseas starting January 23, which marks …

Netaji talked about unity of all people, but it seems BJP does not consider him national leader, says Mamata Banerjee
6 years, 1 month ago

Netaji talked about unity of all people, but it seems BJP does not consider him national leader, says Mamata Banerjee

Firstpost  

Mamata Banerjee hit out at the Centre on Thursday for not declaring Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s birth anniversary a national holiday Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee hit out at the Centre on Thursday for not declaring Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s birth anniversary a national holiday and said it seems that the government does not …

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 …

Mamata Banerjee hits out at Centre for not declaring Subhash Chandra Bose's birthday a national holiday
7 years, 1 month ago

Mamata Banerjee hits out at Centre for not declaring Subhash Chandra Bose's birthday a national holiday

Firstpost  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday hit out at the Centre for not declaring Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s birthday a national holiday Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday hit out at the Centre for not declaring Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s birthday a national holiday and lamented that the iconic freedom fighter is yet to get …

India remembers Subhas Chandra Bose on 121st birth anniversary: Ram Nath Kovind Narendra Modi, Amit Shah pay tribute
7 years, 1 month ago

India remembers Subhas Chandra Bose on 121st birth anniversary: Ram Nath Kovind Narendra Modi, Amit Shah pay tribute

Firstpost  

On Tuesday, the 121st birth anniversary of ‘Netaji’ Subhas Chandra Bose, the country paid rich tributes to one of the key members of the Indian freedom struggle On Tuesday, the 121st birth anniversary of ‘Netaji’ Subhas Chandra Bose, the country paid rich tributes to one of the key members of the Indian freedom struggle. pic.twitter.com/Qrao1dnmQZ — Narendra Modi January 23, …

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 …

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's family says history of Independence movement in India has been distorted
7 years, 7 months ago

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's family says history of Independence movement in India has been distorted

Firstpost  

Bose 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 18 August that year Kolkata: The family members of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on Thursday alleged that the history of Indian independence movement has been “distorted” and rectification should be done …

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 …

Subhash Chandra Bose survived 1945 air crash, suggest newly declassified files
8 years, 11 months ago

Subhash Chandra Bose survived 1945 air crash, suggest newly declassified files

India TV News  

New Delhi: A fresh tranche of files related to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose declassified by the Narendra Modi government on Tuesday indicate that the legendary freedom fighter may have survived the 1945 plane crash and lived beyond that. The second broadcast came on January 1, 1946 in which Subhash Chandra Bose said, "We must get freedom within two years. The …

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 …

Declassified files prove Netaji did not live in USSR: website
9 years, 1 month ago

Declassified files prove Netaji did not live in USSR: website

India TV News  

London: The 100 Indian government files declassified by India confirm that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose did not live in the former Soviet Union in or after 1945, said a UK website set up to chart the last days of the nationalist leader. The Russian government informed the Indian Embassy in Moscow in 1992 and 1995 there is no record of …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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’s grand nephew meets Modi in Berlin
9 years, 11 months ago

Netaji’s grand nephew meets Modi in Berlin

The Hindu  

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s grand nephew met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here and sought declassification of all secret files related to the freedom fighter, amid a row over reported snooping on the leader’s close relatives. Surya Kumar Bose met Mr. Modi after attending a reception hosted in the Prime Minister’s honour by India’s Ambassador to Germany Vijay Gokhale here last …

India: Independence hero’s fate remains top secret
10 years ago

India: Independence hero’s fate remains top secret

Al Jazeera  

Subhas Chandra Bose allegedly died in a mysterious plane crash in 1945, but many Indians believe it never happened. New Delhi, India – Seventy years ago, India’s independence hero Subhas Chandra Bose reportedly died in a mysterious plane crash near Taipei, Taiwan. But now, Modi’s office has said in response to a right-to-information query that it has “no power” to …

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 …

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 …

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