Netaji's kin meets Modi, hopeful about declassification of files
9 years, 10 months ago

Netaji's kin meets Modi, hopeful about declassification of files

Firstpost  

Family members of Subhas Chandra Bose today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here and put forward their long-pending demand to de-classify the files related to Netaji. Kolkata: Family members of Subhas Chandra Bose today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here and put forward their long-pending demand to de-classify the files related to Netaji. “Today along with other members of the Bose family, we met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and told him that the de-classification of Netaji files was not just a demand of the family but of the entire nation,” Netaji’s grand nephew Chandra Kumar Bose told reporters after the meeting with Modi. The Prime Minister had met Netaji’s grand nephew Surya Bose in Berlin last month during which they discussed the surveillance issues and declassification of the freedom fighter’s files.

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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 …

Bengal election: War over Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's legacy heats up
4 years, 2 months ago

Bengal election: War over Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's legacy heats up

India Today  

Lacking a neta for its Bengal campaign, the BJP has decided to resurrect the legacy of Netaji. Its victory plan in Mamata Banerjee’s bastion now involves a classic case of “icon-jacking” after the Centre through a gazette notification declared Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s birthday on January 23 as Parakram Diwas or valour day. On October 14, 2015, nearly 50 members …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Did Subhash Chandra Bose die in 1945 plane crash? Modi govt says yes in RTI reply; Netaji's kin see red
7 years, 10 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 …

Centre to release 50 declassified files on Netaji today
9 years ago

Centre to release 50 declassified files on Netaji today

India TV News  

New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government will release the second batch of fifty declassified files relating to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in New Delhi today. The documents consist of ten each files from the Prime Minister’s Office and Home Ministry and 30 files from Ministry of External Affairs pertaining to the period 1956 to 2009. As many as hundred secret …

Declassifying Netaji files: Congress squirms in discomfort but Modi must guard against using it as a political tool
9 years, 2 months ago

Declassifying Netaji files: Congress squirms in discomfort but Modi must guard against using it as a political tool

Firstpost  

Caught with a sense of panic that decades of manipulating history is now coming back to bite it, Congress high command and heavyweight ministers have suddenly started heaping fulsome praise on Bose. If declassification eventually leads to a confirmation of Congress’s assertion that Bose indeed died in a plane crash in 1945, that should end all ‘conspiracy theories’ and result …

Netaji's grand nephew Chandra Bose joins BJP ahead of WB polls
9 years, 2 months ago

Netaji's grand nephew Chandra Bose joins BJP ahead of WB polls

India TV News  

Kolkata: The grand nephew of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose today joined ranks with the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of crucial assembly polls in the state later this year. Chandra Bose, Netaji's grand nephew, was inducted into the party in the presence of party president Amit Shah during a public rally at Howrah today. Chandra Bose is also one of the …

Declassified files prove Netaji did not live in USSR: website
9 years, 2 months 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 …

Netaji files: BJP only trying to spin conflict of ideologies, says Nitish Kumar
9 years, 2 months ago

Netaji files: BJP only trying to spin conflict of ideologies, says Nitish Kumar

Firstpost  

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today accused BJP of trying to create conflict between different ideologies by riding on the declassification of files related to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. Prime Minister Narendra Modi today released digital copies of 100 declassified files related to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose at the National Archives of India. New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar …

Modi's declassification of Netaji files: A political ploy?
9 years, 2 months ago

Modi's declassification of Netaji files: A political ploy?

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: With assembly elections in West Bengal just three months away, Prime Minister Narendra Modi seems to have played a masterstroke, as by declassifying 100 files related to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on the occasion of his 119th birth anniversary, he has scored emotional points and at the same time given BJP a headstart in the run-up to the …

Netaji Files Declassified; Family Rejoices
9 years, 2 months ago

Netaji Files Declassified; Family Rejoices

The Quint  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today made public digital copies of 100 secret files relating to Subhash Chandra Bose on his 119th birth anniversary, which could throw some light on the controversy over his death. The files were declassified and put on digital display at the National Archives of India by Modi, who pressed a button in the presence of Bose …

PM Modi to take up declassification of secret files on Netaji with Putin
9 years, 3 months ago

PM Modi to take up declassification of secret files on Netaji with Putin

India TV News  

Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take up the issue of declassifying secret Russian files on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose with Russian President Vladimir Putin during his upcoming visit to Moscow, a Bose family member said here on Monday. Some members of the Bose family recently held a meeting with Modi, and urged him to raise with Putin the matter …

CIC-verdict regarding declassification of files relating to Netaji is meaningless [Read Order]
9 years, 3 months ago

CIC-verdict regarding declassification of files relating to Netaji is meaningless [Read Order]

Live Law  

A long-pending CIC-verdict dated 01.12.2015 in appeal-number CIC/CC/A/2015/001530/VS against Prime Minister’s Office, regarding declassification of files relating to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose came much after a special priority hearing which was held long back on 26.08.2015, considering issue to be of vast importance to national and public interest.The Central Information. A long-pending CIC-verdict dated 01.12.2015 in appeal-number CIC/CC/A/2015/001530/VS against Prime …

Hope it puts speculations to rest: Netaji's daughter welcomes decision to declassify files
9 years, 5 months ago

Hope it puts speculations to rest: Netaji's daughter welcomes decision to declassify files

Firstpost  

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s daughter Anita Bose Pfaff on Wednesday welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement about declassifying Netaji files, saying it would put to rest speculations on her father’s mysterious disappearance in 1945. Kolkata: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s daughter Anita Bose Pfaff on Wednesday welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement about declassifying Netaji files, saying it would put to …

The Netaji Files: Declassification to begin on January 23, says Narendra Modi
9 years, 5 months ago

The Netaji Files: Declassification to begin on January 23, says Narendra Modi

Firstpost  

The secret files related to Subhas Chandra Bose will be declassified by the central government beginning 23 January next year, PM Modi announced. New Delhi: The secret files related to Subhas Chandra Bose will be declassified by the central government beginning 23 January next year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Wednesday as he met Netaji’s family members and declared …

Modi Government to Declassify Netaji Files Next Year
9 years, 5 months ago

Modi Government to Declassify Netaji Files Next Year

The Quint  

The central government will begin to declassify files on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose from January 23 next year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced today. He said he will also urge foreign governments to declassify files on Netaji available with them by writing to them and personally taking it up with foreign leaders during meetings, beginning with Russia in December. “Process …

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 …

Bengal makes public cabinet papers on Netaji between 1938-1947
9 years, 6 months ago

Bengal makes public cabinet papers on Netaji between 1938-1947

India TV News  

Kolkata: After the declassification of files on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, the West Bengal government today made public the cabinet papers on Netaji and allied subjects from 1938 to 1947. 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' …

Subhash Chandra Bose’s daughter urges Narendra Modi to declassify files
9 years, 6 months ago

Subhash Chandra Bose’s daughter urges Narendra Modi to declassify files

Live Mint  

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. “I am, therefore, not aware of their content, especially not of any information about his death.” She also said, “I would appeal …

Netaji's daughter urges PM Modi to declassify files
9 years, 6 months ago

Netaji's daughter urges PM Modi to declassify files

India TV News  

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

Centre must declassify Netaji files: Govindacharya
9 years, 6 months ago

Centre must declassify Netaji files: Govindacharya

The Hindu  

Social activist and thinker K.N. Govindacharya on Thursday said the Centre should follow the West Bengal government and declassify documents related to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose to put an end to all speculations. “All files related to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose should be declassified to put an end to all speculations,” the RSS ideologue and former BJP general secretary told …

Centre should declassify Netaji files: K N Govindacharya
9 years, 6 months ago

Centre should declassify Netaji files: K N Govindacharya

India TV News  

Lucknow: Social activist and thinker K N Govindacharya today said the Centre should follow the West Bengal government and declassify documents related to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose to put an end to all speculations. "All files related to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose should be declassified to put an end to all speculations," RSS ideologue and former BJP general secretary Govindacharya …

Union government holds 41 files on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and only 2 of them are declassified
9 years, 6 months ago

Union government holds 41 files on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and only 2 of them are declassified

India TV News  

After the West Bengal Government declassified the files/information in its possession, on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, there is considerable pressure on the NDA government at the centre to declassify the files in its possession. As per the available information, the Union Government, in its possession has 41 files on Bose out of which only two are declassified and are sent …

Netaji files will be made public: Rahul Sinha
9 years, 6 months ago

Netaji files will be made public: Rahul Sinha

The Hindu  

The Centre will declassify the files on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose lying with it and is only taking time to do so because they have links to several nations, according to West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party president Rahul Sinha. “The files related to Netaji are related to several nations and that is why the Centre is taking time to declassify …

Netaji's kin want foreign countries to declassify files as well
9 years, 6 months ago

Netaji's kin want foreign countries to declassify files as well

Firstpost  

Family members of Subhas Chandra Bose on Sunday said the Prime Minister must ask governments of other countries to declassify files in their possession about his disappearance, as they feared that some secret documents that could have solved the mystery might have been destroyed. Kolkata: Family members of Subhas Chandra Bose on Sunday said the Prime Minister must ask governments …

Centre needs to tread cautiously on Netaji files: Venkaiah Naidu
9 years, 6 months ago

Centre needs to tread cautiously on Netaji files: Venkaiah Naidu

India TV News  

Hyderabad: The Centre will take a decision on declassification of files related to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose only after studying its impact on India's relations with other countries, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said here on Saturday. Seventy years after his mysterious disappearance, 64 files running into nearly 13,000 pages were declassified on Friday which shows some of Netaji's family …

Centre needs to tread cautiously on Netaji files: Venkaiah
9 years, 6 months ago

Centre needs to tread cautiously on Netaji files: Venkaiah

The Hindu  

The Centre will take a decision on declassification of files related to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose only after studying its impact on India’s relations with other countries, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said here on Saturday. Seventy years after his mysterious disappearance, >64 files running into nearly 13,000 pages were declassified> on Friday which shows some of Netaji’s family members …

Decades-long mystery gains quick political currency
9 years, 6 months ago

Decades-long mystery gains quick political currency

The Hindu  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has sought to strike a chord with the people as she >declassified 64 files pertaining to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, a freedom fighter who enjoys legendary status in the State. Putting >oblique pressure on the Centre to follow suit and declassify the Bose files lying with it, Ms. Banerjee said on Friday: “Truth must …

Declassified files show Netaji's family spied on in independent India
9 years, 6 months ago

Declassified files show Netaji's family spied on in independent India

India TV News  

Kolkata: Sixty four files running into nearly 13,000 pages relating Netaji Subash Chandra Bose files were declassified today which shows some of his 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. Tucked away in police and government lockers for decades, the files …

Centre non-committal on declassification of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose files
9 years, 6 months ago

Centre non-committal on declassification of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose files

Firstpost  

The Centre on Friday remained non-committal over declassification of all files related to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose saying it was difficult to predict when to release all such documents. New Delhi: The Centre on Friday remained non-committal over declassification of all files related to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose saying it was difficult to predict when to release all such documents. …

Bengal govt to declassify 64 Netaji files: All you need to know about Bose documents
9 years, 6 months ago

Bengal govt to declassify 64 Netaji files: All you need to know about Bose documents

Firstpost  

Here’s all you need to know about the classified files on Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. The West Bengal government is all set to declassify 64 files on Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, which lying with the state’s Home Department. Asked whether the files to be declassified can throw any clue about the alleged snooping on Netaji’s nephew by the central government …

Yet to assess impact of declassifying Netaji files : Venkaiah Naidu – India TV
9 years, 6 months ago

Yet to assess impact of declassifying Netaji files : Venkaiah Naidu – India TV

India TV News  

Kolkata: With West Bengal government moving ahead to declassify 64 files on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday said the central government is yet to assess its impact on international relations. "The central government and the concerned ministries know better about the practical problems and they are studying ita The centre has to think …

West Bengal government to declassify Netaji files
9 years, 6 months ago

West Bengal government to declassify Netaji files

India TV News  

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today announced that 64 files on Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose lying with the state's Home Department would be declassified and put in public domain from next Friday. Asked if the state would request the Centre to declassify files it has in its possession, Banerjee said, "It is for the Centre to decide, but …

Bose family approaches UK on declassifying Netaji files
9 years, 7 months ago

Bose family approaches UK on declassifying Netaji files

India TV News  

Berlin: Subhash Chandra Bose's family, still awaiting a response from Prime Minister Narendra Modi over declassifying files on the “mystery” surrounding Netaji, has approached the UK asserting it has the relevant documents on him. Asked about Modi government's approach on the issue, Surya said he was hopeful on securing “closure” to the “mystery” over the issue. Toeing the line adopted …

PMO refuses to disclose Netaji files; CIC reserves order
9 years, 7 months ago

PMO refuses to disclose Netaji files; CIC reserves order

India TV News  

PMO refuses to disclose Netaji files; CIC reserves order New Delhi: The Prime Minister's Office has told the Central Information Commission that it cannot declassify files related to freedom fighter Subhas Chandra Bose as it will adversely affect relations with foreign countries.During the hearing New Delhi: The Prime Minister's Office has told the Central Information Commission that it cannot declassify …

family members of Netaji SC bose to meet pm narendra modi-IndiaTV News
9 years, 11 months ago

family members of Netaji SC bose to meet pm narendra modi-IndiaTV News

India TV News  

Kolkata: Family members of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose will meet Prime Minster Narendra Modi on May 17 and press for the declassification of secret files on Netaji lying with the central and state governments. A couple of days back we received a letter from the PMO inviting us on May 17," Netaji's grandnephew Chandra Kumar Bose said. Netaji Subhas Chandra …

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 …

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

Modi meets Subhash Chandra Bose’s grand nephew in Berlin

Live Mint  

Berlin: Grand nephew of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Berlin on Monday night and is understood to have raised the issue of declassification of all secret files related to the freedom fighter amid a row over snooping on the leader’s close relatives. Surya Kumar Bose met the Prime Minister after attending a reception hosted in …

Declassify Netaji files, kin to tell Modi in Germany
9 years, 11 months ago

Declassify Netaji files, kin to tell Modi in Germany

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to meet Surya Bose, grandnephew of freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, on Monday during the Germany leg of his three-nation tour. In Germany the highlight of Mr. Modi’s visit was the joint inauguration of the Hannover Fair along with Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday; India is the partner nation for the fair for …

Congress dares PM Modi to declassify documents on Netaji | India TV News
9 years, 11 months ago

Congress dares PM Modi to declassify documents on Netaji | India TV News

India TV News  

New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday termed the news reports suggesting snooping of family of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose "motivated news plants based on selected and mischievous leaks" and dared Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declassify all documents relating to the freedom fighter. "News reports suggesting snooping of family of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose are motivated news plants based on …

Declassified Files Reveal Nehru Spied on Netaji’s Kin
9 years, 11 months ago

Declassified Files Reveal Nehru Spied on Netaji’s Kin

The Quint  

Two documents declassified by the Intelligence Bureau reveal that India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru spied on the family of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose for two decades. IB sleuths also reportedly put surveillance on Bose’s family homes in Kolkata in Woodburn Park and 38/2 Elgin Road and reported back to Nehru. Intelligence Bureau primarily tracked Bose’s nephew siblings Sisir Kumar …

Dibakar Banerjee keen on declassification of secret files related to Subhas Chandra Bose
10 years, 3 months ago

Dibakar Banerjee keen on declassification of secret files related to Subhas Chandra Bose

Firstpost  

Keen to learn more about Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Bollywood filmmaker Dibakar Banerjee Monday batted for declassification of secret files related to the nationalist leader. Kolkata: Keen to learn more about Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Bollywood filmmaker Dibakar Banerjee Monday batted for declassification of secret files related to the nationalist leader. Recently, a section of Bose’s family that has been …

Dibakar Banerjee keen on declassification of Netaji files
10 years, 3 months ago

Dibakar Banerjee keen on declassification of Netaji files

India TV News  

Kolkata: Keen to learn more about Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Bollywood filmmaker Dibakar Banerjee Monday batted for declassification of secret files related to the nationalist leader. The "Khosla Ka Ghosla" maker was keen to know about Netaji's life but the authorities backed out of declassifying the files as promised, said a statement. "History cannot be hidden and if my information …

How did Netaji die? Rajya Sabha demands BJP declassify files on Bose
10 years, 3 months ago

How did Netaji die? Rajya Sabha demands BJP declassify files on Bose

Firstpost  

New Delhi: A demand to declassify records relating to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose was made in the Rajya Sabha today to “unravel the mystery” behind his death nearly seven decades back. Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Sukhendu Sekhar Roy said that the BJP before coming to power had demanded that records related to Bose be made public but has …

Declassify government files on Netaji, says family
12 years, 2 months ago

Declassify government files on Netaji, says family

India TV News  

Kolkata, Jan 23: Claiming that over 100 secret files on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose were with various government departments, including the PMO, Netaji's family members and researchers Tuesday threatened to launch a mass movement if the documents are not declassified and made public at the earliest. "One hand the government has always been maintaining that Netaji died in the 1945 …

Declassify government files on Netaji, says family
12 years, 2 months ago

Declassify government files on Netaji, says family

India TV News  

Kolkata, Jan 23: Claiming that over 100 secret files on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose were with various government departments, including the PMO, Netaji's family members and researchers Tuesday threatened to launch a mass movement if the documents are not declassified and made public at the earliest. "One hand the government has always been maintaining that Netaji died in the 1945 …

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