Bihar archives to chronicle Subhash Chandra Bose's link with state

Patna: The British Raj had asked provincial governments in the country in the early 1930s not to allow publishing of a speech by revolutionary Subhash Chandra Bose at a conference in London during that time, according to documents of the period. After searching through its voluminous collection to look for records in connection with Netaji, the state archives would soon be publishing a volume ‘Subhash Chandra Bose in the records of the Bihar State Archives’. “The record dating to 1933 talks of letters being sent to Bihar and Orissa government seeking transfer of Bose from Seonee Jail in Nagpur in the then central provinces to the General Hospital in Patna for conducting meals and radiography tests on him after he complained of severe pains in his stomach,” the archivist said. Kumar said the idea is to make Bose’s connection with Bihar accessible to people and many of these records would bring fresh insights about Netaji as we know him. The BSA has planned to meanwhile release seven new publications later this month, namely, ‘Bihar Vibhuti - Part 3’, ‘Abhilekh Bihar 2013’, ‘Old Zemindari Records of Bihar’ and ‘Unrest Against British Rule’, among others.