Efforts Made to Obtain Files Relating to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Says Govt
3 years, 1 month ago

Efforts Made to Obtain Files Relating to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Says Govt

News 18  

The government on Thursday said that efforts have been made to obtain the files and records relating to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose from the UK, the US, Russia, Japan, and China. "Efforts have been made to obtain the files and records relating to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose from the UK, the USA, Russia, Japan and China," he said. "The Russian government has conveyed that they were unable to find any documents in the Russian archives pertaining to Netaji even after additional investigations made based on a request from the Indian side," he said. "Therefore, locating these documents would require extensive research of the records of different US Government agencies and they will not be able to do so," Muraleedharan said.

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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 …

Explained: Why Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s remains are still in Japan
2 years, 7 months ago

Explained: Why Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s remains are still in Japan

Firstpost  

Ahead of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s death anniversary, his daughter has once again said that his remains should be brought back to India. No prime minister from the time of Jawarharlal Nehru has succeeded to get the ashes, which are currently kept at Tokyo’s Renkoji temple It will be 77 years since Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s death on 18 August …

Controversy over Subhas Chandra Bose’s death: Daughter Anita Bose Pfaff urges Centre to conduct DNA tests on ashes kept at Japan’s Renkoji temple
5 years, 7 months ago

Controversy over Subhas Chandra Bose’s death: Daughter Anita Bose Pfaff urges Centre to conduct DNA tests on ashes kept at Japan’s Renkoji temple

Firstpost  

Kolkata: Amidst raging controversy about the end of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, his daughter Anita Bose Pfaff on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure DNA tests are done on the ashes kept at Renkoji temple in Japan to “bring out the truth” and alleged that certain people in the previous governments had “neglected” the matter as they “never” …

Russia unable to find any document on Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose in their archive: Government in Lok Sabha
5 years, 8 months ago

Russia unable to find any document on Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose in their archive: Government in Lok Sabha

Op India  

On Wednesday, the government informed the Lok Sabha that the Russian government was unable to find any documents in Russian archives pertaining to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. V. Muraleedharan, MoS MEA in Lok Sabha: Govt has approached Russia a no.of times since 2014 seeking info on Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. BJP leader Subramanian Swamy had even claimed said that Stalin …

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 …

No record of Netaji’s stay in Russia, reveals declassified files
8 years, 8 months ago

No record of Netaji’s stay in Russia, reveals declassified files

India TV News  

The new set of declassified 25 files relating to Netaji’s Subhas Chandra Bose has no record of his stay in the Soviet Union in 1945. In a letter, dated January 8, 1992, to Indian Embassy in Moscow, the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Russian Federation has said, “…according to the data in the Central and Republican archives, no information whatsoever is …

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 …

Netaji files: Next set to be released after Budget session ends
9 years ago

Netaji files: Next set to be released after Budget session ends

Firstpost  

National Archives is converting the second set of Netaji files into digital form for the public. New Delhi: The second tranche of 25 secret files on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose will be released after the conclusion of Budget session of Parliament, Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma said on Friday. We are ready with the set of 25 secret files on Netaji …

UK website calls for DNA test of Netaji's remains
9 years, 1 month ago

UK website calls for DNA test of Netaji's remains

India TV News  

London: The mortal remains of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose should be DNA-tested to conclusively prove that he died in a plane crash in Taiwan in 1945, according to a UK-based website set up to catalogue the nationalist leader's last days. The website also released letters to show that as far back as September 5, 1995, Ashis Ray Bose's grandnephew and …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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’s aide claimed he was alive and in China in 1948 according to declassified files
9 years, 6 months ago

Netaji’s aide claimed he was alive and in China in 1948 according to declassified files

Firstpost  

Netaji Subash Chandra Bose was “alive” and “somewhere in Manchuria, China” in 1948, one of his trusted aides, Deb Nath Das, had claimed then, according to the declassified files by the West Bengal government. Kolkata: Freedom fighter Netaji Subash Chandra Bose was “alive” and “somewhere in Manchuria, China” in 1948, one of his trusted aides, Deb Nath Das, had claimed …

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 …

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 …

'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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Bihar archives to chronicle Subhash Chandra Bose's link with state
10 years, 4 months ago

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

Firstpost  

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 …

Is the UPA government destroying secret files on Netaji?
11 years, 4 months ago

Is the UPA government destroying secret files on Netaji?

Firstpost  

Writer of a new book on the controversy surrounding Subhas Chandra Bose’s disappearance has made a stunning allegation that the UPA government is making files relating to the iconic freedom fighter’s fate “disappear”. I wonder which ‘highest-level’ authority came in the way.” Regarding the four ISD files Dhar says their disappearance indicates that “they have either been destroyed or moved …

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 …

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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