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http://zeenews.india.com/news/india...considering-all-factors-congress_1799139.html
New Delhi: Congress on Friday said the central government should declassify files concerning Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose after taking into consideration "all the factors and the national interest".
The Party welcomed the decision of the West Bengal government to release 64 secret files relating to Bose that could help throw light on his mysterious disappearance.
"The Government of India should declassify such files considering all the factors and what is there in those files which are declassified by the Government of West Bengal," Congress general secretary Shakeel Ahmed told reporters.
Insisting that there should not be any selective leaks and there should not be any planted stories, Ahmed said any release of Bose files should be a "comprehensive" one.
The Congress leader said BJP had ridiculed the stand of the erstwhile UPA government against declassifying the Netaji files, but after the Modi dispensation assumed office, it also took the same stand.
Ahmed said that all facts would be brought before the people after reviewing the concerned files available in India and outside and taking into consideration "all the aspects and the national interest".
In Kolkata, senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar said the Centre is "more than welcome" to declassify files it has on Bose. "BJP is more than welcome to declassify the files," Aiyar told PTI on the sidelines of a programme.
Earlier in the day releasing the Netaji files, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said: "We made a beginning. The people should know the truth. Let the central government also declassify the files (on Netaji). Let good sense prevail on all of us. You cannot suppress the truth. Let truth come out."
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New Delhi: Congress on Friday said the central government should declassify files concerning Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose after taking into consideration "all the factors and the national interest".
The Party welcomed the decision of the West Bengal government to release 64 secret files relating to Bose that could help throw light on his mysterious disappearance.
"The Government of India should declassify such files considering all the factors and what is there in those files which are declassified by the Government of West Bengal," Congress general secretary Shakeel Ahmed told reporters.
Insisting that there should not be any selective leaks and there should not be any planted stories, Ahmed said any release of Bose files should be a "comprehensive" one.
The Congress leader said BJP had ridiculed the stand of the erstwhile UPA government against declassifying the Netaji files, but after the Modi dispensation assumed office, it also took the same stand.
Ahmed said that all facts would be brought before the people after reviewing the concerned files available in India and outside and taking into consideration "all the aspects and the national interest".
In Kolkata, senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar said the Centre is "more than welcome" to declassify files it has on Bose. "BJP is more than welcome to declassify the files," Aiyar told PTI on the sidelines of a programme.
Earlier in the day releasing the Netaji files, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said: "We made a beginning. The people should know the truth. Let the central government also declassify the files (on Netaji). Let good sense prevail on all of us. You cannot suppress the truth. Let truth come out."
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BJP more than welcome to declassify Netaji files: Mani Shankar Aiyar | Zee News
Last Updated: Saturday, September 19, 2015 - 00:10
Kolkata: Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Friday said the central government was "more than welcome" to declassify the files it has on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
"The BJP is more than welcome to declassify the files," Aiyar told the media here on the sidelines of a programme here.
Giving impetus to the decalcification campaigns as well as fuelling the debate on the disappearance of Netaji, 64 classified documents with the West Bengal government were made public on Friday.
Aiyar, however, declined to comment on reports that Netaji`s family members were spied upon by successive Congress governments till 1968.
"I have not seen those files. I don`t know what is there in them. So I can`t comment on it."
Recently, declassified files of the union home ministry revealed that the family of Netaji was placed under intensive surveillance from 1948 to 1968 by the central government.
The country had three Congress prime ministers during these 20 years -- Jawaharlal Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shastri and Indira Gandhi.
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Last Updated: Saturday, September 19, 2015 - 00:10
Kolkata: Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Friday said the central government was "more than welcome" to declassify the files it has on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
"The BJP is more than welcome to declassify the files," Aiyar told the media here on the sidelines of a programme here.
Giving impetus to the decalcification campaigns as well as fuelling the debate on the disappearance of Netaji, 64 classified documents with the West Bengal government were made public on Friday.
Aiyar, however, declined to comment on reports that Netaji`s family members were spied upon by successive Congress governments till 1968.
"I have not seen those files. I don`t know what is there in them. So I can`t comment on it."
Recently, declassified files of the union home ministry revealed that the family of Netaji was placed under intensive surveillance from 1948 to 1968 by the central government.
The country had three Congress prime ministers during these 20 years -- Jawaharlal Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shastri and Indira Gandhi.
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Declassified files reveal Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose wanted to speak over radio | Zee News
Kolkata: "For the last one month a rather strange broadcast is being heard over the radio...The broadcast only says 'Neta Subhas Chandra transmitter...Wanted to speak," this was written by Netaji's nephew Amiya Nath Bose in a letter to his brother in 1949 as revealed by one of the secret files on the leader declassified by the West Bengal government.
The letter by Amiya Nath Bose, addressed to his brother Sisir Kumar Bose, based at that time in London, on November 18, 1949, said, "We are getting this broadcast on the shortwave near 16mm. The broadcast only says Neta Subhas Chandra Bose transmitter... Wanted to speak. This sentence is repeated for hours. We do not quite know where it is coming from because that is not announced".
The letter was intercepted by Kolkata Police's intelligence bureau following a government order, according to the declassified files.
A secret report submitted by the central intelligence office, Calcutta to deputy inspector general of police, IB, West Bengal on 25.1.1949 stated, "Sarat Chandra Bose (elder brother of Netaji) inclined to believe from information gathered during his European tour that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was alive and that he is now somewhere in China controlled by the Communist army of China".
Netaji 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 airport in Taiwan on August 18 that year.
The secret files also revealed how snooping was done on Netaji's family members including Sarat Chandra Bose even after independence by the then government.
A secret report sent by deputy commissioner, special branch (1) CID, Bombay to DCP (II), SB, Calcutta in 1949 said, "Mr Sarat Chandra Bose arrived in Bombay on May 11 and flew to Geneva on May 13. He holds passport no 3915/1949".
The file showed that even a letter written by a travel company to Sarat Chandra Bose confirming seats in Air India for travelling to Geneva was intercepted.
Netaji's grandnephew Chandra Bose, when asked whether Netaji died in 1945 in a plane crash, has replied, "A communication from CID Howrah quoting the US and the British intelligence stated that he did not die in a plane crash."
Netaji's family members demanded that the Centre take a cue from the state government and declassify the secret files on Netaji in its own possession.
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Centre needs to tread cautiously on Netaji files: Naidu | Zee News
Hyderabad: The Centre will take a decision on declassification of files related to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose only after studying its impact on India's relations with other countries, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said here on Saturday.
"The West Bengal government has made public certain confidential files related to Netaji. It is good... It needs to be studied what is there in those files before the Centre takes such a decision, its impact on the international community, our relations with other countries, neighbouring countries, needs to be studied.
"The Centre will have to take a final decision after studying that. I personally feel that people of the country have the right to know the truth on the Netaji issue. Government will think of it and decide how and when to do it," the Parliamentary Affairs Minister told reporters here on the sidelines of an event.
Seventy years after his mysterious disappearance, 64 files running into nearly 13,000 pages were declassified yesterday which shows some of Netaji's family members were spied upon in independent India.
However, there was no clarity on whether Bose died in an air crash in 1945 as is widely believed.
Tucked away in police and government lockers for decades, the files containing 12,744 pages were declassified by West Bengal government in the presence of Bose's family members, who have been demanding that information on Netaji be made public.
The files have been kept inside glass cases at the Kolkata Police Museum before they are made accessible to the public on Monday.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has demanded that the Centre declassify files pertaining to the nationalist leader and said that it is unfortunate that the mystery of Netaji's disappearance has remained unresolved for 70 years.
Some of Netaji's family members have rejected the theory that he had died in a plane crash in Taihoku airport in Taiwan on August 18, 1945.
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Kolkata: "For the last one month a rather strange broadcast is being heard over the radio...The broadcast only says 'Neta Subhas Chandra transmitter...Wanted to speak," this was written by Netaji's nephew Amiya Nath Bose in a letter to his brother in 1949 as revealed by one of the secret files on the leader declassified by the West Bengal government.
The letter by Amiya Nath Bose, addressed to his brother Sisir Kumar Bose, based at that time in London, on November 18, 1949, said, "We are getting this broadcast on the shortwave near 16mm. The broadcast only says Neta Subhas Chandra Bose transmitter... Wanted to speak. This sentence is repeated for hours. We do not quite know where it is coming from because that is not announced".
The letter was intercepted by Kolkata Police's intelligence bureau following a government order, according to the declassified files.
A secret report submitted by the central intelligence office, Calcutta to deputy inspector general of police, IB, West Bengal on 25.1.1949 stated, "Sarat Chandra Bose (elder brother of Netaji) inclined to believe from information gathered during his European tour that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was alive and that he is now somewhere in China controlled by the Communist army of China".
Netaji 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 airport in Taiwan on August 18 that year.
The secret files also revealed how snooping was done on Netaji's family members including Sarat Chandra Bose even after independence by the then government.
A secret report sent by deputy commissioner, special branch (1) CID, Bombay to DCP (II), SB, Calcutta in 1949 said, "Mr Sarat Chandra Bose arrived in Bombay on May 11 and flew to Geneva on May 13. He holds passport no 3915/1949".
The file showed that even a letter written by a travel company to Sarat Chandra Bose confirming seats in Air India for travelling to Geneva was intercepted.
Netaji's grandnephew Chandra Bose, when asked whether Netaji died in 1945 in a plane crash, has replied, "A communication from CID Howrah quoting the US and the British intelligence stated that he did not die in a plane crash."
Netaji's family members demanded that the Centre take a cue from the state government and declassify the secret files on Netaji in its own possession.
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Centre needs to tread cautiously on Netaji files: Naidu | Zee News
Hyderabad: The Centre will take a decision on declassification of files related to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose only after studying its impact on India's relations with other countries, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said here on Saturday.
"The West Bengal government has made public certain confidential files related to Netaji. It is good... It needs to be studied what is there in those files before the Centre takes such a decision, its impact on the international community, our relations with other countries, neighbouring countries, needs to be studied.
"The Centre will have to take a final decision after studying that. I personally feel that people of the country have the right to know the truth on the Netaji issue. Government will think of it and decide how and when to do it," the Parliamentary Affairs Minister told reporters here on the sidelines of an event.
Seventy years after his mysterious disappearance, 64 files running into nearly 13,000 pages were declassified yesterday which shows some of Netaji's family members were spied upon in independent India.
However, there was no clarity on whether Bose died in an air crash in 1945 as is widely believed.
Tucked away in police and government lockers for decades, the files containing 12,744 pages were declassified by West Bengal government in the presence of Bose's family members, who have been demanding that information on Netaji be made public.
The files have been kept inside glass cases at the Kolkata Police Museum before they are made accessible to the public on Monday.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has demanded that the Centre declassify files pertaining to the nationalist leader and said that it is unfortunate that the mystery of Netaji's disappearance has remained unresolved for 70 years.
Some of Netaji's family members have rejected the theory that he had died in a plane crash in Taihoku airport in Taiwan on August 18, 1945.
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Centre needs to tread cautiously on Netaji files: Venkaiah - The Hindu
Updated: September 19, 2015 14:07 IST
The government will think of it and decide how and when to do it, he says
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.
“The West Bengal government has made public certain confidential files related to Netaji. It is good... it needs to be studied what is there in those files before the Centre takes such a decision, its impact on the international community, our relations with other countries, neighbouring countries, needs to be studied.
“The Centre will have to take a final decision after studying that. I personally feel that people of the country have the right to know the truth on the Netaji issue.
The government will think of it and decide how and when to do it,” the Parliamentary Affairs minister told reporters here on the sidelines of an event.
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 were spied upon in independent India.
However, there was no clarity on whether Bose died in an air crash in 1945 as is widely believed.
Tucked away in police and government lockers for decades, the files that comprise 12,744 pages were declassified by West Bengal government in the presence of Bose’s family members, who have been demanding that information on Netaji be made public.
The files have been kept inside glass cases at the Kolkata Police Museum before they are made accessible to the public on Monday.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has demanded that the Centre declassify files pertaining to the nationalist leader and said that it is unfortunate that the mystery of Netaji’s disappearance has remained unresolved for 70 years.
Some of Netaji’s family members have rejected the theory that he had died in a plane crash in Taihoku airport in Taiwan on August 18, 1945.
Updated: September 19, 2015 14:07 IST
The government will think of it and decide how and when to do it, he says
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.
“The West Bengal government has made public certain confidential files related to Netaji. It is good... it needs to be studied what is there in those files before the Centre takes such a decision, its impact on the international community, our relations with other countries, neighbouring countries, needs to be studied.
“The Centre will have to take a final decision after studying that. I personally feel that people of the country have the right to know the truth on the Netaji issue.
The government will think of it and decide how and when to do it,” the Parliamentary Affairs minister told reporters here on the sidelines of an event.
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 were spied upon in independent India.
However, there was no clarity on whether Bose died in an air crash in 1945 as is widely believed.
Tucked away in police and government lockers for decades, the files that comprise 12,744 pages were declassified by West Bengal government in the presence of Bose’s family members, who have been demanding that information on Netaji be made public.
The files have been kept inside glass cases at the Kolkata Police Museum before they are made accessible to the public on Monday.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has demanded that the Centre declassify files pertaining to the nationalist leader and said that it is unfortunate that the mystery of Netaji’s disappearance has remained unresolved for 70 years.
Some of Netaji’s family members have rejected the theory that he had died in a plane crash in Taihoku airport in Taiwan on August 18, 1945.
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Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's kin want foreign countries to release files too | Zee News
Kolkata: 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.
"I am not too sure whether the existing files with the central government can reveal everything about what happened to Netaji after he went missing in 1945. The files may have already been destroyed by the past governments," Netaji's grand-nephew Chandra Bose told PTI.
He said that even the Mukherjee Commission had stated that four files had been destroyed during the time of Indira Gandhi.
To connect all the dots relating to his disappearance, he said his family would appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to write to the heads of the countries of Russia, Japan, China, America, UK, Japan, Singapore and Malaysia to declassify all Netaji files lying with them.
"Netaji was in touch with people in all these countries. They all have classified files relating to him. We want to take this movement of declassification to the global level to get all the clues," the Netaji kin said.
The family members said that the issue of global declassification of Netaji files would be on the family's agenda when they meet Modi next month in Delhi.
"Our main focus, however, would be on declassification of all Netaji files held by the government of India. If we do not have our own files declassified, then how can we ask other nations to do it?" Abhijit Ray, Netaji's another grand-nephew, said.
In his monthly radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat', Modi today said he would host over 50 Bose family members at his residence next month.
"We got a call from the PMO yesterday asking us to prepare an agenda for the meeting. We will demand the constitution of a high-powered committee under the leadership of the Prime Minister himself to release all the files with the Centre," Chandra Bose said.
The recent release of 64 files by West Bengal government has revealed that the Indian government had snooped on Netaji's family even after 1945, when he was believed to have died in an air crash.
There are many theories surrounding his disappearance doing the rounds since then. Most of the family members have debunked the air crash theory.
"A story that he escaped to Russia has been there for sometime but the Bengal government files show that there could be a new Chinese angle to the story. And then some say he came back to India in disguise as 'Gumnami Baba'. We do not have clinching evidence to prove any of these theories," Bose said.
His sister Madhuri has recently got hold of 4-5 files from the British government but none of them present clinching evidence on Netaji's fate.
Another issue on the family's agenda during their meeting with the PM would be to ensure that Netaji gets his due in history books across schools.
"Netaji has no place in NCERT books. We want people to know about his freedom struggle and also about the role of the Indian National Army (INA) and the Azad Hind provincial government which was formed under his leadership. History should be written by giving due credit to him," Ray said.
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Kolkata: 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.
"I am not too sure whether the existing files with the central government can reveal everything about what happened to Netaji after he went missing in 1945. The files may have already been destroyed by the past governments," Netaji's grand-nephew Chandra Bose told PTI.
He said that even the Mukherjee Commission had stated that four files had been destroyed during the time of Indira Gandhi.
To connect all the dots relating to his disappearance, he said his family would appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to write to the heads of the countries of Russia, Japan, China, America, UK, Japan, Singapore and Malaysia to declassify all Netaji files lying with them.
"Netaji was in touch with people in all these countries. They all have classified files relating to him. We want to take this movement of declassification to the global level to get all the clues," the Netaji kin said.
The family members said that the issue of global declassification of Netaji files would be on the family's agenda when they meet Modi next month in Delhi.
"Our main focus, however, would be on declassification of all Netaji files held by the government of India. If we do not have our own files declassified, then how can we ask other nations to do it?" Abhijit Ray, Netaji's another grand-nephew, said.
In his monthly radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat', Modi today said he would host over 50 Bose family members at his residence next month.
"We got a call from the PMO yesterday asking us to prepare an agenda for the meeting. We will demand the constitution of a high-powered committee under the leadership of the Prime Minister himself to release all the files with the Centre," Chandra Bose said.
The recent release of 64 files by West Bengal government has revealed that the Indian government had snooped on Netaji's family even after 1945, when he was believed to have died in an air crash.
There are many theories surrounding his disappearance doing the rounds since then. Most of the family members have debunked the air crash theory.
"A story that he escaped to Russia has been there for sometime but the Bengal government files show that there could be a new Chinese angle to the story. And then some say he came back to India in disguise as 'Gumnami Baba'. We do not have clinching evidence to prove any of these theories," Bose said.
His sister Madhuri has recently got hold of 4-5 files from the British government but none of them present clinching evidence on Netaji's fate.
Another issue on the family's agenda during their meeting with the PM would be to ensure that Netaji gets his due in history books across schools.
"Netaji has no place in NCERT books. We want people to know about his freedom struggle and also about the role of the Indian National Army (INA) and the Azad Hind provincial government which was formed under his leadership. History should be written by giving due credit to him," Ray said.
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Decision on Netaji files soon: Rajnath Singh | Zee News
Mathura: In the wake of West Bengal government declassifying files on Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said decision on files in possession with the Centre would be made soon.
"Keep patience, whatever happens on this issue would be made public soon," Singh said responding to questions on steps taken over the demands to declassify the secret files on nationalist leader's family in possession with the Centre.
Family members of Bose and Trinamool Congress leaders had in April this year demanded the Centre to declassify the Netaji files in its possession so that the mystery over his "disappearance" 70 years ago is resolved.
Rajnath Singh was at Vrindavan today to inaugurate the Swami Haridas Sangeet Avam Nritya Samaroh.
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Mathura: In the wake of West Bengal government declassifying files on Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said decision on files in possession with the Centre would be made soon.
"Keep patience, whatever happens on this issue would be made public soon," Singh said responding to questions on steps taken over the demands to declassify the secret files on nationalist leader's family in possession with the Centre.
Family members of Bose and Trinamool Congress leaders had in April this year demanded the Centre to declassify the Netaji files in its possession so that the mystery over his "disappearance" 70 years ago is resolved.
Rajnath Singh was at Vrindavan today to inaugurate the Swami Haridas Sangeet Avam Nritya Samaroh.
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Updated: September 20, 2015 13:27 IST
PM says will receive Bose’s family next month, silent on files - The Hindu
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said he would be receiving family members of Subhash Chandra Bose in October but avoided any reference to declassification of secret files related to him which is being demanded by various sections after West Bengal government did so.
In his 12th edition of monthly radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’, Mr. Modi spoke about a number of issues, including those he had highlighted during the previous episodes like giving up of LPG subsidy, Swacch Bharat campaign, promotion of khadi besides pushing for greater voter participation and paying tributes to soldiers on the 50th anniversary of 1965 India-Pak war.
During the 30-minute programme, he recalled that in May he had met some family members of Subhash Chandra Bose during a visit to Kolkata.
“I got an opportunity to spend some time with them. That day it was decided that the extended family of Subhash babu will visit the Prime Minister’s residence.... Last week, I got confirmation that over 50 members of Subhash babu are coming to visit the Prime Minister’s residence,” Mr. Modi said.
“Over 50 members of Subhash babu’s family, from various countries, will be coming...I am happy to welcome them,” he said.
Describing it as a momentous occasion for him, Mr. Modi said the family members of Netaji, perhaps for the first time, would be together visiting the Prime Minister’s residence. .
“But the bigger happiness is for me as nobody in the Prime Minister’s residence would have got such a chance earlier as I will be getting in October.”
While making the reference to Bose, the Prime Minister made no mention of the issue of declassification of secret files related to the freedom fighter.
After West Bengal government declassified 64 such files a few days back, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and some others have demanded that the central government also should declassify the files that are with the PMO and Home Ministry.
In the programme, suggestions and questions from various callers, including that by a child, were also aired.
To a suggestion on greater enrolment of youth as voters, the Prime Minister emphasised that it was essential for everybody to register as voters. He also pitched for raising the voting percentage by exhorting more and more people to exercise their franchise.
He patted the Election Commission for making efforts to create awareness among the voters about their rights.
“Earlier, the Election Commission used to be just a regulator. But over the last few years, the Election Commission has been instrumental in bringing about a change in the mindset of voters. It is now not only a regulator but also a facilitator,” he said.
At the same time, Modi said that the task of creating awareness should not be left to the Election Commission only but others should also contribute. He also mentioned his slogan, “pehle matdaan, phir jalpaan (first vote, then eat).”
He also hailed radio, saying it is a great medium for communication which he had been using over the last one year to reach out to people through ‘Mann Ki Baat’ (straight from the heart), which he said had become ‘Aap Ki Baat (your talk)’
In this context, he mentioned that the great freedom fighter Subhash Chandra Bose had set up radio in Germany and he would communicate through it in various languages.
Talking about the upcoming Gandhi Jayanti, Modi again exhorted people to buy at least one Khadi clothing and a handloom product as a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi and to encourage the industry.
The Prime Minister, who had started the ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme on Gandhi Jayanti last year, recalled that he had made the same appeal at that time and it had resulted in doubling of sales of khadi products in one year.
PM says will receive Bose’s family next month, silent on files - The Hindu
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said he would be receiving family members of Subhash Chandra Bose in October but avoided any reference to declassification of secret files related to him which is being demanded by various sections after West Bengal government did so.
In his 12th edition of monthly radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’, Mr. Modi spoke about a number of issues, including those he had highlighted during the previous episodes like giving up of LPG subsidy, Swacch Bharat campaign, promotion of khadi besides pushing for greater voter participation and paying tributes to soldiers on the 50th anniversary of 1965 India-Pak war.
During the 30-minute programme, he recalled that in May he had met some family members of Subhash Chandra Bose during a visit to Kolkata.
“I got an opportunity to spend some time with them. That day it was decided that the extended family of Subhash babu will visit the Prime Minister’s residence.... Last week, I got confirmation that over 50 members of Subhash babu are coming to visit the Prime Minister’s residence,” Mr. Modi said.
“Over 50 members of Subhash babu’s family, from various countries, will be coming...I am happy to welcome them,” he said.
Describing it as a momentous occasion for him, Mr. Modi said the family members of Netaji, perhaps for the first time, would be together visiting the Prime Minister’s residence. .
“But the bigger happiness is for me as nobody in the Prime Minister’s residence would have got such a chance earlier as I will be getting in October.”
While making the reference to Bose, the Prime Minister made no mention of the issue of declassification of secret files related to the freedom fighter.
After West Bengal government declassified 64 such files a few days back, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and some others have demanded that the central government also should declassify the files that are with the PMO and Home Ministry.
In the programme, suggestions and questions from various callers, including that by a child, were also aired.
To a suggestion on greater enrolment of youth as voters, the Prime Minister emphasised that it was essential for everybody to register as voters. He also pitched for raising the voting percentage by exhorting more and more people to exercise their franchise.
He patted the Election Commission for making efforts to create awareness among the voters about their rights.
“Earlier, the Election Commission used to be just a regulator. But over the last few years, the Election Commission has been instrumental in bringing about a change in the mindset of voters. It is now not only a regulator but also a facilitator,” he said.
At the same time, Modi said that the task of creating awareness should not be left to the Election Commission only but others should also contribute. He also mentioned his slogan, “pehle matdaan, phir jalpaan (first vote, then eat).”
He also hailed radio, saying it is a great medium for communication which he had been using over the last one year to reach out to people through ‘Mann Ki Baat’ (straight from the heart), which he said had become ‘Aap Ki Baat (your talk)’
In this context, he mentioned that the great freedom fighter Subhash Chandra Bose had set up radio in Germany and he would communicate through it in various languages.
Talking about the upcoming Gandhi Jayanti, Modi again exhorted people to buy at least one Khadi clothing and a handloom product as a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi and to encourage the industry.
The Prime Minister, who had started the ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme on Gandhi Jayanti last year, recalled that he had made the same appeal at that time and it had resulted in doubling of sales of khadi products in one year.
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Kolkata: Ruing that there hasn't been a proper evaluation of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's "immense contribution", Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday said the Centre should follow the state government's decision on declassification of files related to the freedom fighter.
"We have declassified 64 Netaji files. The immense contributions of Netaji has not been evaluated properly. We feel that the Centre should follow us and declassify the files," Banerjee said in the state Assembly.
She said the state would also digitise files of Cabinet decisions taken between 1937-47.
The state government had declassified 64 Netaji files on Friday last.
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First Published: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 - 14:30
Kolkata: Ruing that there hasn't been a proper evaluation of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's "immense contribution", Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday said the Centre should follow the state government's decision on declassification of files related to the freedom fighter.
"We have declassified 64 Netaji files. The immense contributions of Netaji has not been evaluated properly. We feel that the Centre should follow us and declassify the files," Banerjee said in the state Assembly.
She said the state would also digitise files of Cabinet decisions taken between 1937-47.
The state government had declassified 64 Netaji files on Friday last.
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Netaji files with Centre to be made public: BJP leader | Zee News
Kolkata: The Centre will declassify the files on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose lying with it and is only taking time to do it because they have links to several nations, according to West Bengal BJP president Rahul Sinha.
"The files related to Netaji are related to several nations and that is why the Centre is taking time to declassify them. But the files will be made public," Sinha told reporters here.
Sinha, however, had a dig at the ruling Trinamool Congress for "indirectly doing politics" over declassification of the state government's own Netaji files and "it is their ploy to win next year's Assembly elections by riding on the emotions linked with the great leader".
He asserted that if those files were declassified "nothing will happen to the BJP, but both the Congress and the communists will be embarrassed".
He said the Centre's eventual release of Netaji files to the public "will disappoint the Trinamool Congress."
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday had stated that the decision on Netaji files lying with the Centre would be made soon.
After declassification of 64 files by the West Bengal government, Mamata Banerjee had demanded that the Centre follow suit.
She reiterated the demand during the day in the state Assembly.
Kolkata: The Centre will declassify the files on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose lying with it and is only taking time to do it because they have links to several nations, according to West Bengal BJP president Rahul Sinha.
"The files related to Netaji are related to several nations and that is why the Centre is taking time to declassify them. But the files will be made public," Sinha told reporters here.
Sinha, however, had a dig at the ruling Trinamool Congress for "indirectly doing politics" over declassification of the state government's own Netaji files and "it is their ploy to win next year's Assembly elections by riding on the emotions linked with the great leader".
He asserted that if those files were declassified "nothing will happen to the BJP, but both the Congress and the communists will be embarrassed".
He said the Centre's eventual release of Netaji files to the public "will disappoint the Trinamool Congress."
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday had stated that the decision on Netaji files lying with the Centre would be made soon.
After declassification of 64 files by the West Bengal government, Mamata Banerjee had demanded that the Centre follow suit.
She reiterated the demand during the day in the state Assembly.
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Centre should declassify Netaji files: KN Govindacharya | Zee News
Lucknow: Social activist and thinker KN Govindacharya on Thursday said the Centre should follow the West Bengal government and declassify documents related to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose to put an end to all speculations.
"All files related to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose should be declassified to put an end to all speculations," RSS ideologue and former BJP general secretary Govindacharya told reporters here.
"The West Bengal government has declassified 64 files related to Netaji. Now it's the responsibility of the Centre to declassify all documents," he said.
Different people were giving different views on the disappearance of Netaji. "Two things we are certain about - first Netaji did not die in the plane crash and second bodies recovered from the site were that of Japanese soldiers," he said.
The West Bengal government had recently declassified 64 files related to Netaji and demanded the Centre to follow suit.
Leaders from various fronts have been demanding declassification of files related to Netaji.
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Lucknow: Social activist and thinker KN Govindacharya on Thursday said the Centre should follow the West Bengal government and declassify documents related to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose to put an end to all speculations.
"All files related to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose should be declassified to put an end to all speculations," RSS ideologue and former BJP general secretary Govindacharya told reporters here.
"The West Bengal government has declassified 64 files related to Netaji. Now it's the responsibility of the Centre to declassify all documents," he said.
Different people were giving different views on the disappearance of Netaji. "Two things we are certain about - first Netaji did not die in the plane crash and second bodies recovered from the site were that of Japanese soldiers," he said.
The West Bengal government had recently declassified 64 files related to Netaji and demanded the Centre to follow suit.
Leaders from various fronts have been demanding declassification of files related to Netaji.
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Who was the real power behind Subhas Chandra Bose? | Zee News
Kolkata: The declassified files on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose have revealed that veteran freedom fighter's elder brother Sarat Bose was considered as the potent threat by the Britihers.
According to a report published in 'Hindustan Times', the British considered Sarat Bose “the real power behind his brother Subhas Chandra Bose”.
As per the report, British police officer Charles Tegart described Sarat Bose as the dangerous opponent of the regime and the power behind Subhas Chandra Bose.
Not only the British regime, but even the Congress government of the Independent India was wary of Netaji's brother, who defeated Congress candidate in the South Calcutta bypolls in June 1949.
The files say that the Nehru government extensively snooped upon Sarat and Intelligence officials keenly followed his all activities.
The files state that Sarat had planned an opposition block against the PC Ghosh government in West Bengal and was popular across India within the other groups, which were opposed to the Grand Old Party.
Ever since the Mamata Banerjee government released the top secret files relating to Netaji, the debate over the veteran freedom fighter's mysterious death has intensified further and more revealations are being made about him in the national media.
On August 22, 1945, Tokyo Radio announced the 'death' of Netaji in an air crash in Formosa (now Taiwan) on August 18, 1945, en route to Japan.
Banerjee has said that some letters in the declassified files indicate that Netaji was alive even after 1945.
The Trinamool Congress chief's comments came after 64 secret files related to Netaji that could help throw light on his mysterious disappearance--an enduring enigma for seven decades --were released by her government.
The West Bengal CM also said that the documents support the theory that Bose family was snooped upon.
"There are intercepts. I have seen the documents and it is clear from them that the family of Netaji was spied upon," Banerjee told the media.
Kolkata: The declassified files on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose have revealed that veteran freedom fighter's elder brother Sarat Bose was considered as the potent threat by the Britihers.
According to a report published in 'Hindustan Times', the British considered Sarat Bose “the real power behind his brother Subhas Chandra Bose”.
As per the report, British police officer Charles Tegart described Sarat Bose as the dangerous opponent of the regime and the power behind Subhas Chandra Bose.
Not only the British regime, but even the Congress government of the Independent India was wary of Netaji's brother, who defeated Congress candidate in the South Calcutta bypolls in June 1949.
The files say that the Nehru government extensively snooped upon Sarat and Intelligence officials keenly followed his all activities.
The files state that Sarat had planned an opposition block against the PC Ghosh government in West Bengal and was popular across India within the other groups, which were opposed to the Grand Old Party.
Ever since the Mamata Banerjee government released the top secret files relating to Netaji, the debate over the veteran freedom fighter's mysterious death has intensified further and more revealations are being made about him in the national media.
On August 22, 1945, Tokyo Radio announced the 'death' of Netaji in an air crash in Formosa (now Taiwan) on August 18, 1945, en route to Japan.
Banerjee has said that some letters in the declassified files indicate that Netaji was alive even after 1945.
The Trinamool Congress chief's comments came after 64 secret files related to Netaji that could help throw light on his mysterious disappearance--an enduring enigma for seven decades --were released by her government.
The West Bengal CM also said that the documents support the theory that Bose family was snooped upon.
"There are intercepts. I have seen the documents and it is clear from them that the family of Netaji was spied upon," Banerjee told the media.
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Netaji did not die in air crash, says Amit Mitra
Kingshuk Nag,TNN | Sep 25, 2015, 12.39 AM IST
KOLKATA: State finance and industries minister Amit Mitra, a close relative of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, believes that the patriot did not die in the so called air crash and that he had disappeared into Soviet Union. Mitra bases his beliefs on the conversations he had with his maternal grandfather Suresh Chandra Bose who was the elder brother of Netaji and his father Haridas Mitra who was the head of the INA secret service. This is the first time that Mitra is going public on l'affaire Subhas Bose.
"I was close to my grandfather and remember the tremendous pressure brought on him to declare Subhas Bose dead," Mitra says. Suresh Chandra Bose was a member of the Shah Nawaz Committee and did not agree with the majority view that that Netaji died in the air crash. Finding strong evidence that proved that Netaji could not have died in the crash, Suresh Bose even wrote a dissentient report (in 1956) that stated that Netaji was concealing himself somewhere. Suresh Bose had the dissentient report published at his own cost to make it accessible to maximum number of people. He reported in the dissentient report: "I regret very much to state that hindrances, obstructions and pressure were brought to bear on me by some of the highest government officials with the sole intention of making it impossible to write it (the dissentient report)."
Suresh Bose continued: "With that purpose in view and after I had dissented from the opinion of my colleagues, which was also the opinion of the Prime Minister, not a single piece of paper necessary for writing my report was given to me."
Mitra says that his grandfather began his working life as a judicial magistrate and his legal training ensured that he objectively looked at evidence before coming to any conclusion. The state finance minister also says that his father Haridas Mitra, who was sentenced to death by the British (although the sentence was later commuted), also believed that Netaji had survived the crash, if it took place at all. "His belief was based on the evidence produced by Suresh Bose very carefully," Mitra says.
Suresh Bose wrote in his report that in accordance with a preconceived plan "the Japanese government took Netaji to Manchuria from where he evidently moved into Russian territory." He also wrote: "The British and American Military Intelligence officers, as a result of thorough enquiries made by them soon after the alleged incident, agreed with my finding and they did not believe the announcement made by the Japanese that Netaji was dead."
Incidentally, Suresh Bose — who was five years older than Netaji — was rapped by Jawaharlal Nehru. In a letter dated August 13, 1956 and numbered 414-PMO-56, Nehru wrote to Suresh Bose that he had inquired from Shah Nawaz Khan about the position taken by him (Suresh Bose). "He informed that you had come to Delhi to help in the writing the report but had later suddenly left Delhi without proper intimation. He also gave me a paper also which was signed by you and contained the broad points of agreement, on the basis of which the report was to be written."
Nehru's letter was in response to a letter written to him by Suresh Bose where the latter had alleged that Shah Nawaz Khan was publicly talking about the conclusions of the committee even before the report was finalised and submitted to the government.
But Nehru chose to defend Shah Nawaz Khan saying that Khan had in fact "submitted the report to me many days before that announcement in the Press".
Nehru also added that: "The reference in the press was some kind of an intelligent guess by some reporter or some clerk in the office here. Obviously, Shah Nawaz Khan had nothing to do with it."
Netaji did not die in air crash, says Amit Mitra - The Times of India
Intelligence Bureau didn’t believe Netaji died in 1945
Kingshuk Nag,TNN | Sep 24, 2015, 12.36 AM IST
It is interesting to note that even while IB was trying to trace the whereabouts of Netaji, the Nehru govt in its public utterances kept on insisting that Subhas Bose had died in the air crash.
KOLKATA: The Intelligence Bureau was sleuthing on relatives of Subhas Chandra Bose because they did not know about his whereabouts but were sure that he had not died in any air crash.
"We knew he was not dead but were not sure where he was. We suspected he was in Soviet Union or Japan," a retired top official of Intelligence Bureau told TOI.
The entire operation was scripted by Bhola Nath Mullick, who was director of IB from 1948-68, the retired official revealed. He further said that Mullick had tremendous hold over the then Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru and was snooping on Netaji relatives to serve the political interests of the latter.
"We were aware that if Netaji made an appearance suddenly he would have given Nehru a run for his position. This was the compelling reason why it was imperative that Subhas Bose's whereabouts be found out. But in the end we could never find out precisely where Netaji was," the official said but refused to be identified. When asked why there was suspicion about Subhas Bose's presence in Japan which had lost the World War II, the former sleuth said that this because he was last heard of officially in Japanese territory in Saigon.
For the purpose of Subhas Bose, Mullick had also taken the help of MI-5, the British intelligence agency. Copies of intelligence gathered by IB were shared with the British agency and sometimes help was taken from MI-5 to develop the leads further, the ex-IB sleuth said. In fact, an MI-5 liaison office was allowed to be operated from New Delhi. Often data about financial help given by USSR to the Communist Party and other agencies was forwarded to MI-5 so that it could be analysed by the British agency. London was interested in what was happening behind the Iron Curtain because of the Cold War that had begun almost immediately after the conclusion of the World War II.
"It was for the yeoman's service rendered to Nehru that Mullick continued in his position for two long decades. Nehru could not think of allowing him to go," the retired sleuth, who later served in Research and Analyses Wing (RAW), said. Incidentally, Mullick belonged to Calcutta, the same city as Subhas Bose but had cultivated an anti-Netaji sentiment because that is what worked in the Nehru regime, the official who now lives in quiet retirement told TOI. The official worked in India's intelligence outfits from the 1950s to the 1990s. Although an IPS officer, he spent his entire career in intelligence.
"We reasoned that Subhas Bose, wherever he was, would try to get in touch with his close relatives like nephews Amiya Nath Bose and Sisir Bose. That is why their correspondence was intercepted and they were snooped upon. Since we averred that Bose could have been in Japan, the IB tried hard to figure out the agenda of Amiya Nath Bose when he visited Japan in 1957," the ex-IB official told TOI. The interception of the mails of Bose family members was organised by the IB office in Calcutta and the head of the office was a top favourite of Mullick.
It is interesting to note that even while IB was trying to trace the whereabouts of Netaji, the Nehru government in its public utterances kept on insisting that Subhas Bose had died in the air crash. Even an official committee under Shah Nawaz Khan was set up in 1956 that insisted that Netaji had died in the air crash. The report was accepted by the government although Netaji's brother Suresh Bose filed a dissent report and insisted that he could not have perished in the crash.
Khan, a former INA officer, had by the time he had been appointed head of the committee become a member of the Nehru establishment and a deputy minister at the Centre. In fact, for starters, the committee was to be a citizen's committee and was slated to be headed by Justice Radha Binode Pal. But the moment the name of Justice Pal came up that the Nehru government swung into action and converted it to an official committee headed by Shah Nawaz Committee. Justice Radha Binode Pal was a member of the international war tribunal for the Far East that tried the Japanese after World War II. The tribunal sentenced many, including the Japanese Prime Minister H Tojo to death. But Justice Pal wrote a dissent report saying that the Japanese were not guilty and that a victor's justice was being meted out to them. This implies that Justice Pal if he were to be the head of the Netaji Inquiry Committee would have done a proper job.
Intelligence Bureau didn’t believe Netaji died in 1945 - The Times of India
Intercepted letter suggests Netaji Bose had been in China
Prithvijit Mitra,TNN | Sep 23, 2015, 02.34 AM IST
Classified files released by the Bengal govt on Netaji Bose have opened up a can of worms.
KOLKATA: Was there evidence to suggest that Netaji had been alive and present at Nanking in China three years after his mysterious disappearance? A letter written to Netaji's nephew Amiya Nath Bose by an information and broadcasting ministry official in 1948 seems to suggest that.
The intercepted letter that never reached Amiya Nath Bose is among the documents stored in the 64 classified files. Chandra Bose, Netaji's grandnephew and Amiya Nath's son, believes the letter might have been written in reply to an enquiry made by his father about the possibility of the leader being in China.
"Various speculations were going around in the late-Forties. There had been reports of Netaji being in China or Soviet Russia. The family was making frantic enquiries for information. From the language of the letter, it appears that my father had asked this gentleman if he had news of Netaji's presence in China. It is also clear that they exchanged correspondence on a regular basis," said Chandra Bose.
Written by Chow Hsiang Kungg, an information and broadcasting ministry employee in New Delhi, the letter was sent to Amiya Bose on March 5, 1948. The letter mentions Publication Division, Information and Broadcasting ministry, Old Secretariat, New Delhi as the sender's address. It had been sent to 1, Woodburn Park and was intercepted at the Elgin Road post-office on March 9, 1948.
The letter starts with an apology to Amiya Bose for a delay in writing to him. It goes on to add that Kungg had scanned Chinese newspapers for reference to Netaji. "I am still believing that he is alive. I could not find out news about Netaji in Chinese newspapers in Nanking," the letter says. Kungg also tells Amiya Nath Bose that he has gone through 'the whole book of Indian pilgrims', ostensibly sent to him by Bose. Kungg also asks Bose for a magazine. It ends with a 'namaskaram'.
"I have no clue about the identity of this gentleman. He might have been a Chinese national working as an interpreter at the information ministry. But it is clear that he had made a quick but desperate search to locate Netaji in Nanking, probably at my father's behest. And the single line about him believing that Netaji was still alive was enough for our intelligence officials to seize the letter. It mentions nothing about his whereabouts, yet it was confiscated," said Bose.
The fate of the letter reveals the intense scrutiny under which Bose family members had been placed, said researcher Anuj Dhar, founder-member, Mission Netaji. "News of his presence in China had started filtering out in 1948. Sarat Bose, Netaji's elder brother, made extensive enquiries. In 1949, he had announced that Netaji was indeed in China. Now, someone like him was not going to speak without proper evidence. If Netaji was in China, then Sarat Bose was the only person he was likely to have got in touch with," said Dhar.
He added that Netaji's presence in China needs to be proved now. "Enough clues have emerged from the 64 police files in Kolkata to support the claim. More evidence is in store in the 130 files lying with the Centre. It is now clear that Netaji had been in China in the late-Forties and early-Fifties," said Dhar.
Intercepted letter suggests Netaji Bose had been in China - The Times of India
Kingshuk Nag,TNN | Sep 25, 2015, 12.39 AM IST
KOLKATA: State finance and industries minister Amit Mitra, a close relative of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, believes that the patriot did not die in the so called air crash and that he had disappeared into Soviet Union. Mitra bases his beliefs on the conversations he had with his maternal grandfather Suresh Chandra Bose who was the elder brother of Netaji and his father Haridas Mitra who was the head of the INA secret service. This is the first time that Mitra is going public on l'affaire Subhas Bose.
"I was close to my grandfather and remember the tremendous pressure brought on him to declare Subhas Bose dead," Mitra says. Suresh Chandra Bose was a member of the Shah Nawaz Committee and did not agree with the majority view that that Netaji died in the air crash. Finding strong evidence that proved that Netaji could not have died in the crash, Suresh Bose even wrote a dissentient report (in 1956) that stated that Netaji was concealing himself somewhere. Suresh Bose had the dissentient report published at his own cost to make it accessible to maximum number of people. He reported in the dissentient report: "I regret very much to state that hindrances, obstructions and pressure were brought to bear on me by some of the highest government officials with the sole intention of making it impossible to write it (the dissentient report)."
Suresh Bose continued: "With that purpose in view and after I had dissented from the opinion of my colleagues, which was also the opinion of the Prime Minister, not a single piece of paper necessary for writing my report was given to me."
Mitra says that his grandfather began his working life as a judicial magistrate and his legal training ensured that he objectively looked at evidence before coming to any conclusion. The state finance minister also says that his father Haridas Mitra, who was sentenced to death by the British (although the sentence was later commuted), also believed that Netaji had survived the crash, if it took place at all. "His belief was based on the evidence produced by Suresh Bose very carefully," Mitra says.
Suresh Bose wrote in his report that in accordance with a preconceived plan "the Japanese government took Netaji to Manchuria from where he evidently moved into Russian territory." He also wrote: "The British and American Military Intelligence officers, as a result of thorough enquiries made by them soon after the alleged incident, agreed with my finding and they did not believe the announcement made by the Japanese that Netaji was dead."
Incidentally, Suresh Bose — who was five years older than Netaji — was rapped by Jawaharlal Nehru. In a letter dated August 13, 1956 and numbered 414-PMO-56, Nehru wrote to Suresh Bose that he had inquired from Shah Nawaz Khan about the position taken by him (Suresh Bose). "He informed that you had come to Delhi to help in the writing the report but had later suddenly left Delhi without proper intimation. He also gave me a paper also which was signed by you and contained the broad points of agreement, on the basis of which the report was to be written."
Nehru's letter was in response to a letter written to him by Suresh Bose where the latter had alleged that Shah Nawaz Khan was publicly talking about the conclusions of the committee even before the report was finalised and submitted to the government.
But Nehru chose to defend Shah Nawaz Khan saying that Khan had in fact "submitted the report to me many days before that announcement in the Press".
Nehru also added that: "The reference in the press was some kind of an intelligent guess by some reporter or some clerk in the office here. Obviously, Shah Nawaz Khan had nothing to do with it."
Netaji did not die in air crash, says Amit Mitra - The Times of India
Intelligence Bureau didn’t believe Netaji died in 1945
Kingshuk Nag,TNN | Sep 24, 2015, 12.36 AM IST
It is interesting to note that even while IB was trying to trace the whereabouts of Netaji, the Nehru govt in its public utterances kept on insisting that Subhas Bose had died in the air crash.
KOLKATA: The Intelligence Bureau was sleuthing on relatives of Subhas Chandra Bose because they did not know about his whereabouts but were sure that he had not died in any air crash.
"We knew he was not dead but were not sure where he was. We suspected he was in Soviet Union or Japan," a retired top official of Intelligence Bureau told TOI.
The entire operation was scripted by Bhola Nath Mullick, who was director of IB from 1948-68, the retired official revealed. He further said that Mullick had tremendous hold over the then Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru and was snooping on Netaji relatives to serve the political interests of the latter.
"We were aware that if Netaji made an appearance suddenly he would have given Nehru a run for his position. This was the compelling reason why it was imperative that Subhas Bose's whereabouts be found out. But in the end we could never find out precisely where Netaji was," the official said but refused to be identified. When asked why there was suspicion about Subhas Bose's presence in Japan which had lost the World War II, the former sleuth said that this because he was last heard of officially in Japanese territory in Saigon.
For the purpose of Subhas Bose, Mullick had also taken the help of MI-5, the British intelligence agency. Copies of intelligence gathered by IB were shared with the British agency and sometimes help was taken from MI-5 to develop the leads further, the ex-IB sleuth said. In fact, an MI-5 liaison office was allowed to be operated from New Delhi. Often data about financial help given by USSR to the Communist Party and other agencies was forwarded to MI-5 so that it could be analysed by the British agency. London was interested in what was happening behind the Iron Curtain because of the Cold War that had begun almost immediately after the conclusion of the World War II.
"It was for the yeoman's service rendered to Nehru that Mullick continued in his position for two long decades. Nehru could not think of allowing him to go," the retired sleuth, who later served in Research and Analyses Wing (RAW), said. Incidentally, Mullick belonged to Calcutta, the same city as Subhas Bose but had cultivated an anti-Netaji sentiment because that is what worked in the Nehru regime, the official who now lives in quiet retirement told TOI. The official worked in India's intelligence outfits from the 1950s to the 1990s. Although an IPS officer, he spent his entire career in intelligence.
"We reasoned that Subhas Bose, wherever he was, would try to get in touch with his close relatives like nephews Amiya Nath Bose and Sisir Bose. That is why their correspondence was intercepted and they were snooped upon. Since we averred that Bose could have been in Japan, the IB tried hard to figure out the agenda of Amiya Nath Bose when he visited Japan in 1957," the ex-IB official told TOI. The interception of the mails of Bose family members was organised by the IB office in Calcutta and the head of the office was a top favourite of Mullick.
It is interesting to note that even while IB was trying to trace the whereabouts of Netaji, the Nehru government in its public utterances kept on insisting that Subhas Bose had died in the air crash. Even an official committee under Shah Nawaz Khan was set up in 1956 that insisted that Netaji had died in the air crash. The report was accepted by the government although Netaji's brother Suresh Bose filed a dissent report and insisted that he could not have perished in the crash.
Khan, a former INA officer, had by the time he had been appointed head of the committee become a member of the Nehru establishment and a deputy minister at the Centre. In fact, for starters, the committee was to be a citizen's committee and was slated to be headed by Justice Radha Binode Pal. But the moment the name of Justice Pal came up that the Nehru government swung into action and converted it to an official committee headed by Shah Nawaz Committee. Justice Radha Binode Pal was a member of the international war tribunal for the Far East that tried the Japanese after World War II. The tribunal sentenced many, including the Japanese Prime Minister H Tojo to death. But Justice Pal wrote a dissent report saying that the Japanese were not guilty and that a victor's justice was being meted out to them. This implies that Justice Pal if he were to be the head of the Netaji Inquiry Committee would have done a proper job.
Intelligence Bureau didn’t believe Netaji died in 1945 - The Times of India
Intercepted letter suggests Netaji Bose had been in China
Prithvijit Mitra,TNN | Sep 23, 2015, 02.34 AM IST
Classified files released by the Bengal govt on Netaji Bose have opened up a can of worms.
KOLKATA: Was there evidence to suggest that Netaji had been alive and present at Nanking in China three years after his mysterious disappearance? A letter written to Netaji's nephew Amiya Nath Bose by an information and broadcasting ministry official in 1948 seems to suggest that.
The intercepted letter that never reached Amiya Nath Bose is among the documents stored in the 64 classified files. Chandra Bose, Netaji's grandnephew and Amiya Nath's son, believes the letter might have been written in reply to an enquiry made by his father about the possibility of the leader being in China.
"Various speculations were going around in the late-Forties. There had been reports of Netaji being in China or Soviet Russia. The family was making frantic enquiries for information. From the language of the letter, it appears that my father had asked this gentleman if he had news of Netaji's presence in China. It is also clear that they exchanged correspondence on a regular basis," said Chandra Bose.
Written by Chow Hsiang Kungg, an information and broadcasting ministry employee in New Delhi, the letter was sent to Amiya Bose on March 5, 1948. The letter mentions Publication Division, Information and Broadcasting ministry, Old Secretariat, New Delhi as the sender's address. It had been sent to 1, Woodburn Park and was intercepted at the Elgin Road post-office on March 9, 1948.
The letter starts with an apology to Amiya Bose for a delay in writing to him. It goes on to add that Kungg had scanned Chinese newspapers for reference to Netaji. "I am still believing that he is alive. I could not find out news about Netaji in Chinese newspapers in Nanking," the letter says. Kungg also tells Amiya Nath Bose that he has gone through 'the whole book of Indian pilgrims', ostensibly sent to him by Bose. Kungg also asks Bose for a magazine. It ends with a 'namaskaram'.
"I have no clue about the identity of this gentleman. He might have been a Chinese national working as an interpreter at the information ministry. But it is clear that he had made a quick but desperate search to locate Netaji in Nanking, probably at my father's behest. And the single line about him believing that Netaji was still alive was enough for our intelligence officials to seize the letter. It mentions nothing about his whereabouts, yet it was confiscated," said Bose.
The fate of the letter reveals the intense scrutiny under which Bose family members had been placed, said researcher Anuj Dhar, founder-member, Mission Netaji. "News of his presence in China had started filtering out in 1948. Sarat Bose, Netaji's elder brother, made extensive enquiries. In 1949, he had announced that Netaji was indeed in China. Now, someone like him was not going to speak without proper evidence. If Netaji was in China, then Sarat Bose was the only person he was likely to have got in touch with," said Dhar.
He added that Netaji's presence in China needs to be proved now. "Enough clues have emerged from the 64 police files in Kolkata to support the claim. More evidence is in store in the 130 files lying with the Centre. It is now clear that Netaji had been in China in the late-Forties and early-Fifties," said Dhar.
Intercepted letter suggests Netaji Bose had been in China - The Times of India
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Netaji files declassified: 10 things to know
The West Bengal government on Friday declassified 64 files related to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. The files were handed to the family members first and also kept on display in a police museum in Kolkata. Here are the 10 key things that these files say about Netaji:
1.
The fine print
* 64 No. of files on Netaji de-classified
* 12,744 No. of pages in the 64 files
* 70 years time it took to make files public
* 1940 year since when Netaji’s activities tracked as per files
* 130 files No. of Bose files Centre keeps classified
(TOI photo by Ajay Kumar)
2.
Howrah CID questioned the Taihoku air crash theory way back in 1949, years before Justice Mukherjee Commission said there was no such plane crash.
(AFP photo)
3.
State intelligence wing cited reports from British and American agencies raising questions on the plane crash.
4.
One file noted several rumours of Netaji dying in plane crashes, that first began surfacing in 1942 and continued till 1944.
5.
First rumour that Netaji had died in an air crash on Japanese shores in March 1942.
(PTI photo)
6.
Reuters reported this “crash”. Netaji’s elder brother Sarat Bose talked to Netaji in Bangkok the same day, trashed the report.
7.
Madaripur Jugantar Party used a transmitter to speak to Netaji after rumour began. Bose was in Bangkok.
(Getty Images photo)
8.
Hindusthan Standard, a newspaper published in Kolkata, quashed the 1942 crash theory, refused to write obituary.
9.
An entry shows Hindusthan Standard was in wireless communication with Japanese occupied territory.
10.
Files note a report that says Taiwan authorities denied the plane crash at Taihoku airport on August 18, 1945.
(TOI photo by Sudipto Das)
Netaji files declassified: 10 things to know- The Times of India
The West Bengal government on Friday declassified 64 files related to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. The files were handed to the family members first and also kept on display in a police museum in Kolkata. Here are the 10 key things that these files say about Netaji:
1.
The fine print
* 64 No. of files on Netaji de-classified
* 12,744 No. of pages in the 64 files
* 70 years time it took to make files public
* 1940 year since when Netaji’s activities tracked as per files
* 130 files No. of Bose files Centre keeps classified
(TOI photo by Ajay Kumar)
2.
Howrah CID questioned the Taihoku air crash theory way back in 1949, years before Justice Mukherjee Commission said there was no such plane crash.
(AFP photo)
3.
State intelligence wing cited reports from British and American agencies raising questions on the plane crash.
4.
One file noted several rumours of Netaji dying in plane crashes, that first began surfacing in 1942 and continued till 1944.
5.
First rumour that Netaji had died in an air crash on Japanese shores in March 1942.
(PTI photo)
6.
Reuters reported this “crash”. Netaji’s elder brother Sarat Bose talked to Netaji in Bangkok the same day, trashed the report.
7.
Madaripur Jugantar Party used a transmitter to speak to Netaji after rumour began. Bose was in Bangkok.
(Getty Images photo)
8.
Hindusthan Standard, a newspaper published in Kolkata, quashed the 1942 crash theory, refused to write obituary.
9.
An entry shows Hindusthan Standard was in wireless communication with Japanese occupied territory.
10.
Files note a report that says Taiwan authorities denied the plane crash at Taihoku airport on August 18, 1945.
(TOI photo by Sudipto Das)
Netaji files declassified: 10 things to know- The Times of India
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