Netaji Declassified Files

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's promise to build a statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose for the India Gate cupola has not cut any ice with Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who questioned why the Centre is yet to declassify the files on him.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said that people have the right to know the truth on what happened to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose after the Taihoku air crash in 1945.

In a bid to raise awareness about Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in digital medium, a senior All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) leader has launched a website on the freedom fighter which will contain all the declassified files and the reports of various commissions on him.

The Japanese government recently declassified archival materials to help settle the long-held controversy over the death of Subhas Chandra Bose, a hero of India's independence movement. The materials show Bose died in a plane crash in Taipei just after the end of World War II.

The ashes of what is believed to be that of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose are preserved at Renkoji Temple in Japan in a small box, latest declassified files on the freedom fighter released today.

"Considerable quantities of gold and treasure" were given to Subhas Chandra Bose by Indians in the Far East as part of their war efforts, according to the new set of 25 declassified files on Netaji released today.

Former Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao had proposed to confer Bharat Ratna to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose posthumously, indicating that the government at that time had accepted the death of the freedom fighter, according to declassified files on Netaji released today.

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's name did not figure in any list of war criminals, indicated a declassified file on the freedom fighter released on Friday.

Government today announced that a memorial dedicated to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose will be built in the national capital as it released the third batch of 25 declassified files related to the freedom fighter.

The next tranche of 25 declassified files related to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose will be released tomorrow.

Two crucial files relating to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose will be declassified by Japan by the end of this year, but the country has given no assurance regarding three more such files in its custody, government said today.

Days ahead of assembly elections in West Bengal, Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma on Tuesday released the second tranche of 50 declassified files related to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose even as he asserted that the move is not "linked with politics".

The second set of 25 secret files on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose is likely to be declassified this month, Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma has said.

With the Narendra Modi government declassifying a set of secret files on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, descendants of the revolutionary leader yesterday exuded confidence about the Russian government too making public similar files claimed to be crucial in unravelling his disappearance.

Just ahead of the election in Bengal, the BJP may have accrued an asset with considerable popular appeal- Chandra Kumar Bose, the grandnephew of iconic freedom fighter Subhash Chandra Bose.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's promise to build a statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose for the India Gate cupola has not cut any ice with Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who questioned why the Centre is yet to declassify the files on him.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said that people have the right to know the truth on what happened to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose after the Taihoku air crash in 1945.

In a bid to raise awareness about Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in digital medium, a senior All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) leader has launched a website on the freedom fighter which will contain all the declassified files and the reports of various commissions on him.

The Japanese government recently declassified archival materials to help settle the long-held controversy over the death of Subhas Chandra Bose, a hero of India's independence movement. The materials show Bose died in a plane crash in Taipei just after the end of World War II.

The ashes of what is believed to be that of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose are preserved at Renkoji Temple in Japan in a small box, latest declassified files on the freedom fighter released today.

"Considerable quantities of gold and treasure" were given to Subhas Chandra Bose by Indians in the Far East as part of their war efforts, according to the new set of 25 declassified files on Netaji released today.

Former Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao had proposed to confer Bharat Ratna to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose posthumously, indicating that the government at that time had accepted the death of the freedom fighter, according to declassified files on Netaji released today.

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's name did not figure in any list of war criminals, indicated a declassified file on the freedom fighter released on Friday.

Government today announced that a memorial dedicated to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose will be built in the national capital as it released the third batch of 25 declassified files related to the freedom fighter.

The next tranche of 25 declassified files related to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose will be released tomorrow.

Two crucial files relating to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose will be declassified by Japan by the end of this year, but the country has given no assurance regarding three more such files in its custody, government said today.

Days ahead of assembly elections in West Bengal, Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma on Tuesday released the second tranche of 50 declassified files related to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose even as he asserted that the move is not "linked with politics".

The second set of 25 secret files on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose is likely to be declassified this month, Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma has said.

With the Narendra Modi government declassifying a set of secret files on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, descendants of the revolutionary leader yesterday exuded confidence about the Russian government too making public similar files claimed to be crucial in unravelling his disappearance.

Just ahead of the election in Bengal, the BJP may have accrued an asset with considerable popular appeal- Chandra Kumar Bose, the grandnephew of iconic freedom fighter Subhash Chandra Bose.