Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Files

Claiming that lives and achievements of national heroes were being distorted in films and various forms of media, a PIL has been filed before the Calcutta High Court seeking direction to the Centre to take steps to stop such activities.

Chandra Kumar Bose, has filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in Calcutta High Court demanding the "action of Government of India towards current unfettered distortions and misinformation in the literature and film of the Indian freedom movement."

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.

Bengal BJP vice president Soumitra Khan on Monday took a potshot a West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for filing a PIL in Calcutta High Court over the rejection of Bengal tableau for Republic Day parade.

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.

The Calcutta High Court on Monday granted eight weeks' time to the Centre to file its reply to a petition seeking Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's picture on currency notes like that of Mahatma Gandhi.

Accusing a Delhi-based non-profit organization, Mission Netaji, of running a "sinister campaign" to taint Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's image by claiming that the leader lived in Uttar Pradesh as a hermit named Gumnami Baba, the members of Netaji's family on Thursday urged the centre to release all Intelligence Bureau (IB) files on him.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday described Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose as a "heroic soldier" and "skilled organiser" and said that his government has fulfilled the long demand of making the files related to the freedom fighter public.

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.

Kolkata's infamous 'syndicate raj' has hit members of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's family. A senior Trinamool lawmaker and his mother, a former Trinamool lawmaker filed a police complaint alleging they were threatened by a gang of young men on Monday. Six men were later arrested.

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.

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.

Claiming that lives and achievements of national heroes were being distorted in films and various forms of media, a PIL has been filed before the Calcutta High Court seeking direction to the Centre to take steps to stop such activities.

Chandra Kumar Bose, has filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in Calcutta High Court demanding the "action of Government of India towards current unfettered distortions and misinformation in the literature and film of the Indian freedom movement."

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.

Bengal BJP vice president Soumitra Khan on Monday took a potshot a West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for filing a PIL in Calcutta High Court over the rejection of Bengal tableau for Republic Day parade.

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.

The Calcutta High Court on Monday granted eight weeks' time to the Centre to file its reply to a petition seeking Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's picture on currency notes like that of Mahatma Gandhi.

Accusing a Delhi-based non-profit organization, Mission Netaji, of running a "sinister campaign" to taint Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's image by claiming that the leader lived in Uttar Pradesh as a hermit named Gumnami Baba, the members of Netaji's family on Thursday urged the centre to release all Intelligence Bureau (IB) files on him.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday described Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose as a "heroic soldier" and "skilled organiser" and said that his government has fulfilled the long demand of making the files related to the freedom fighter public.

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.

Kolkata's infamous 'syndicate raj' has hit members of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's family. A senior Trinamool lawmaker and his mother, a former Trinamool lawmaker filed a police complaint alleging they were threatened by a gang of young men on Monday. Six men were later arrested.

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.

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.