Netaji Files: Mystery Behind Subhash Chandra Bose's Death

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January 23 is marked as 'Parakram Diwas' to celebrate the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose

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He founded the Indian National Army (INA) and led an armed movement against the British in freedom struggle

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It is believed that Netaji died on August 18, 1945, after his plane crashed in Taiwan, but his death remains one of the biggest mysteries

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Several documents have been declassified over the years to unravel the mystery surrounding Netaji's death

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One of the declassified files reveals that his family was under surveillance mostly during Jawaharlal Nehru's rule

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His family in 2015 said the surveillance suggests that Netaji was alive long after he was presumed dead

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One of the most talked-about theories around Netaji is of the 'Gumnami Baba', a spiritual leader based in UP's Faizabad who died in 1980

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Followers say Gumnami Baba shared similar habits to Netaji who knew several languages and a lot about the INA

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In a cabinet note from 1995, declassified by PM Modi in 2016, the then-government had accepted that he died in a crash in 1945

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The declassified files are available from the National Archives of India and can be accessed through their website.

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