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Revealed Netaji Papers: Why was India skeptical about shifting Subhas Chandra Bose's ashes from Japan

Speed News Desk | Updated on: 14 February 2017, 5:28 IST
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the documents earlier today -to coincide with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's 119th birth anniversary.
  • This document from the Ministry of External Affairs, titled Ashes of Netaji Subhas Bose, the true events behind the death of the enigmatic freedom fighter have been revealed.
Here are a few excerpts from the document:
  • "The Government of Taiwan informed the Mukherjee Commission that no plane crash had occured between 14 August to 25 October 1945 at the Matsuma (Taihoku) airport in Taiwan."
  • The Commission rubbished the crash story accordingly but, the Government of India, it deludes one why, refused to discard the fake story of the plane crash and the alleged death.
  • The files include news reports from 23 January 1957 which record the government's decision to shelve the plans to bring the ashes back.
  • Also among the files is a 20-page paper by Samar Guha titled "Country must know what happened to Netaji".
Read the full file here:

Netaji Papers: Revealed Netaji Papers: Why was India skeptical about shifting Subhas Chandra Bose's ashes f... by Kunāl Majumder

First published: 23 January 2016, 4:01 IST