A World View on The Netaji

Mahatma, Subhas Chandra Bose were fond of each other Although traversing divergent paths to attain the country's freedom, legendary figures Subhas Chandra Bose and Mahatma Gandhi were locked in affectionate bonds, with the Mahatma in later years admitting the greatness of his ''adventurist son.'' On the other hand, Netaji, whose birth centenary falls on Thursday, bestowed the much revered title of ''Father of the Nation'' on Gandhiji in his famous statement broadcast from a clandestine radio station in Burma in 1944, a year before he died in a plane crash. For Gandhiji, reconciling to Subhas babu 's sudden death at the early age of 48, was excruciatingly painful and he took a long to accept it, The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi   reveal. In his ''heart of hearts'' maintaining that he was not killed, Gandhiji ''intuitively'' believed that Subhas babu   was still hiding in some unknown place and w...

Subhas Chandra Bose: A Biography By   Marshall J Getz   (Author) Subhas Chandra Bose continues to be a well-known figure in India more than fifty years after his death, but in the West remains a shadowy figure unknown to many. He made headlines worldwide as the extremist leader of the Provisional Government of Free India after its establishment by the Axis powers during World War II and was viewed as sort of an Asian Hitler or Quisling, but when the Allies crushed Boses Indian National army, the world seemed quickly to forget him. This work is a biography of Bose, the self-proclaimed Netaji, or "revered leader, " who sought to bring down the British Raj by making alliances with Rome , Berlin , and Tokyo during World War II and by helping India thrive economically and politically as a free socialist nation. It details his political activities, including radio broadcasts in which he attempted to sway his countrymen with pro-Axis propaganda and predicted a bloody en...

Five researchers on Netaji Subhas   Chandra   Bose are moving court against Shyam Benegal's film "Bose, The Forgotten Hero" for showing the national hero as a "married" person. The five - who are deponents to the Mukherjee Commission probing   the mystery   surrounding Bose's whereabouts after the Taihoku air crash in 1945 - also wrote to Sharmila Tagore, Censor   Board   of Film Certification chairperson, and the secretaries of the union home and information and broadcasting ministries this week. They are opposed to the fact that the film, to be released worldwide next Friday, shows Netaji - as Bose was fondly called by his admirers - as married to Austrian woman Emily Shenkel. "We have corroborative proof that Netaji's marriage to Shenkel is a concocted story," Jayanta Chowdhury, one of the researchers, told. According to him, although Netaji's family members claim he got married to Shenkel in 1937, his   application for   a...

A newspaper clip reporting the death of Netaji and   General Shidei The matter was looked into by several allied intelligence teams and soon holes in the Japanese version became apparent. The findings of the intelligence teams seem to have not confirmed the Japanese announcement. For as late as October 1946, the Government of British India refused to confirm the death of Bose. After India 's independence, the matter was looked into by three official panels formed by the government of India following the public demands. These panels were: Shah Nawaz Committee, Justice GD Khosla Commission &   Justice Mukherjee Commission   of Inquiry. The Shah Nawaz Committee upheld the Taiwan crash version,   as did the Justice GD Khosla Commission,   whereas the Mukherjee Commission negated it. However, it has also been alleged at various times that the Indian government and political leadership was aware that Bose may have been alive, and according to one ...

Subhas Chandra Bose, a prominent leader of the   Indian independence movement   against the   British Raj   in India, and a general of the Imperial Japanese army Tsunamasa Shidei   were reported to be flying to Tokyo, Japan when the alleged plane crash occurred at Matsuyama aerodrome (now   Songshan Airport ) in   Taipei , northern Formosa (now the Republic of China, or Taiwan). After cremation, Bose's ashes were taken to Japan and interred at the   Renkōji Temple   in Tokyo . [1]   The news was withheld by the   Japanese   government for five days before it was announced by Japanese news agency   Domei . [2]   The   Allied forces   took the Japanese news as a ploy. The then   Viceroy of India , Field Marshal   Archibald Wavell , is reported to have noted in his diary that "I wonder if the Japanese announcement of Subhash Chandra Bose's death in an air-crash is true. I suspect it very much, it ...

passed his B.A. in Philosophy from the Presidency College in Calcutta . He was strongly influenced by Swami Vivekananda's teachings and was known for his patriotic zeal as a student. His parents' wishes kept him away from the Indian freedom struggle and led him  into studies for the Indian Civil Service in England .  Although he finished those examinations also at the top of his class (4th), he could not complete his aprecentship and returned to India , being deeply disturbed by the Jallianwalla Bagh massacre.  Had he lived, Subhas Chandra Bose could have given a new turn to Independent India's political history. But he lives on eternally in the Indian mind, more famous after his death B ose advocated complete freedom for India at the earliest, whereas the Congress Committee wanted it in phases, through a Dominion status. Other younger leaders including Jawaharlal Nehru supported Bose and finally at the historic Lahore Congress convention, the Congress...

He was destined to become one of the foremost leaders of India 's freedom struggle and was to leave an indelible impress not merely on the history of modern India but on the minds and hearts of the people of Asia . Subhas passed the Matriculation examination standing second in the Calcutta University . He graduated in 1919 with a First Class in Philosophy. In 1919, Subhas's parents decided to send him to England as they keenly desired that he should join the ICS. He appeared for the competitive examination in 1920 and came out fourth in order of merit. He also secured the Cambridge Tripos in Moral Sciences. Subhas Babu did not, however, complete the mandatory year of probation. His mind had been deeply disturbed by grave developments at home; after the heinous Jallianwala Bagh Massacre. Subhas handed his resignation in April 1921, and returned to India . He went to the Mahatma for guidance who, perceiving the passion for India 's freedom that consumed Subhas...