Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Wednesday that he will begin the process of declassification of files relating to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on January 23, his birth anniversary.
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Recent revelation from de-classified files in West Bengal revealed considerable evidence that Netaji did not die in air crash on August 17 as claimed by the Japanese government and the British and American intelligence reports pointed out at his post-war movements without much clarity though.
Declaring that there is no need to strangle history, Modi said Nations that forget their history lack the power to create it. They shared their valuable suggestions with me, the Prime Minister said, while remarking that it was a privilege to welcome them to 7, Race Course Road, his official residence.
After leaving India, Netaji reached Germany and had support in Hitler’s regime.
She is also open to any contradictions that may arise if the files were declassified.
“I raised with the prime minister the issue of a few files pertaining to Netaji during my Russian Federation visit”. Prusty was a member of the 13 organisations that accompanied the Netaji family to the Prime Minister’s residence. “Finally, there’s hope that the veil over Netaji’s dying shall be eliminated, because the PM himself has assured us”, stated one other relative Arya Bose stated.
The family members are expected to seek declassification of all the files related to Netaji, whose mysterious disappearance 70 years ago continues to be a talking point.
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A PMO release quoted Modi as saying he would not only write to foreign governments but also take it up personally in his meeting with foreign leaders beginning with Russian Federation in December. As Netaji’s grand nephew Chandra Bose told FPJ, they were overwhelmed since his father and others in the family had been writing to successive governments for the declassification of files ever since the days of Jawaharlal Nehru. “We are mainly visiting educational institutions and meeting students”. She also said that she is extremly impressed with PM Modi. “When we discuss with students, we explain where Netaji was born and how he was encouraged by the ideals of his school teacher Beni Madhav Das while studying in Ravenshaw Collegiate School (in Cuttack)”, Prusty said.
