09-24-2006, 12:17 PM
Hi
I wanted to draw the attention of all, specially the Moderators, to the controversy surrounding the fate of Subhas Chandra Bose. Recently Government of India, which is headed by Congress party, rejected the findings of Justice Mukherjee Commission of Inquiry. What the Commission found out seemed to point out that all those horrendous stories we heard from our parents and grandparents could be true.
The official line has it that Netaji died following a freak air crash in Taipei at the close of the second world war. Rumors had it that Bose escaped to USSR, and was trapped. And according to the Mukherjee report:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->It stands established that emplaning at Saigon on August 17, 1945 Netaji succeeded in evading the Allied Forces and escaping out of their reach and as a camouflage thereof the entire make-believe story of the air crash, Netaji's death therein and his cremation was engineered by the Japanese army authorities....
The purpose of his (Netaji's) flight was to go to the Soviet Union and with the aid of the Soviet Union he was to continue his independence movement.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The report also came across clear evidence of systematic hushing up of the evidence by the Nehru and Indira Govts.
In the circumstances, it will be unfortunate if we remain silent.
Some time back, a group of young professionals decided to stick their necks out and fight it out in the open. Kindly visit www.missionnetaji.org to know more.
I'd like to given an illustration of how the battle for truth is being waged. India. Under the new Right to Information Act certain requests were for records on Bose's death were made to the Prime Minister's Office, Ministry of External Affairs. Ministry of Home Affairs. The outcome so far has been rather odd. On one hand the Govt says Bose died in an accidental air crash, and on the other they are refusing to declassify papers of 1950s to 1990s vintage on the ground that their release wud adversely affect India's interests and her ties with friendly foreign nations.
Anyhow, this RTI campaign has picked up and we intend to fight it to the finish.
http://www.missionnetaji.org/page/rti_home.html
As an expert on the case, I will be most happy to answer any questions that are put here on the India-Forum. I solicit the support of the moderators in the interest of India.
Thanks and regards
Anuj Dhar, New Delhi
I wanted to draw the attention of all, specially the Moderators, to the controversy surrounding the fate of Subhas Chandra Bose. Recently Government of India, which is headed by Congress party, rejected the findings of Justice Mukherjee Commission of Inquiry. What the Commission found out seemed to point out that all those horrendous stories we heard from our parents and grandparents could be true.
The official line has it that Netaji died following a freak air crash in Taipei at the close of the second world war. Rumors had it that Bose escaped to USSR, and was trapped. And according to the Mukherjee report:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->It stands established that emplaning at Saigon on August 17, 1945 Netaji succeeded in evading the Allied Forces and escaping out of their reach and as a camouflage thereof the entire make-believe story of the air crash, Netaji's death therein and his cremation was engineered by the Japanese army authorities....
The purpose of his (Netaji's) flight was to go to the Soviet Union and with the aid of the Soviet Union he was to continue his independence movement.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The report also came across clear evidence of systematic hushing up of the evidence by the Nehru and Indira Govts.
In the circumstances, it will be unfortunate if we remain silent.
Some time back, a group of young professionals decided to stick their necks out and fight it out in the open. Kindly visit www.missionnetaji.org to know more.
I'd like to given an illustration of how the battle for truth is being waged. India. Under the new Right to Information Act certain requests were for records on Bose's death were made to the Prime Minister's Office, Ministry of External Affairs. Ministry of Home Affairs. The outcome so far has been rather odd. On one hand the Govt says Bose died in an accidental air crash, and on the other they are refusing to declassify papers of 1950s to 1990s vintage on the ground that their release wud adversely affect India's interests and her ties with friendly foreign nations.
Anyhow, this RTI campaign has picked up and we intend to fight it to the finish.
http://www.missionnetaji.org/page/rti_home.html
As an expert on the case, I will be most happy to answer any questions that are put here on the India-Forum. I solicit the support of the moderators in the interest of India.
Thanks and regards
Anuj Dhar, New Delhi