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| Did defeated
Japan's government give a truthful account of how Subhas Bose's
life ended? |
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| The A-bomb had crippled Japan
and there was chaos everywhere. Also, Formosa had borne
the brunt of Allied attack, and for the military personnel
stationed there, one crisis followed on the heel of the
other. Naturally, they were not in the frame of mind to
keep cast iron records of accidents and disasters. |
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Japanese administration was
renowned for its efficiency. Nothing slipped past them
unrecorded. It was, therefore, surprising that its officials
failed to record the death of a head of government who
had died in an air-crash over a territory under them.
No record, not even the body's photograph, was maintained. |
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| Why has India never asked
foreign countries to open their archives on Subhas
Bose? |
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| When the British quit India
in 1947, it left behind a country that was deeply divided
and insecure. At that time, Netaji Subhas Bose and his
disappearance just did not figure in the list of government
priorities. Even a domestic probe did not happen for 10
years, leave aside an international investigation. |
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Netaji stood tall in
the eyes of the Indian people. Since his death was never
confirmed, the possibility of his return remained frightfully
real for many Indian leaders. Also, Subhas had been a
thorn in the side of many countries. When India was building
its foreign relations, no one really wanted to rake Netaji's
issue. |
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| Was it negligence
or design that held back independent India's first Govt from
proactively probing Subhas's disappearance? |
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| Gandhiji said if INA marched
into India with Subhas at the helm, even the Congress
would get sidelined. In 1945, this man went missing and
was soon forgotten. At least this is what appears from
the demeanour of independent India's first government. |
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Demands for probe into
Subhas's disappearance went unheeded. First official probe
into it was initiated nearly a decade after independent
India's first government came into power. Even then nobody
visited the air-crash site even once. |
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Did Netaji die in an air-crash on August 18, 1945? |
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