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By Anuj Dhar
 1955/56:
Widowed Saraswati Devi and her son Rajkumar (50) come to live with
her father Mahadeo Prasad Misra in Singar Nagar, Lucknow. Misra
himself is staying with Bhagwanji.
Saraswati Devi and her son serve Bhagwanji until his death in 1985.
They believe him to be Netaji.
In Lucknow, Bhagwanji runs into trouble with the house owner over
rent default and leaves without his belongings.
For next six to seven months, Bhagwanji and Misra family stay in
ruined Shiv temple on the banks of Gomati river.
 1958:
They shift to Neemsar and stay in a Dharamshala for two to three
months and then move to an old temple complex.
April 1962: Atul Sen, an associate of Netaji, meets Bhagwanji
in Neemsar. He takes him to be Netaji and on his return to Kolkata
tells historian Dr RC Majumdar and INA Secret Service man Dr Pabitra
Mohan Roy about the meeting. Dr Pabitra rushes to Neemsar at the
end of the year.
December 1962: Dr Pabitra approaches Netaji's friend and
political associate Leela Roy for help in buying seven items Bhagwanji
had wanted.
January 1963: Leela Roy establishes contact with Bhagwanji.
March 1963: Leela Roy, Dr Pabitra Mohan Roy, Samar Guha
(82) and Shaila Sen visit Bhagwanji in Neemsar. Saraswati Devi tells
her son that the woman is a 'senior officer of the fauz'.
 March
25, 1963: Srikant Sharma (93) becomes Leela Roy's and Bhagwanji's
go-between. Bhagwanji shows himself to Sharma and tells him to convey
to Leela Roy that it is not in the interest of the country for him
to come out.
March 26, 1963: Possible date of Leela Roy's meeting with
Bhagwanji. He hands over a letter demanding 12 items including cigars,
a telescope and a Fowler's/Oxford dictionary.
March 30, 1963: Leela Roy and others leave. This is Leela
Roy's first and last direct contact with Bhagwanji.
June 1963: Dr Pabitra Roy and another revolutionary Amal
Roy visit Neemsar and stay there for two months.
 July
8, 1964: Bhagwanji leaves Neemsar for Darshan Nagar, Faizabad,
and stays at "Shankar Niwas".
September 1, 1964: Leela Roy writes to Netaji's closest
friend Dilip Roy to say "he is alive-in India".
1965: Bhagwanji shifts to Lalkothi in Ayodhya.
 1967:
He moves to Shrista, Purani Basti, into the house of Basti King
Onkar Singh. Here, Durga Prasad Pandey (83) comes into his contact.
Pandey takes Bhagwanji to be Netaji. He meets him regularly for
eight years.
1975: Bhagwanji shifts to Ayodhya. Durga Prasad Pandey travels
with him in the same car.
In his eight years' stay in Ayodhya, Bhagwanji changes places four
times.
 1975:
Stays at Lucknow Hatta
1975/76: Moves to Brahamkund and comes in touch with Dr
T Banerjee and his family, Dr Rai (late 50s) and Dr R P Mishra (79).
1979: Litgation with house owner forces Bhagwanji to shift
to Chhoti Deokali or Lucknow temple. (In the picture above).
 1983:
The Bhagwan moves to Rambhawan, the house of Gurubasant Singh at
Faizabad Civil Lines.
September 16, 1985: Bhagwanji dies around 9 pm of cardio-vascular
failure at the age of 88.
September 17-18, 1985: Dr Mishra's family, Saraswati Devi
and others keep vigil on the body of Bhagwanji and do not allow
any one to enter, including Gurubasant Singh. They all wait for
Bhagwanji's followers from Kolkata to come. No one comes.
 September
18, 1985: Local disciples cremate Bhagwanji at 4 pm at a park
in Guptar Ghat on the banks of River Saryu.
1986: Lalita Bose, M A Haleem and Vishwa Bandhu Tiwari (now
in his 60s) move apetition for safe keeping of Bhagwanji's belongings.
The UP High Court accepts, and all the objects are moved to the
Faizabad treasury after they are listed.
 November
26-28, 2001: Justice Manoj Kumar Mukherjee scrutinises Bhagwanji's
belongings at the treasury in the District Magistrate's office in
the presence of media. He earmarks some of these to be taken to
the Commission's office in Kolkata.
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