Subhas-Bose
Bhubaneswar: With the Modi government announcing to observe Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s birthday as ‘Parakram Diwas’ from now on, the sagacious words of this unputdownable fighter of mother India still hit loud and clear to the eardrums of all and sundry.
Netaji had said, “We have to build our life on the theory which contains the maximum truth. We cannot sit still because we cannot or do not know the absolute truth.”
True to the blood of Netaji’s words, the nation even after a long seven-decade-and-a-half is yet to know the ‘absolute truth’ about the death of this great son of the soil.
In the year 2016, the Modi government had declassified thousands (over 12,000) of papers on Netaji’s mysterious disappearance, and the papers were made available to the National Archives of India.
Though the thousands of reams of paper failed to reveal the ‘absolute truth’ on Netaji’s death mystery, they, however, put a glare on some tidbits of eye-popping details that tell a story of ‘maximum truth’.
The anxiety quotient of the nation ran so high that the union government had been compelled to institute as many as three commissions to unravel the mystery behind Netaji’s disappearance. Still, the outcome remained inconclusive.
The Interesting TidBit is when Justice Manoj Kumar Mukherjee after visiting the Renokji temple where the ashes of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose are believed to be housed, had recommended for DNA test of the purported last remains.
However, the then Government replied in negative. “This is no way possible. If the DNA report comes negative, then the result may pose a giant law and order problem,” said a note sent to the Commission.
COMMISSION DATELINE
1956: Shah Nawaz Commission
1970: Khosla Commission
1999: Mukherjee Commission
THE X-FACTOR IN D-FILES
A detailed glance at the de-classified files (D-Files) leads one to many an imprint that leaves an impression of doubt on Netaji’s death in an Air Crash at Formosa (presently Taiwan) on 18 August 1945. First, take a look at part of a confidential letter on Netaji’s Treasure. The image is listed below.
Follow the Trails Below….
The Bottomline: Netaji had once said, “No Real Change Has Ever Been Achieved By Discussions.”