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Black Box Of History On 12th June ’2010

Country Must Know What Happend To Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose

A Special  Screening of the Documentary Film “Black Box Of History” Directed By Amlan Kusum Ghose on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose has been organised on 12th June ’2010, Saturday at 2 pm in Rabindra Bhavan, Asansol, West Bengal.

Panelists of Screening Dr. Pabitra Kumar Gupta (Former vice chancellor) Prof. Nando Chakraborty (Presidency Collage) Dr. Madhu Sudan Pal, (Head of the Cardiology Department Medical Collage) Sh.Bijoy Nag, (editor Jayshree) and Amlan Kusum Ghose (Director Of The Documentary – Black Box Of History).

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The rabbit hole of Netaji mystery

As of today, the Netaji mystery maze has only two ways out. One leads to Russia, and the other to Faizabad. This I am stating with some knowledge of the issues involved. Inclusive of the myriad Netaji turned sadhu baba tales.

The point is, on scrutiny the entire gamut of theories vanish leaving only the aforementioned two premises. One can say whatever one wishes to — Netaji was in Guna, Dehradun, Sheopurkalan, or he was killed in the Red Fort — but without some backup evidence nothing is going to pass muster.

As things stand now, the seminal findings of the Mukherjee Commission will require to be worked upon to bring about an end to the controversy. It has been confirmed that Netaji flew towards the USSR even as his friends in the Imperial Japanese Army cooked up the news of his death. This begs the question: What happened to Netaji in the USSR? Right now there is nothing to conclusively prove that he was even there. Our Government isn’t interested; they formed an opinion long ago that Bose had died in Taiwan.

The Russians have given some inadequate information to them on the lines that Bose never came to the USSR in 1945 and afterwards. (An attempt by my friends and I to access the complete information under the RTI has not succeeded.) All we are left with are some intelligence and other reports saying Bose was in the USSR. Those bits might help one to form some belief or make further inquiries, which won’t be possible without the Government’s assistance.

Many people think that Netaji never got out of the USSR. They allege that he was kept a prisoner in a Siberian gulag and subsequently liquidated sometime during the Stalin era. Stalin butchered millions of his own people, he was not expected to show any affection to Subhas — the logic goes. Researcher VP Saini, who wrote a book titled ‘Conspirators, Abductors and Killers of Netaji?’ publicly says that former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was tacitly responsible for Netaji’s fate. Noted Russia expert Dr Purabi Roy is of the similar opinion. Personally, I have not come across anything credible to suggest that Bose was eliminated in the USSR.

The fascinating tale of Bhagwanji is on the other end of spectrum. Its preposterous outlook makes it repulsive to most people. Anyhow, for a variety of reasons, including a report given by India’s top handwriting expert, this case has something to stand on. But more investigation is required to arrive at a conclusion about Bhagwanji’s identity. This is taking into account Mukherjee Commission’s disapproval of the Bhagwanji angle “in absence of any clinching evidence”. That is, there was some evidence, but not enough. For instance, let’s see this passage from the report:

“Apparently, there is no reason for not acting or relying upon the evidence of the last two categories of witnesses particularly of the category who had seen Netaji before 1945 and also met Bhagwanji/Gumnami Baba face to face on a number of occasions, more so when their evidence regarding the frequent visits of some freedom fighters, eminent politicians and former members of INA on January 23 and during the Durga Puja festival is supported by the fact that letters written by some of them including Prof Samar Guha, Dr Pabitra Mohan Roy and Ms Leela Roy were found in `Rambhawan’.”

But, as the report noted, “there are other formidable facts and circumstances on record which stand in the way of this Commission in arriving at a conclusive finding that Bhagwanji/Gumnami Baba was none other than Netaji”.

As I see them, those facts and circumstances are:

1. The passing away of Bhagwanji’s front-ranking associates who could have given unimpeachable evidence.

2. Absence of any photographic evidence.

3. Negative results thrown up by forensic tests performed by governmental labs on Bhagwanji’s handwritings and some teeth believed to be his.

As regards point 3, no reliance can be placed on the judgment drawn on the Netaji disappearance case by any individuals or institutions linked to the Government of India. The Government’s apparent aim is to hush up the matter and if anyone is willing to buy the word of their labs on Bhagwanji DNA test, etc, they should also go along with the Government’s version that Netaji died in Taiwan. I hear the believers in the Russia angle coming up with inconsistent arguments. They won’t believe the Government side when it comes to Russia, but will believe them on Bhagwanji. They can’t have a pick and choose policy to suit their thoughts.

I fear if the Renkoji ashes, or for that matter some pieces of bone china crockery, are tested for DNA matching here in India, they will be proven to be Netaji’s remains. If I have formed such a negative opinion about my own government, it is only after coming across their misdeeds over this case. Those who have openly obstructed the justice can go to any extent to keep things under wraps.

It is in this background that I’d like you to consider the following hypotheses, rather allegations, purporting to offer further insight into the Netaji mystery. They are to the effect that:

1. Our Government has been aware as to what happened to Netaji. They left him to rot in Stalin’s Russia.

2. The sadhu baba stories were planted by the Government with the twin purpose of diluting the Russian angle and trivilising the entire issue.

3. The game started in early 1960s with Shoulmari baba. BN Mullick, the famed Director of Intelligence Bureau and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s right hand man, was behind it.

I am led to believe that our Government does have a good idea about the case. Two, there was something fishy about the sadhu of Shoulmari. The fellow who was said to be the administrator of the Shoulmari ashram was possibly an Intelligence Bureau officer.

And, I can’t help notice that the propagators of Shoulmari and other babas evidently had no insight into Netaji’s disappearance from Saigon. While countering the plane crash theory, which they had to, these people lifted arguments of Professor Samar Guha, who used to frequent Bhagwanji. Shoulmari and other babas also skipped the Russian angle, which I think is a reality so far as Netaji’s going there is concerned.

Bhagwanji called the Shoulmari subterfuge a “parallel bluff” and talked about “his” escaping to the USSR via Diren in Manchuria after a “concocted air crash”. He made an allegation about a top Azad Hind Government Minister – which rings true if we look at still classified records. It was rather intriguing for a holy man to talk about the functioning of prisons camps in Siberia. He gave out more details which appear to be the reasons why could not come out. One gets goose pimples thinking should they turn out to be true.

I fail to understand one thing: If indeed Netaji had been killed in the USSR in early 1950s, and some agency set up fake babas early 1960s onwards, what purpose would it have served? Why would the Government, which allegedly had things to hide, would shoot itself in foot by starting off a frenzy over a dead issue? What did Bhagwanji mean by “parallel bluff”? Why was the Central Intelligence Agency of America receiving dope on Subhas Bose as late as 1964? Didn’t those guys had better things to do?!

Some of the arguments made before Khosla Commission were hair-raising. It was charged that the Intelligence Bureau, a bugbear in those days, was on a lookout for information related to Bose. I remember one statement verbatim: “When the Government of India has accepted Shah Nawaz Committee’s report that Netaji is dead then how is it that the Intelligence Department goes after every news when it appears that Netaji is not dead and he is alive?”

All this (which is only a fraction of the facts I have collated in my book) call for some investigation if the people of this country think that the ambit of justice and truth also includes the case of Bose, as it does that of Jessica Lall. Such an investigation will have to be undertaken in the right earnest by our Government taking the public in full confidence. But as a prerequisite, they will do well to release all the information they, and their intelligence agencies, are sitting on. Then, they could take up the matter with the Russian Government at the highest level. They can always take a leaf out of Swedes’ book. After a decade of dogged pursuit, they managed to get the truth about Raoul Wallenberg out from the Russians. We won’t to wait that long. The Russians are our friends, and our Prime Minister is an admirer of Netaji.

The truth is out there. We can get to it by taking the issue head on, not by turning our backs on it. The starting point is Russia. The endgame could be in Russia or Faizabad. This is the point we have reached in the veritable rabbit hole of India’s biggest cover-up.

Anuj Dhar | Author: Back from Dead: Inside the Subhas Bose Mystery

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‘If Bose should return, many Indians would accept his leadership’

Rediff.com‘s Vicky Nanjappa speaks to Author Anuj Dhar about his latest book on Subhash Chandra Bose and uncovers some of the CIA’s long-lost records, along the way.

For the first time, the Central Intelligence Agency has declassified and released to an India [ Images ]n citizen, two very important records — pertaining to the death of freedom fighter and nationalist icon Subhash Chandra Bose and also the situation in India at the time of Partition.

The documents were made available to Dhar, author of the book, Back from Dead: Inside the Subhas Bose Mystery, in New Delhi [ Images ].”If the CIA could declassifiy this information, what stopped our government from doing the same?” Dhar told rediff.com.

Moreover the government has admitted to possessing reams of classified information of Bose. The Prime Minister’s Office lists 33 classified files on Bose, a Right to Information query filed by Dhar revealed.

Dhar then filed an application under the US Freedom of Information Act and the Agency Release Panel considered his appeal and determined that the document that was initially denied in its entirety can now be released in part, with some information to remain protected from release on the basis of FOIA exemptions.

The documents made available to rediff.com by Dhar tells interesting stories, the main one being that even after reports of Bose’s death, the spectre of his return from the United Soviet Socialist Republics remained strong enough to make many well-off Indians feel jittery

Dhar says that the number of documents released is small, but it is a turning point to end the excessive official secrecy thats exists in India. “The government is sitting on a stockpile of classified information on such great personality and the manner in which the Indian government handled the Russian angle as was mentioned by the Justice Mukherjee Commision left a lot to be desired,” Dhar said.

Comments on the political situation during Partition:

The document released by the CIA gives some interesting insights into the political situation in India just after independence. The source of the information has however been protected in the document. The document goes on to state:

‘I think it is quite possible that Liaquat Ali and (Jawaharlal) Nehru will finally submit to the partition of Kashmir [ Images ] in order that they may both save face. However I do not think that the people of either Pakistan or India are ready at the present to accept Partition but a wedge has been entered into their minds concerning partition which will eventually lead to that solution.’

‘Although I studied the problem for one year, I never actually did find out how strong the religious feeling was. In the Partition of India and Pakistan or what really was underneath the religious cover. However it is my impression that the differences between India and Pakistan at the present time are not basically religious but largely nationalistic and economic.’

‘I am also concerned about the strength of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, when last spring (1950) Golwalkar (fomer RSS chief M S Golwalkar) came to Delhi after his release from jail. This militant Hindu organisation and the Mahasabha party (Hindu Mahasabha) have become a great focus for Hindu refugees. Both parties are backed by old conservative Hindu elements such as the Brahmins. Both the RSS and the Mahasabha stand for the same principles, the two most important being anti-Muslim and anti-West — who they accuse of trying to breakdown the caste system. I think that Nehru has handled these parties very well and has not given them a chance to complain.’

‘At the present I think Nehru wants both Soviet friendship and US money and to obtain both of these, he is trying to play both ends against the middle. I do not know how much Nehru’s emotionality and racial pride, plus his Kashmiri blood affects his policy. His prepared statements represent a good governmental position, but when Nehru gets in front of a cheering crowd, he seems to go overboard in favour of whatever the crowd is enthusiastic about. His terrific emotionality makes him irresponsible at times and in my opinion, this is his biggest weakness, which is a dangerous thing in a country like India.’

‘I strongly suspect that Nehru’s conciliatory policy towards Pakistan is greatly influenced by the fact that there is still much Hindu property in Pakistan. I think he wants to avoid any difficulty with Pakistan until the Hindu property in Pakistan is recovered or compensated for. There are many people in Delhi who have vast holdings in Pakistan and they are currently trying to realize as much as possible from these properties.’

‘There is one other political note that I should mention at this time because I think that it may have some potential danger in it. I was impressed on many occasions by the fact that Bose is still a very popular hero I the eyes of the Indians. Recently his life story was told in the Indian movies and I attended several different native theatres to study the natives’ reaction.’

‘Every time that the actor representing Bose appeared on screen, he was loudly applauded. This expression of great enthusiasm clearly indicated to me that Bose is a national hero and in the eye of the man on the street I think he ranks next to Gandhi.’

‘It is now currently rumoured in Delhi that Bose living in Siberia, where he waits for a chance to make his big comeback. Officially Bose was declared lost, but his body has never been found. Whether Bose is alive or dead is relatively unimportant, but the possibility of an impostor should not be overlooked. I have several educated Indians tell me that the USSR would send a Bose ‘impostor’ into India and it would be easy to convince the people that he is Bose. If Bose or an impostor should return, it is probable that a great many of the people would accept his leadership. Some people believe the recurring rumour that Bose is still alive. According to their story Bose is presently active in the underground RSS movement.’

‘I have one other point to make concerning the political thinking of Indian students. All agreed that something must be done in India. They also agreed that Indian and Asian independence must be maintained. None of them knew what the US had done for Cuba or the Philippines and none had any knowledge of American history. What they did think, however was that China had at least been freed from foreign influence. They fail to see any current Soviet influence in China. And they are a mirror of most of the intelligent and educated Indian people, have never been exploited by the Soviets but they think they have been exploited by the British and also the American people.’

Read the CIA dossier on Partition

Read the CIA dossier on Netaji Bose’s death

Source: Rediff.com