Recommended Reading- All You Need To Know About The Bose Files

Keeping in mind the decsion of the PM to declassify the Netaji Files early next year thefollowing articles from Swarajya on Netaji Bose is a must for those interested in the topic.

Yesterday, Prime Minister Modi met the family members of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and assured them that the Netaji files would be declassified starting from January 23, 2016. For decades countless speculations have been circulating in the public discourse regarding the reasons as to why these files were kept confidential.

These reasons were wide-ranging and started with the rumor that the first Indian Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was complicit in Bose’s alleged disappearance. Some even hold the belief that declassification of the files may create diplomatic tensions between India and Russia/Britain.

Whatever may have been the reasons, the decision to finally bring out the files will solve several historical riddles and confidently put an end to all sorts of speculations.Keeping all that in mind the following articles from Swarajya on Netaji Bose are a must for those interested in the topic as they will find these pieces helpful and informative.      

1. Why it’s difficult to believe Netaji died in August 1945 by Anuj Dhar: From the ambiguous announcement of his death on August 23, 1945 to all the commission of enquiries formed to find out the truth, this is one piece which gives you a comprehensive account of the ‘Netaji mystery’.

2. The Man Behind The Curtainsby Chandrachur Ghose: Did Bose live his last years as a sanyasi in India? Was he a sanyasi in UP or Bengal. Explore this aspect of the Netaji mystery in this Chandrachur Ghose piece.

3. Subhas Chandra Bose in Tamil Imaginationby Swarajya Research Team: If anyone ever had any doubts about the pan-India appeal of Netaji Bose, refer him to this piece. Here, the research team at Swarajya conclusively demonstrates just how popular and huge an icon Bose is down south in Tamil Nadu.