West Bengal is not merely a state. It is, in the telling of those who sought to win it back from the Trinamool Congress, a civilisational citadel - the cradle of the Bengal Renaissance, the land of Ramakrishna and Vivekananda, Bankimchandra and Tagore , Shyamaprasad Mookerjee and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
Chandra Kumar Bose has urged authorities to authenticate the cap displayed at the Netaji and INA museum, saying the artefact currently on display appears different from the one earlier handed over.
When Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for Ashish Ray, informed the Court that Netaji’s daughter Anita Bose Pfaff was virtually present online and supported the petition, a Bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipul M. Pancholi said that she should file the petition in her capacity as the heir instead of supporting it from behind the curtain.
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose is remembered as one of the greatest freedom fighters of India.
The Prime Minister said Parakram Diwas has evolved into a major celebration of national pride in recent years. He described Netaji not only as a freedom icon but also as a forward-thinking leader who envisioned a modern India rooted in its civilisational wisdom.
With the bombing of Pearl Harbour on 7 December 1941, a new chapter began. Both the Boses, in different continents, were now striving to utilise the war to strengthen the cause of Indian Independence. Between December 1941 and March to June 1942, Rash Behari established contact with military and civil high commands in Japan to impress upon them the necessity to help India in her struggle for freedom
The fact that Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Rishi Aurobindo, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Bidhan Chandra Roy were among the prominent national figures who were arrested and kept here adds to the significance of the place. The museum tells moving stories of the Indian freedom fighters.
Neither Habibs narrative nor the argument that Japan had confirmed Netajis death is true. To cap it all, Taiwan's enquiry proved the theory of crash and death false. Nevertheless, there have been other attempts to legitimize the alleged death in an air crash on 18 August 1945.
The Alipore Central Jail has been converted into a museum to celebrate the country's 75 years of independence.
PM Modi said, "A new era has begun in the form of Kartvya Path. Symbol of colonialism 'Kingsway' will be history and has been erased forever."
