The people of Hooghly, particularly Balagarh, take pride in recalling the legacy of Lieutenant Sorojendra Nath Mukhopadhyay, an unsung revolutionary associated with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s Azad Hind Fauj (INA).
At a time when Netaji's grandnephew's final request to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for bringing back mortal remains of the freedom fighter remain unanswered, the Centre has denied permission to a Durgapur youth for setting up a memorial of the leader in New Delhi.
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Jayanti, or Parakram Diwas, honors the legacy of the freedom fighter. Explore films that depict his life, struggles, and the mystery surrounding his death.
A West Bengal cult will submit a memorandum to West Bengal governor and state chief minister on 30 June in support of their long-standing demand.
Netaji’s grandnephew Chandra Kumar Bose has been vocal about the demands. In his chat with Ashok Chatterjee, he says that in today’s society, following Netaji’s ideals of religious integrity (sarva dharma samanvaya) would be paying the best respect to the great leader.
Secretaries-General of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha Utpal Kumar Singh and P C Mody respectively also paid their tributes to Netaji Bose.
The Chief Minister highlighted that, if this appeal comes into effect, it will allow the entire nation to pay homage to the national leader and celebrate 'Desh Nayak Dibas' in the most befitting manner.
Questions should be raised about the trials of around two lakhs prisoners associated with the INA led by Netaji, he said. “What happened to those put on trial? How were the INA prisoners treated, penalized or executed? The Centre should honestly address these questions,” said the former head of National Archives.
The lone struggle he conducted from 1941 to August 1945, has been described as ‘an era of miracles’ by Pattabhi Sitaramayya in his book, History of the Indian National Congress. The miracles continued. From 6 May 1943, the day Bose landed in SE Asia, he worked as a man possessed. He restructured the Indian National Army and within a few months of his arrival set up the Provisional Government of Azad Hind on 21 October 1943.
In 1946, Harin Shah was at Nanking, the headquarter of the KMT regime in China, heading the Free Press of India News Service launched by S Sadanand. From there, he flew to Taipei via Shanghai along with a battery of foreign correspondents and arrived on 30 August 1946. As unravelling the mystery of Netaji's disappearance was his main objective, he talked to a cross section of people about this immediately after his arrival in Formosa
