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AFTER 60 YEARS, FILES RELATED TO

NETAJI DE-CLASSIFIED

t least three committees were formed to investigate l A museum on Subhas Chandra
Athe suspicious circumstances surrounding the death Bose was established at the
of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. But each committee’s Red Fort. Apart from this, the
report was left to gather dust. After taking charge in Government is planning another
2014 Prime Minister Narendra Modi took initiative in this museum in Kolkata
direction. On October 14, 2015, 35 family members of l In 2018, three islands in Andaman
and Nicobar were renamed. The
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose had called on the Prime
Ross Island was renamed as Netaji
Minister. After meeting them, the Prime Minister said,
Subhas Chandra Bose Dweep; the
“The nation that forgets its history also loses the power
Neil Island as Shaheed Dweep;
to create history. I see no reason to strangle history. and the Havelock Island as Swaraj
That is why the Government will initiate the process of Dweep
declassification of files.” And with this, the first lot of 33 l In 2018, the Government instituted
files related to Netaji were handed over to the National an annual award known as Subhas
Archives of India on December 4, 2015. On January 23, Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan
2016, on the occasion of Netaji’s birth anniversary, digital Puraskar to recognise the excellent
work done by individuals and
copies of 100 files were released by the Prime Minister.
institutions in India in the field of
All the files related to Netaji can be viewed at the web
disaster management
portal www.netajipapers.gov.in

Indian National Army — a choice that was ring to it. The phrase Jai Hind was suggested
ratified by the Indian Government after by Abid Hasan, his personal secretary and
Independence. interpreter. It sounded perfect to Bose, and it
He also decided that Jai Hind would be was adopted as the formal manner of greeting
adopted as a common greeting. He had for cadres of the Indian National Army. And
asked his followers to find a common national the green, saffron and white Tricolour of the
greeting that would be acceptable to all Indian National Congress was adopted as the
religious communities and also have a nice national flag of the Azad Hind Government.

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