Netaji
was born in Cuttack, Odisha, 125 years before on 23 January, 1897. He was a brilliant student who went to
England to study- where he was also preparing for Indian Civil services. Subhas
Chandra Bose is the most revered icon of India. He is the creator of Slogan,
“Jai Hind” which has become popular Indian chant today. He is a great freedom
fighter who founded “Azad Hind Fauz”. He was a man of courage, leadership
skills and an exceptional orator. He himself was involved in the Indian
Independence movement and inspired many others to join the Indian National Army
and fight for the Independence of India.
His
contribution in history is so great that some people believe he is still alive.
Besides, many more believe that he did not die on August 18, 1945 in a plane
crash in Formosa.
According
to government documents, Subhas Chandra Bose died in a plane crash on 18 August
1945. It is said that the plane in which
Subhash Chandra Bose was going to Manchuria went missing on the way. The disappearance of his plane raised many
questions as to whether the plane had crashed.
In the
same year, the Japanese government issued a news report stating that Subhas
Chandra Bose's plane had crashed in Taiwan, due to which he died. But after a
few days, the Japanese government confirmed that there was no plane accident
happened in Taiwan that day. This statement
increased the doubt that when there was no plane crash, where did Netaji
disappear?
Subhas
Chandra Bose's death also remains a mystery because it was alleged that at that
time Jawaharlal Nehru had spying on Bose's family. In April 2015, two IB’s files on the issue
became public, following which a controversy arose. According to these files, the IB spied on
Netaji's family for nearly two decades in independent India. Many people believe that Nehru was also
suspicious of Subhas Chandra Bose's death, so he used to get the letters of the
Bose family checked so that if Netaji contacts the family, his whereabouts
could be traced.
Later,
many files related to the death of Subhash Chandra were made public by the
government, but from these files such strong evidence could not be found, which
could claim that Subhash Chandra Bose died in the plane crash itself. Netaji's supporters believe that he was alive
at the time of the country's independence but there is no evidence of this
either. Even today the question remains
whether Subhas Chandra Bose died in a plane crash in 1945? If yes, was it an accident or murder? If not, where did Netaji disapper and why
should he remain hidden from the world?