Subhas Chandra Bose (1897–???) was an Indian politician and Indian freedom fighter.^[1][2] This is a list of books written by or about him.

Books written by Subhas Chandra Bose[edit]

• Former journalist Dhar who now heads a non-profit organisation called Mission Netaji believes that Netaji did not die in a plane crash in Taiwan or anywhere else. Rather, Dhar, like many other fans of Netaji thinks that as World War II drew to a close, Bose tried to make his way to the Soviet Union in order to obtain assistance from Stalin’s.
• Posts about Mission Netaji written by koushikzworld. While this report in original has most likely been destroyed, what has survived and reached the public domain by the grace of God is another intelligence report alluding to it.
• I first came across Babajan Ghafurov on the now defunct Mission Netaji website, with which Anuj Dhar was associated. I picked up Anuj Dhar’s book last year, expecting him to further explore this connection. On the back cover excerpt, I read his intriguing questions related to the controversy. One of the questions perturbed me.

Books on Subhas Chandra Bose[edit]

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It comes at a time when a new book titled 'Conundrum: Subhas Bose's Life After Death' written by two 'Mission Netaji' members Anuj Dhar and Chandrachur Ghoshe is due for release. 'I shall be grateful if you would kindly look into whether there is an intelligence file or police records on this so-called Gumnami Baba of UP.

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See also[edit]

• Chauhan, Abnish Singh (2006), Speeches of Swami Vivekananda and Subhash Chandra Bose: A Comparative Study, Prakash Book Depot, ISBN9788179771495

Mission Netaji Books

References[edit]

1. ^Śrīkr̥shṇa Sarala (1999). Indian Revolutionaries: A Comprehensive Study, 1757-1961. Ocean Books. pp. 198–. ISBN978-81-87100-20-1. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
2. ^Harshvardhan Dutt (31 August 2005). Immortal Speeches. Unicorn Books Pvt Ltd. pp. 49–. ISBN978-81-7806-093-4. Retrieved 14 December 2012.

Anuj Dhar is an Indian author and former journalist.^[1] He has published several books around the locus of death of Subhas Chandra Bose that propounds conspiracy theories about his' living for several years after the purported plane crash,^[1][2][3] thus contradicting the current scholarly consensus.^{[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]} Dhar is also the founder-trustee of a not for profit organisation Mission Netaji which campaigns for the declassification of documents concerning Bose.^[11]

Claims[edit]

Dhar has claimed that Bose had lived in the Uttar Pradesh state of India as Gumnami Baba, a hermit till 1985.^[12][13] The claims were debunked by the Mukherjee Commission which rejected any linkage between the two, in light of a DNA profiling test.^[14]

He also believes that Bose escaped to Russia (then, Soviet Union) after the crash and has accused successive Congress governments of being a part of broader conspiracy to keep Netaji dead.^[13] The Mukherjee commission did not locate any relevant material in the KGB archives.^[15]

In 2005, the Taiwan government provided emails to Dhar that it has no records of a plane crash during the period of 14 August to 25 October 1945, at the old Matsuyama Airport (now Taipei Domestic Airport). These records played a major role in the final assertion of Mukherjee Commission about the implausibility of Bose dying from an air crash.^[16][17] Historian Sugata Bose has rejected the analysis in light of the fact that the region and the airport was under Japanese occupation until 1946 and it was around 1949 when the Taiwaniese government finally consolidated itself.^[14]

In the book No Secrets, Dhar states that, according to a newspaper article published by Bose's elder brother Sarat Chandra Bose in The Nation, Bose was in China in October 1949.^[18]

Dhar's 2008 book, CIA's Eye on South Asia, compiled declassified Central Intelligence Agency records on India and its neighbours.^[19]

Criticism[edit]

Netaji biographer Leaonard A. Gordon also penned a critical note on Dhar in a postscript of his book Brothers Against the Raj. There Gordon alleged that Dhar misuses the Subhas Chandra Bose death mystery issue for contemporary Indian political purposes.^[20]

Bibliography[edit]

Mission Netaji Book List

See also[edit]

• Bose: Dead/Alive, 2017 miniseries based on Anuj Dhar's book India's Biggest Cover-up

References[edit]

1. ^ ^abHugh Purcell. 'Subhas Chandra Bose: The Afterlife of India's Fascist Leader'. History Today, Volume: 60 Issue: 11 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
2. ^'A Saint with no name'. The Daily Star. The Daily Star. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
3. ^Kirpal, Raman (12 July 2012). 'Why Subhas Chandra Bose's death is India's 'biggest cover-up''. First Post India.
4. ^Bandyopādhyāẏa, Śekhara (2004), From Plassey to Partition: A History of Modern India, Orient Blackswan, ISBN978-81-250-2596-2, retrieved 21 September 2013
5. ^Bayly, Christopher; Harper, Timothy (2007), Forgotten Wars: Freedom and Revolution in Southeast Asia, Harvard University Press, ISBN978-0-674-02153-2, retrieved 21 September 2013
6. ^Bose, Sugata (2011), His Majesty's Opponent: Subhas Chandra Bose and India's Struggle against Empire, Harvard University Press, ISBN978-0-674-04754-9, retrieved 22 September 2013
7. ^Metcalf, Barbara D.; Metcalf, Thomas R. (2012), A Concise History of Modern India, Cambridge University Press, ISBN978-1-107-02649-0, retrieved 21 September 2013
8. ^Wolpert, Stanley (2009), Shameful Flight: The Last Years of the British Empire in India, Oxford University Press, ISBN978-0-19-539394-1, retrieved 21 September 2013
9. ^Gordon, Leonard A. (2006). 'Legend and Legacy: Subhas Chandra Bose'. India International Centre Quarterly. 33 (1): 103–112. ISSN0376-9771. JSTOR23005940.
10. ^Lebra, Joyce (2008). The Indian National Army and Japan. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. ISBN9789812308061.
11. ^Hugh Purcell, 'The Afterlife of India's Fascist Leader: The Intriguing Death of an Indian Holy Man in 1985 Suggested That He Was None Other Than Subhas Chandra Bose, the Revolutionary and Nationalist Who, It Is Officially Claimed, Died in an Air Crash in 1945. the Truth, However, Is Harder to Find,' History Today, November 2010, http://www.questia.com/read/1G1-242453005/the-afterlife-of-india-s-fascist-leader-the-intriguing
12. ^'Netaji did not die in aircrash, says web site'. Rediff.com. 18 March 2006. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
13. ^ ^ab'Netaji did not die in aircrash: web site'. www.rediff.com. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
14. ^ ^abBose, Sugata (21 January 2013). His Majesty's Opponent: Subhas Chandra Bose and India's Struggle against Empire. Penguin Books Limited. ISBN9788184759327.
15. ^'Mukherjee Commission returns sans Netaji documents'. Rediff. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
16. ^'No crash at Taipei that killed Netaji: Taiwan govt'. Outlook India. Kolkata. 3 February 2005. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
17. ^'Netaji's dead but didn't die in crash, says report; long live the mystery'. Indian Express.
18. ^'New book seeks to solve Netaji mystery with brother's China claim'. Indian Express. Kolkata. 19 October 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
19. ^ ^abDhawan, Himanshi (1 May 2009). 'Reveal names of moles in Indira cabinet: CIC to govt'. Times of India. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
20. ^Leaonard A. Gordon (2014). Brothers Against the Raj: A Biography of Indian Nationalists Sarat and Subhas Chandra Bose. Blaft Publications. pp. 392–394. ISBN978-8129136633.
21. ^ ^ab''India's biggest cover-up', book on Netaji mystery launched'. The Economic Times. Kolkata. 17 November 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2013.