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| The urn at Renkoji temple containing Subhas Chandra Bose’s ashes. |
January 23, 2016, NewsCrunch
Successive Indian governments refused to bring back Subhas Chandra Bose’s ashes to the country fromJapan fearing there could be a political backlash.
Instead, the opted to payTokyo ’s Renkoji temple money for the safe keep of the urn containing the ashes.
Netaji’s family and political parties such as Forward Block were sceptical that Netaji had died in a plane crash in 1945.
Fearing an adverse reaction from them, Indian governments opted to keep the ashes at the Renkoji temple.
In August 1976, TV Tajeswar, joint director in the Intelligence Bureau, noted that ashes should not be brought back as they would “create complications”.
He warned that if the ashes were brought back, the government would be accused of “foisting a false story upon the people of West Bengal andIndia , taking advantage of Emergency, and this may well figure as an important plant of propaganda if and when the elections are announced”.
The government also started paying Renkoji temple in 1967 for the upkeep of the urn containing ashes.
After 2002, Yen 1 million has been given annually from the Special Diplomatic Expenditure budget.
The revelations are part of the 100 secret papers on Netaji de-classified by Modi government on Saturday.
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Successive Indian governments refused to bring back Subhas Chandra Bose’s ashes to the country from
Instead, the opted to pay
Netaji’s family and political parties such as Forward Block were sceptical that Netaji had died in a plane crash in 1945.
Fearing an adverse reaction from them, Indian governments opted to keep the ashes at the Renkoji temple.
In August 1976, TV Tajeswar, joint director in the Intelligence Bureau, noted that ashes should not be brought back as they would “create complications”.
He warned that if the ashes were brought back, the government would be accused of “foisting a false story upon the people of West Bengal and
The government also started paying Renkoji temple in 1967 for the upkeep of the urn containing ashes.
After 2002, Yen 1 million has been given annually from the Special Diplomatic Expenditure budget.
The revelations are part of the 100 secret papers on Netaji de-classified by Modi government on Saturday.