This document discusses the mystery surrounding Subhash Chandra Bose's disappearance after 1945. It provides context on Bose's role in hastening the end of British rule in India through the Indian National Army. It summarizes the findings of commissions that have investigated Bose's reported death in 1945, concluding that the plane crash was likely a cover story. It calls for the declassification of over 100 government files on Bose from countries like India, Russia, Japan and the UK in order to shed more light on what happened to Bose after 1945. It also questions the circumstances around the reported death of General Shidei, who was accompanying Bose.

1. Subhash Chandra Bose – “Netaji”
• Netaji – Father of Indian independence
• Quotes from India’s Biggest Cover-up by Anuj Dhar
• Plane-crash a “Theory”
• Mystery behind Netaji’s disappearance
• De-classification of “classified-files’ on Netaji
• What happened to General Shidei?
• References

2. Netaji – Father of Indian independence
• Netaji’s vision to kick-start an armed revolution by forming INA with the support
from Axis forces was, in the final estimate, a success and with Japan’s help he
hastened the end of the colonial rule in India
• National Army Museum in London has rated the battle of Imphal-Kohima as the
“Greatest British Battle”
• Even with a win, British armed forces was never the same as before – the men
were exhausted and were not sure if they had fought on the right side. This led to
mutiny in the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) & Royal Indian Air Force (RIAF) in 1946
• Court-martial of INA’s top leaders further fueled the revolution against British rule
• British PM Clement Attlee mentioned during his private visit to India in 1956
that Netaji’s INA & the uprising in the Armed Forces made the British government
realize that they could no longer hold on to India
• Attlee’s reported statements are supported by de-classified records and
testimonies of those who were in a position to know the real facts

3. "The situation in respect of the Indian National Army is one which warrants disquiet. There has seldom been a matter
which has attracted so much Indian public interest and, it is safe to say, sympathy...the threat to the security of the
Indian Army is one which it would be unwise to ignore."
-- Sɪʀ Nᴏʀᴍᴀɴ Sᴍɪᴛʜ, Director, Intelligence Bureau on 20 November 1945 (Report declassified in 1970s)
"There are two alternative ways of meeting this common desire (a) that we should arrange to get out, (b) that we
should wait to be driven out. In regard to (b), the loyalty of the Indian Army is open to question; the INA have become
national heroes...."
-- Aᴅᴠɪᴄᴇ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴀ ᴅᴇʟᴇɢᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏғ Bʀɪᴛɪsʜ MPs to Prime Minister Clement Attlee in February 1946 (Declassified in 1970s)
"There was considerable sympathy for the INA within the Army. ...It is true that fears of another 1857 had begun to
haunt the British in 1946."
-- Lᴛ Gᴇɴᴇʀᴀʟ SK Sɪɴʜᴀ (former Governor of J&K and Assam) and one of the three Indian officers who were part of the
Directorate of Military Operations in New Delhi in 1946. Sinha wrote this in 1976.
"I don't know how Mr Attlee suddenly agreed to give India independence. ...It seems to me from my own analysis that
two things led the Labour party to take this decision: 1. The national army that was raised by Subash Chandra Bose."
-- Bᴀʙᴀsᴀʜᴇʙ Bʜɪᴍʀᴀᴏ Aᴍʙᴇᴅᴋᴀʀ in an interview with the BBC in February 1955.
"Toward the end of our discussion I asked Attlee what was the extent of Gandhi's influence upon the British decision
to quit India. Hearing this question, Attlee's lips became twisted in a sarcastic smile as he slowly chewed out the word,
'm-i-n-i-m-a-l!'"
-- P.B. Cʜᴀᴋʀᴀʙᴀʀᴛʏ, Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court and acting Governor of West Bengal, recalling his talks with
the former British PM in October 1956. This became public knowledge nearly two decades later.
Quotes from India’s Biggest Cover-up by Anuj Dhar

4. Plane-crash a “Theory”
• Justice M K Mukherjee Commission (1999-2006) confirmed that the news of
Netaji’s death in Taiwan in August 1945 was actually a smokescreen created by
him and his Japanese benefactors to ensure his escape to Soviet Russia
• Previous two panels (Shah Nawaz Committee-1956 & G D Khosla Commission-
1970) set up under public pressure by hostile Congress governments ignored
crucial circumstantial evidence, and did not cross check facts with the Taiwan
government
• Mukherjee Commission, set up on court order, concluded that:
• there was a secret plan to ensure Bose's safe passage to Russia with the knowledge of Japanese
authorities and Habibur Rahman
• the ‘ashes’ kept at the Renko-ji temple, reported to be Bose's, were of Ichiro Okura, a Japanese
soldier who died of cardiac arrest
• It is worth mentioning that there were noteworthy discrepancies among the
witnesses of the alleged air-crash (some claiming that the plane crashed when it
was 100 ft above the ground and some claiming that it had reached thousands of
feet before going down)

5. Mystery behind Netaji’s disappearance
• In September-1945 Mr. Alfred Wagg, who was war correspondent of the Chicago
Tribune and accompanied the American Intelligence Party which went
to Taihoku Airport for conducting an enquiry about the alleged Air crash,
informed Sarat Chandra Bose (elder brother of Netaji) that the three photographs of a
damaged plane supplied by the Japanese were fakes and could not have been taken at
the Taihoku Airport
• In Sep-1946, Dr Radhabinode Pal, then a member of the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal,
informed Sarat Chandra Bose that according to an American Intelligence Report, which
was shown to him by the American Judge of the Tribunal, Subhas Chandra Bose did not
die in Aug-1945 and had safely reached Manchuria.
• Sarat Chandra Bose had himself questioned Col Habibur Rahman in detail and rejected
his version of the alleged air crash and Netaji’s death
• War time investigations by the British also revealed several inconsistencies in the
Japanese eyewitness’ versions. These would not have been there had they been
speaking the truth
• For example, Japanese government and two doctors who allegedly attended a “dying”
Bose made contradictory statements about the death certificate issued for him

6. De-classification of files (1/2)
• While Mukherjee Commission (MC) were able to verify that air-crash was just a
theory, it was not able to verify where Netaji was after August 1945
• Primary reason for this was that the MC was not given access to key Russian
documents and other classified Netaji files by the then hostile UPA government
• It is now clear that in order to clarify where Netaji was after 1945, all the files
related to Netaji should be de-classified
• Information gleaned from RTI responses and government records shows that
the number of these files is well over 100 even by most conservative estimates
(Out of these, PMO itself holds 33 files on Netaji)
• Additionally GOI should request Russia, US, Japan, Germany & Japan to share any
classified files related to Netaji
• In 2006 the Government admitted that release of certain Top Secret material
about Bose’s death would unleash law and order problem across India and may
disturb the relations with some friendly nations
• The Indian government also refused to make public its correspondence with the
Russians over Bose’s alleged presence in USSR after his reported death
If Indian government knowing everything have no problem with
other countries then what difference will it make if the public know?

7. De-classification of files (2/2)
• Since 2006 some young professionals, making use of social media, have been
espousing the cause of declassification
• They have now been joined by scores of others across the world and Netaji’s
family is backing them too
• Both the top two men in India now, the Prime Minister and Home Minister, were
sensitized about the issue prior to their coming to power earlier this year
• Both the PM and HM have reportedly expressed wish to do something to settle
the Netaji matter once and for all
• Indian expats can play a big role in the momentum by making demand for
declassification of all secret Netaji records
• The Japanese, on their part, should seek clarification of records from their
government regarding the death of General Tsunamasa Shidei, who allegedly died
with Bose in Taiwan in 1945
• Evidence for Shidei’s death is even more confusing than Bose’s

8. • General Shidei was a high-ranking General & mentor to many eye-witnesses,
including two survivors of the alleged plane-crash
• One witness said he got lost in the burning plane, while another claimed that he
was taken to hospital where he died
• So far no official investigation could identify when, how, by whom and in what
condition the general's body was extricated from the wreck
• In hospital no one saw his body or even heard about it. His cremation was a big
mystery. It was stated to have taken place, but no paper trail related to it, from
doctor's certificate to cremation permit, was traceable among the extensive
records that are perfectly safe and available till date with the Japanese govt and
Taiwan authorities.
• His family received an ash pot but that does not prove anything. When the
Japanese government was asked for evidence in 1950s, they sent some papers of
1947 vintage where it was stated that Shidei had died. Would the Japanese courts
accept that sort of evidence?
What happen to General Shidei? (1/2)

9. • From the start the Japanese officials hid the crucial fact that Gen Shidei was a
Russian expert and he was to take Netaji to Russia. But when rumors spread
amongst Indians in Japan that Netaji was probably killed by some Japanese for INA
treasure, they came out with the truth.
• Today they openly say that Netaji and Shidei were going towards Manchuria but in
the original statement there was no such thing. They rather changed their stand
and admitted to this truth under pressure in 1955.
• Japanese followers of Netaji should ask the Japanese government to furnish
contemporary records proving Gen Shidei's death: Where is his death certificate?
• Japanese Government cannot make an excuse for not having it because things
were chaotic, etc as if they could create death certificates for every individual
soldier who died at that time. What prevented them from creating the same for
senior leaders like Gen Shidei and Netaji?
What happened to General Shidei? (2/2)

10. • Letters from Shri Amiya Nath Bose to various Indian PMs
• Anuj Dhar’s “India’s Biggest Cover up” & “No secrets”
• RTI reports filled by Mission Netaji
• Other online sources that captured the information from reports published by
various commissions being set-up by Government of India at different times
Special thanks to Mr. Surya Bose, Anuj Dhar & Chandrachur (Mission Netaji) for
kindly reviewing this report!
References