Declassified Netaji files to be on public display in West Bengal from today
The files date back to the period between 1937 to 1947 and may throw light on Netaji's disappearance that till now remains a subject of high debate.
A week ago, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced to make public the files which for years remained with the state's home department as classified ones.
"A total 64 files are there with us. There may be one or two more files also which would also be put in the public domain. After properly reviewing all the files, we have decided to put them in public domain from next Friday (September 18)," she announced.
Members of Netaji's family and many researchers were among those who had been demanding that the files relating to Netaji be made public to let people know the facts that remained unknown for decades. However, many more files relating to Netaji are lying with the centre which are yet to be declassified. More files are believed to be in possession of Russia, the country Netaji visited after escaping from British India in the 1940s.
Netaji's grand nephew Chandra Bose welcomed the state government's decision and said that the Centre should take a cue from this move and release all 135 files with the government. "We hope that the NDA government take a cue from this and release the 135 files that is there with the Centre," he said.
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