Netaji died in India, not in aircrash; He, not Gandhi, made Britain leave

A return to the theme of Subhas Chandra Bose is necessitated by the “discovery” of two books. Both are by Lt. Manwati Arya who was born in Burma and joined the INA’s women’s wing, the Rani Jhansi Regiment, in her early 20s. Patriot (2007) is a “personalised biography” of Netaji. It is flowery and exaggerated: Bose’s marriage to Emilie Schenkl is called “the divine wedlock”. Judgment: No Aircrash, No Death (2010) is a compendium of records and stories about Netaji’s widely reported...

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