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Researcher claims Netaji survived 1945 crash, lived till 1985 as Gumnami Baba
Researcher claims Netaji survived 1945 crash, lived till 1985 as Gumnami Baba
Historian Chandrachur Ghose, who has spent 22 years researching Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, claims the freedom fighter did not die in the 1945 plane crash and instead lived under the alias Gumnami…
Historian Chandrachur Ghose, who has spent 22 years researching Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, claims the freedom fighter did not die in the 1945 plane crash and instead lived under the alias Gumnami Baba in Uttar Pradesh until 1985. Ghose told Hindustan Times that declassified files from India, the CIA, MI5 and other countries show the plane crash was a Japanese smokescreen to allow Netaji to escape to Russia after Japan's surrender in World War II.
Ghose asserts that Netaji returned to India in the early 1950s and lived anonymously in Faizabad as Gumnami Baba, cared for by a group that included five Uttar Pradesh chief ministers. The historian claims Gumnami Baba said he advised on the Korean and Vietnam wars and played a role in stopping the Chinese invasion. These findings now form the basis of The Bose Network, a mobile-first microdrama that premiered on August 15 on the Story TV app.
Ghose's third book in the series addresses the theory that no plane crash occurred and reconstructs Netaji's post-1945 life using eyewitness accounts, documentary evidence and forensic evidence. The researcher maintains he has made no claim that is not substantiated by evidence.
Indian Opinion Analysis
Gumnami Baba has been a persistent figure in Uttar Pradesh folklore for decades, with multiple state governments refusing to settle the identity question through DNA testing. The core factual dispute is not about wartime espionage but about whether an ascetic who lived quietly in Faizabad until 1985 was indeed Netaji. The central piece of evidence that would resolve this, a DNA comparison between Gumnami Baba's remains and Netaji's known relatives, has never been conducted. The government's own declassification of 2000 files in 2016 did not settle the matter, it renewed debate. The next concrete step to watch is whether any court or state government will order that DNA test, which alone can establish or demolish the claim.
Source: hindustantimes.com
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