PM Modi declassifies secret files relating to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday unveiled digital versions of at least 100 secret files relating to India’s great freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, whose death continues to be a mystery even after seven decades.

On the occasion of 119th birth anniversary of Bose, Modi launched a webportal https://netajipapers.gov.in, created for the public viewing of the files, at the National Archives of India.

“As a first step, the National Archives of India is placing 100 files relating to Netaji in public domain after preliminary conservation treatment and digitisation,” the PMO said in a statement.

The remaining files will be put in the public domain after their digitisation, it added.

“The Government of India has written to the concerned foreign governments to declassify all files or papers related to Netaji. The government is committed to pursue this matter with them,” it said.

Meanwhile, Netaji’s family members were overwhelmed by the decision, calling it a “great day for the entire nation”, IANS reported.

Modi also met family members of Netaji, including Professor Chitra Ghosh, Chandra Bose and Surya Kumar Bose.

Modi, in a meeting with members of Netaji’s family in Delhi on October 14, 2015, had announced that the union government would declassify the files relating to Netaji in a phased manner, and make them accessible to the public.

Accordingly, the first lot of 33 files was declassified by the PMO and handed over to the National Archives of India on December 4, 2015.

“Subsequently, the ministries of home Affairs, and external affairs too initiated the process of declassification of files relating to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in their respective collection which were then transferred to the National Archives of India,” the statement added.

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