India Approaches Japan, Russia and UK for Files Relating to Netaji

All files pertaining to Netaji Subash Chandra Bose are being brought to India for permanent retention.

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India has approached several countries, including Japan, Russia and the UK, for handing over documents relating to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. Some of them have responded, the Rajya Sabha was told Wednesday.

Minister of State for Home Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary said the issue of handing over documents relating to Netaji had been taken up with governments of Austria, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Responses from the governments of Russian Federation, Federal Republic of Germany, Japan and the United Kingdom have been received. Responses from Austria, Republic of Italy and the USA are awaited. 

<b>Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary, Minister of State for Home</b>

Handout portrait of the leader of the Indian National Army Subhas Chandra Bose that is on display at the Netaji Research Bureau in Calcutta. (Photo: Reuters)

Chaudhary said the government has declassified all available classified files and transferred them to the National Archives of India for permanent retention.

All declassified files pertaining to Netaji received in the National Archive are first subjected to preliminary conservation and digitisation, before being released in the public domain.

(With inputs from ANI)