"The government of India will set up a memorial for Netaji
Subhas Chandra Bose in the heart of Delhi", said by Dr. Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State for Culture
and Tourism (I/C) and Civil Aviation in National Archives of India.
The minister also declassified the 3rd batch of 25
files relating to Netaji, making them available online at www.netajipapers.gov.in. He added
that these papers will meet the demand to access Netaji files and also
facilitates research scholars, students to carry out further research on the
doyen of the freedom movement.
The present batch of 25 files pertaining to 1956 to 2009
period consists of five files each from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and Ministry
of Home Affairs (MHA), respectively, while rest 15 were from Ministry of
External Affairs (MEA).
On 23 January 2016, marking 119th birth anniversary of
Netaji, the PM Narendra Modi released the first lot of 100 files relating to freedom
fighter and were put in the public domain.
The second lot of 50 files were released online on web
portal by Dr. Mahesh Sharma, on 29 March 2016.
It may further be added that in 1997 the National Archives
of India had received 990 declassified files pertaining to the Indian National
Army (Azad Hind Fauj) from the Ministry of Defence, and in 2012, 1030 files/
items pertaining the Khosla Commission (271 files/ items) and Justice Mukherjee
Commission of Inquiry (759 files/ items) from the Ministry of Home Affairs. All
these files/ items are already open to the public under the Public Records
Rules, 1997.
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