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Bose mystery begins  \n 2. Big brother watching  \n 3. Enter the Shaulmari sadhu  \n 4. Shooting star Samar Guha  \n 5. A proper inquiry at last  \n 6. The search for Bose files  \n 7. Ashes which turned to bones  \n 8. How India dealt with Russia over Subhas Bose’s fate  \n 9. The ‘Dead Man’ returns  \n  10. Why ‘Dead Man’ tale can’t be wished away  \n  11. Subhas Bose alive at 115?  \n  12. Resolving the mystery  \n Appendix I: The loot of the INA treasure  \n II: The strange case of Taipei air crash  \n III: Views of Subhas Bose’s family on his fate  \n IV: Was Subhas Bose a war criminal?  \n V. The land of conspiracy theories  \n VI. The men who kept the secrets  \n About the author  \n Notes on public domain information, including declassified records  \nand information accessed under transparency laws  \nCOPYRIGHT  \nIndia ’s biggest cover-up. Copyright © 2012 by Anuj Dhar. Cover art by [Koushik Banerjee.](Koushik Banerjee. www.subhaschandrabose.org/ibc.php)[ ](Koushik Banerjee. www.subhaschandrabose.org/ibc.php)[www.subhaschandrabose.org/ibc.php](Koushik Banerjee. www.subhaschandrabose.org/ibc.php)  \nNo part of this book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without permission, except for brief quotations in articles and reviews.  \nThe book has been priced low to discourage piracy. Please respect the author's lifetime of work and get your copy from Amazon only.  \nThe following stamps appear on the images to indicate source of the documents and pictures.  \nNAI: The National Archives of India, New Delhi.  \nRTI: Document obtained under the Right to Information.  \nNMML: The Nehru Memorial Museam and Library, New Delhi.  \nTNA: The National Archives, Kew.  \nNARA: The National Archives at College Park, Maryland.  \nCIA: Document obtained from the CIA under the Freedom of Information.  \nAP: Associated Press (AP Photo)  \nNAA: The National Archive of Australia, Melbourne Office.  \nDB: Deutsches Bundesarchiv (German Federal Archive)  \nABF: Amiya Nath Bose family.  \nJP: Jayasree publications, Kolkata.  \nPI: Still classified/out of public domain records obtained in public interest.  \nCONTENTS  \nPrologue  \n1. Bose mystery begins  \n2. Big brother watching  \n3. Enter the Shaulmari sadhu  \n4. ShooƟng star Samar Guha  \n5. A proper inquiry at last  \n6. The search for Bose files  \n7. Ashes which turned to bones  \n8. How India dealt with Russia over Subhas Bose’s fate  \n9. The ‘Dead Man’ returns  \n10. Why ‘Dead Man’ tale can’t be wished away  \n11. Subhas Bose alive at 115?  \n12. Resolving the mystery  \nAppendix I: The loot of the INA treasure  \nII: The strange case of Taipei air crash  \nIII: Views of Subhas Bose’s family on his fate  \nIV: Was Subhas Bose a war criminal?  \nV. The land of conspiracy theories  \nVI. The men who kept the secrets  \nAbout the author  \nNotes on public domain informaƟon, including declassified records and informaƟon accessed under transparency laws  \nPrologue  \nInformation Commissioner AN Tiwari’s darting eyes seized the three 30-something men sitting across the table. Only Sayantan Dasgupta was conspicuous by his tall, dark, handsome presence. The other two were short, plump and sported unfashionable short hair. Chandrachur Ghose would have looked studious in his chubby countenance and glasses but for an occasional meaningless smirk. The third harried-looking person was me. Tiwari’s anxious eyebrows were now wrinkling his forehead.  \n“Haven’t you people anything better to do?” he asked.  \nThe room we were sitting in was in a spruced up part of an otherwise worn-out building temporarily housing offices of the Central Information Commission, the watchdog body created only two years earlier to regulate India’s new freedom of information regime. The Right to Information Act, 2005, had elevated the country into a select group of nations giving their public the right to seek information from their government. Of course, to respond or not was the Government’s prerogative within the ambit of the Act. In ou","cbCaidhAOH3pU0lo","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaidhAOH3pU0lo","pdf",11732485,504,"English","# Prologue\n## 1. Bose mystery begins\n## 2. Big brother watching\n## 3. Enter the Shaulmari sadhu\n## 4. Shooting star Samar Guha\n## 5. A proper inquiry at last\n## 6. The search for Bose files\n## Appendix I: The loot of the INA treasure\n## About the author\n## Notes on public domain information","[{\"question\":\"What event and authority setup the investigation in the prologue?\",\"answer\":\"The scene takes place in offices of the Central Information Commission, tied to India’s new freedom of information regime under the Right to Information Act, 2005.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does the prologue emphasize public history being blocked?\",\"answer\":\"It highlights that historians can only speculate when information exists but cannot be reached, and that speculation is limited when even the existence of records is unknown due to state secrecy.\"},{\"question\":\"Which historical turning point involving Subhas Chandra Bose is referenced?\",\"answer\":\"The narrative describes Bose’s relations breaking with the Congress party in 1939, framed through his disagreement with Mahatma Gandhi over non-violence and the path to swaraj.\"}]","India’s Biggest Cover-up - Prologue - Story | PDF",1789941152,1270]