INA treasure controversy
The INA treasure controversy relates to alleged misappropriation by men of
It is estimated that Netaji carried with him approximately 70 kg of treasures in four iron boxes while starting his final journey from Bangkok on 17 August 1945 morning. At Saigon he had to shed around 38 kg of treasures and took the already overloaded onward bound bomber with only two boxes. Next day the bomber crashed at the airfield while taking off from Taihoku, Formosa, at around 2.30pm, killing Netaji and five other Japanese. The Japanese army salvaged around 16 kg of scattered treasures and later sent it to the Indian Independence League headquarters at Tokyo. What came back to India on 10 November 1952 was 11 kg of treasures, which is lying in the National Museum vault at New Delhi.
Documentary
- 'Netaji Bose - The Lost Treasure' a documentary by History TV18 channel.[2]
See also
- Indian National Army
- Death of Subhas Chandra Bose
- INA Martyrs' Memorial
- Indian National Army in Singapore
References
- ^ a b c Kavitha Muralidharan. "Who shrunk Netaji's fortune?". India Today. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
- ^ "'Netaji Bose - The Lost Treasure'". HISTORY TV18. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
The Wire: The Tale of Netaji's Missing Treasures and the Nehru Govt's Refusal to Recover Them