On a separate note, dark bluish discoloration of face and upper part of body was noted in the case PM Lal Bahadur Shastri. An expert told me that bluish discoloration meant reduced hemoglobin which further indicated either poisoning or asphyxial death.
There was a hole on the back of the neck of Shastriji from which a red substance was coming out. All the sheets etc were soaked in this "blood". This is what his wife and others noted. Asked Govt to do something but Govt did nothing
It is pretty clear that Russians suspected poisoning from the very start and wanted to do an autopsy. But the people of truth and ahimsa refused to give permission. Russians did an inquiry, people of truth and ahimsa never bothered to seek declassification of Russian dossier.
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Veer Savarkar a CIA agent? This revolting insinuation has been made by historian @Ashok_Kashmir
in his book.
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The historian has cited a declassified Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) record in his book in favour of his insinuation. What i do not understand is that why has Ashok ji cited this record when in clearly does not relate to Vinayak Damodar Savarkar?
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The record is about some other Savarkar, not Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. Not every Pandey is Ashok Pandey.
⚫️Prafulla Chaki and #KhudiramBose carried out the ill-fated Muzaffarpur bomb attack in April 1908.
⚫️ On the run, Chaki was spotted in a train by sub inspector Nandalal Banerjee. In the chase that followed, Chaki shot himself.
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⚫️Nandalal Banerjee severed Chaki's head, which was sent to Kolkata to be identified by Khudiram.
⚫️ Revolutionary Sreeshchandra Pal killed Nandalal after some time later that year. Meanwhile, the head of Chaki was buried in the garden of the IB office at Lord Sinha Road.
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⚫️ IB later exhumed the head/skull and sent it to Lalbazar police station, where it was kept in the record room (just as the Russians had kept the skull of Hitler).
⚫️ Historian Amlendu De saw the skull with a bullet hole. His request for a DNA test was declined.
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From private papers of Sardar Patel at National Archives. Not clear who wrote this as pages are missing. But seems like a blueprint of sort by a Gandhi bhakt. As we all know, Gandhians are devoted first and foremost to non-violence. 1/
The subhead is: "Progressive realisation of Non-violence by the Government in Police and Military". At the very start, it says "our ultimate ideal is to replace the military by non-violent defence".
This is in line with what Bapu said. 2/
"Glorification of solider, therefore, immediately cease," it goes on to read. It further reads that "Immediate disbandment of military may not be found practical by the Government". @chandrachurg and I have detailed in our book that idea of disbandment was there even in 1950s 3/
The make-believe pic seen here created by my friend Sauvagya Bhanja.
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CFSL, Kolkata turned down RTI request of Sayak to share copy of electropherogram on the basis of which it was concluded that Gumnami Baba was not Netaji. Three reasons have been given. National security, trade secrets and third party information. The latter two are nonsense.
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In brief, Justice MK Mukherjee Commission (1999-2005) was not able to prove that Gumnami Baba was Netaji primarily because of negative handwriting and DNA reports from sarkari labs. In private talks with us and others, late Justice Mukherjee felt these tests were fudged.
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Beginning late 1943, Mahatma Gandhi wrote to Viceroy Linlithgow, explaining his position over August 1942 movement, which had turned violent after his arrest. Govt blamed Gandhi for obstructing the war efforts. Gandhiji in his response to the Viceroy, clarified:
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[1]. It was not the Quit India resolution but the action of Government which led to the acts of violence. It was the Government which "goaded the people to the point of madness". That is the people who took part in Quit India movement.
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[2]. The aim of "Quit India" resolution was to bring about conditions under which India could effectively participate in the war efforts of the Allies. Which would for most part mean the running over of Japan.
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Fake narrative was spread that INA was a puppet army of the Japanese. The truth is decades after the end of the war, Japanese army veteran continued to treat INA with utmost respect. This is Gen Fujiwara with Col Dhillon in the 1980s.