The death of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, one of the greatest leaders of the freedom movement, one-time President of the Indian National Congress and the Commander of the Indian National Army (INA) formed during the II World War outside India from the Army Personnel who had to surrender to the Japanese and also the Indian people living in Burma, Singapore, Thailand etc., to fight against the British to win freedom, is still a mystery. It is believed that he died on 18 August 1945 in Taiwan while he was travelling in plane to evade surrender to the British. His ashes are kept in the Renkoji Temple in Japan. There has been several demands to bring his ashes from Japan to India. In this connection, the latest news is given below:

Ahmedabad, Mar 13 : A group of activists from India and Japan here today made an appeal to the President and Prime Minister to bring back the remains of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose from Tokyo to his home land.
“We request to bring back the ashes of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, which are safely kept in Renkoji temple in Tokyo, to the motherland India,” said the activists.
The group, named as ‘Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Memorial Indo Japan Foundation’, has also submitted representations to the PM and the President setting a deadline till August 18, the death anniversary of ‘Netaji’ this year.
“We want to bring back the ashes before the 68th death anniversary of Netaji,” the foundation’s president B S Deshmukh told reporters here.(PTI).