Nation pays homage to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose on his 119th birth anniversary today. It was on this day in 1897, Netaji was born in Cuttack, Odisha. A number of functions have been organised in different parts of the country to mark the occasion. Netaji Birthplace Museum in Cuttack will release a special booklet containing rare photographs and information about Azad Hind Fauj or Indian National Army. <br/><br/>Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release the digital copies of 100 files relating to Netaji. AIR correspondent reports that the National Archives of India is placing these files in public domain after preliminary conservation treatment and digitization.<br/><br/>In 1997 the National Archives had received 990 declassified files pertaining to the Indian National Army from Defence Ministry. In 2012, it received 1030 files and items pertaining to Khosla Commission and Justice Mukherjee Commission of Inquiry from Home Ministry. All these files and items are already open to the public under the Public Records Rules, 1997.
News On AIR | January 23, 2016 7:32 AM
Nation pays homage to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose on his 119th birth anniversary today