January 15, 2016 7:10 PM

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Week-long events, exhibition to mark 75th year of Netaji's great escape

To mark the 75th anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's "Great Escape" to liberate the country, the Netaji Research Bureau, Kolkata ?launch?ed week-long ?events? and exhibition from today. <br/><br/>West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee inaugurated the exhibition at Netaji Bhavan, the great leader's residence in Kolkata from where he had escaped house confinement on January 15th in 1941. <br/><br/>Ms. Banerjee also unveiled a marble plaque in front of the entrance of Netaji Bhavan to commemorate the route that Netaji's nephew Sisir Bose had taken to drive him away.<br/><br/>Krishna Bose, former MP and chairperson of the Bureau, informed that a book, 'A True Love Story – Emilie and Subhas', written by her on the relationship between Netaji and his Austrian wife Emilie Schenkl, will be released by Netaji biographer and historian Leonardo A Gordon. On January 22nd ,this year's Netaji Oration would be delivered by Gordon on "The Red Fort Trial: Justice by a Dying Colonialism" at the Netaji Bhawan, she added.<br/><br/>On 23rd January, Netaji's birth anniversary, a special CD set of his favourite songs will be released by actess Sharmila Tagore. It will have 15 songs out of the 17, listed as his favourite by Netaji in a notebook during his stay at the Mandalay Jail in 1925-27. <br/><br/>The chief guest of the programme, Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen, will deliver a lecture on "Contemporary Relevance of Netaji" at this event, Mrs. Bose said.

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