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.
News On AIR | January 15, 2016 7:10 PM
Week-long events, exhibition to mark 75th year of Netaji's great escape