The Untold Story Of Subhash Chandra Bose’s Disappearance
BY: PRAGATI UPADHYAY
In August 1945, reports claimed Subhash Chandra Bose died in a plane crash in Taiwan.ly?
The Mystery Begins
On August 18, 1945, Bose was said to be aboard a Japanese military plane that crashed near Taihoku.Witnesses claimed he suffered severe burns and died soon after.
Alleged Plane Crash
No official record or body was ever recovered. This fueled doubts among followers, who refused to believe the leader of Azad Hind Fauj was dead.
The Missing Body
Bose’s supposed ashes were kept at Renkoji Temple in Tokyo.
India has never officially verified if those remains truly belong to Netaji.
Renkoji Temple Mystery
In the 1960s, rumours spread that “Gumnami Baba”, a hermit in Uttar Pradesh, was actually Bose living incognito. No concrete proof ever confirmed it.
Gumnami Baba Theory
Three official commissions investigated his death.
While two claimed he died in the crash, the Mukherjee Commission (2006) found no conclusive evidence of it.