Netaji Bhawan
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Netaji Bhawan or Netaji Bhavan ({{langx|bn|নেতাজি ভবন}}; {{lit.|Netaji's Residence}}) is a heritage building in Kolkata, West Bengal, maintained as a memorial and research center to the life of the Indian nationalist "Netaji" Subhas Chandra Bose.[https://web.archive.org/web/20140124230722/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/kolkata/netaji-birthday-celebrations-turn-sour-as-30-of-his-family-evicted-from-netaji-bhawan/article1-1176205.aspx Hindustan Times] It is currently the headquarters of Netaji Research Bureau.{{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/ex-japan-pm-shinzo-abe-given-netaji-award-2022/articleshow/89072417.cms|title=Ex-Japan PM Shinzo Abe given Netaji Award 2022|agency=Press Trust of India|work=The Economic Times|date=23 January 2022|access-date=8 July 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123080728/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/ex-japan-pm-shinzo-abe-given-netaji-award-2022/articleshow/89072417.cms|archive-date=23 January 2022}}
History
The house, built by Bose's father in 1909,{{Cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/declare-netaji-s-birthday-as-national-holiday-wb-governor-114122300474_1.html|title = Declare Netaji's birthday as national holiday: WB Governor|newspaper = Business Standard India|date = 23 December 2014|agency = Press Trust of India}} is owned and managed by the Netaji Research Bureau and includes a museum, archives and library. The Bureau is run by Sugata Bose and his mother, Krishna Bose.{{cite news| url = http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/netajis-birth-anniversary-fete-turns-sour/article5612659.ece| title = Netaji's birth anniversary fete turns sour – Today's Paper – The Hindu| newspaper = The Hindu| date = 24 January 2014}} The building is on Lala Lajpat Rai Sarani in Kolkata.
Bose escaped from house arrest at Netaji Bhawan in 1941 and fled to Berlin. After that, he traveled to Japan-occupied Southeast Asia by submarine (German U-boat {{GS|U-180||2}} and {{Jsub|I-29}}), organized Indian National Army, and fought against British Raj with the Imperial Japanese Army.
Relics of Bose's footprints are exhibited in the museum.
After the Second World War, Mohandas K. Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru visited Netaji Bhawan.
Recently, in 2007, Prime Minister of Japan Shinzō Abe visited the Netaji Bhawan.{{Cite web |date=2007-08-24 |title=Abe praises Indians who backed Japan in WWII |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-1261 |access-date=2025-01-30 |website= |language=en}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.netaji.org/ Netaji Research Bureau]
{{Subhas Chandra Bose}}
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Category:Monuments and memorials in Kolkata
Category:Memorials to Subhas Chandra Bose
Category:Museums established in 1957
Category:Biographical museums in India
Category:Historical footprints
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