Conspiracy Theories – III [ India ]

There is no second opinion about that India is one of the most controversial country. With billion plus population and majorities are Hindus, the religion that based on the multi caste system. Since mid-seventies, the political system of India is rotting because involvement of score of illiterate and corrupt politician and most of those has linked to the under-world goons. However, there are a couple of controversies that still lurching in the dark and one of that is definitely about Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose not dying in a plane crash and him being still alive. Lal Bahadur Shastri's death in Russia also very

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose

The intriguing death of an Indian holy man in 1985 suggested that he was none other than Subhas Chandra Bose, the revolutionary and nationalist who, it is officially claimed, died in an air crash in 1945. The truth, however, is harder to find, as Hugh Purcell discovers.

Bose was reported killed in an air crash in August 1945, while trying to escape to the Soviet Union, many believed then and continue to believe now that, helped by his Japanese allies, he faked his death, reached Russia and returned to India many years later to lead the secret life of a hermit.

The question was “How, when and where Subhash Chandra Bose died?” The internal Security Section of Home ministry gave the answer as below:

Till now the Government of India has formed three committees to do inquiry about the reason behind Netaji’s death.

1. In 1956, Shahnawaz Committee.

2. In 1970, Khosala Committee.

3. In1999, Mukharjee Committee.

Shahnawaz committee came to the conclusion that on 18th August 1945 Netaji was expired in a plane crash near Tiahoku. Netaji’s ashes are kept in a temple in Renkoji near Tokyo. Khosala committee also came to the same conclusion that Netaji died in a plane crash near Taihoku. But Mukharjee committee concluded something different. The committee accepted that Netaji is now no more, but the cause was different. It was not the plane crash and the ashes which have been kept in Renkoji temple near Tokyo are not of Netaji’s. The Government of India accepted the conclusion derived by Shahnawaz committee and Khosala Committee completely, but did not agreed 100% upon the conclusion derived by Mukharjee Committee.

Lal Bahadur Shastri's

Lal Bahadur Shastri’s untimely demise on account of a heart attack in 1966 in Tashkent was shocking. The strange circumstances of this tragic death, which happened only a few hours after signing the Tashkent Declaration, remain the subject of heated debate, even today, nearly half a century later.

In 2009, Indian journalist Anuj Dhar, known for his investigation of the death of Subhas Chandra Bose, made an unusual request to the Prime Minister of India. Using the country’s new Right to Information Act, he sought the publication of classified information relating to the death of Shastri.  Although the request was turned down, the wording of the refusal, which cited raised issues of India’s foreign relations, makes one pause. It is no wonder that such statements cause people to discuss various versions of Shastri's death that are very different from the official one.

On the evening of January 10, 1966 in Tashkent, Shastri and Pakistani President Muhammad Ayub Khan, with the participation of Alexei Kosygin, the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR had signed a peace declaration that ended the Indo-Pakistan war. The bloody confrontation in Kashmir and neighbouring regions, claiming the lives of nearly 7,000 people, came to an end thanks to reasonable compromise by both leaders and the skilful mediation of the Soviet Union. According to diplomatic traditions, when negotiations come to a successful conclusion, a formal banquet is held. No disaster seemed imminent. And then at night Shastri, who had just a few hours ago achieved peace for his country, died suddenly.

The KGB was called in immediately and they placed the head waiters who had served the distinguished guests at the banquet under temporary arrest on suspicion of poisoning the Prime Minister of India.  However, the doctor who accompanied the Prime Minister on his trip and the Soviet doctors, having examined the body, came to the conclusion that he died of a heart attack, which was already his fourth. The waiters were released, and the suspicion of the poisoning was said to be groundless.

However, not everyone believed this. Lalita Shastri, the wife of Shastri, pointing to strange bluish marks on his body and claiming that he never had any heart problems in the past, said that her husband was indeed poisoned.

Decades gone, both the mysteries related to the most loved leaders are unanswered and it seems it will remain as it was.

!!!The most savage controversies are about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way - Bertrand Russell!!!