Netaji Bhawan or Netaji Bhavan (Bengali: 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.[1] It is currently the headquarters of Netaji Research Bureau.[2]
 Front view of Netaji Bhawan in Bhowanipore | |
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| Location | Lala Lajpat Rai (Elgin) Sarani, Sreepally, Bhowanipore, Kolkata, India |
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History
editThe house, built by Bose's father in 1909,[3] 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.[4] 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 U-180 and Japanese submarine 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.
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ Hindustan Times
- ^ "Ex-Japan PM Shinzo Abe given Netaji Award 2022". economictimes.com. The Economic Times. Press Trust of India. 23 January 2022. Archived from the original on 23 January 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ "Declare Netaji's birthday as national holiday: WB Governor". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 23 December 2014.
- ^ "Netaji's birth anniversary fete turns sour - Today's Paper - The Hindu". The Hindu. 24 January 2014.
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