Why wasnt bhagwanji gumnami babas dna collected while he. The following is an excerpt adapted from the authors book, gumnami baba. Subscribe for more updates news24 english website news24 hindi website. Sep 21, 2015 historical mystery how a smalltown media war transformed one gumnami baba into netaji subhas chandra bose long after the mukherjee commission discredited the idea that a sadhu from faizabad was. So, gumnami baba of faizabad is a common creation of jap and brit spies. If there is complete declassification then indeed indias history will be rewritten. Scrutinising one handwritten note, adheer som in his book gumnami baba. Feb 27, 2016 was gumnami baba of faizabad actually netaji himself. Gumnami baba claimed that records pertaining to the british transfer of power in 1947 made it clear that the independence being granted was a farce p. Gumnami baba a case history by adheer som, jayanthi bose rakshit from.
Apr 24, 2019 according to the book, he kept in touch with gumnami baba and often met him over the years. Sep 16, 2016 deep mysteries who was gumnami baba, the man rumoured to be netaji. Kingshuk nag discusses all these aspects in detail, in his well written and eminently readable book titled netaji. Netajis grand niece to release book on gumnami baba in. He was a brilliant student who cleared the tough examinations for selection to the indian civil service in 1921, standing fourth, but he decided. Greatest mysteries in indian history the better india. Gumnami baba, staying in ayodhya till his death in 1985, was rumoured to be the real netaji. The handwriting reports of those who disagreed should also have been exhibited for the discerning readers. Buy gumnami baba a case history book online at best prices in india on.
This book peels back the veils with stunning insight. This confusion prevented nation to be doubtful about role of jap or brit. Faizabad cantonment is home to the dogra regiment whose insignia like the inas is a tiger, and whose men also fought and died in that forgotten army. How a smalltown media war transformed one gumnami baba into. Gumnami baba died in 1985, but has since been the subject of much investigation. The mystery shrouding the identity of gumnami baba has deepened. Madhusudan pals book, and other investigative reports on bhagwanji. Legal notice served to bengali filmmaker srijit mukherji for gumnami baba, film based on netaji bose. Even routine developments in the netaji case like rti queries were found in the declassified files, but there is nothing on a case that has been in the allahabad court since 1986, he says. Netaji was rumored to have perished in a plane crash on 18 august 1945. The book traces the trails of the gumnami baba in a seamless manner. The mystery shrouding the identity of gumnami baba has deepened further with cfsl, kolkata saying the electropherogram of the reclusive sadhus teeth was not available with it. What bose family doesnt want you to know about netaji mystery.
This is the third book i am reading on this topic, the other two being indias biggest cover up by anuj dhar himself and gumnami baba a case history by adheer som. There seem to be many connections between the murderer who disappeared from ayodhya in. A long, pleasant road leads through the forested military encampment to a. Gumnami baba was indeed subhas bose, living life as a recluse, in his last years. Legend of gumnami baba to come alive on silver screen. May 15, 2019 the book is a result of almost 2 decades of dedicated hard work and research, citing of secret government documents, court case proceedings on the matter, analysis of commission reports and proceedings, all in addition to all the highly valuable items and books and letters retrieved from gumnami baba s personal belongings after his passing. The same book also claimed that american handwriting expert carl baggett in his testimony accepted that both netaji subhash chandra bose and gumnami baba were the same person after examining the. And again, many of gumnami babas statements are cryptic. A few years after boses disappearance, there was speculation that he had returned to india and was living in disguise as a sadhu in north india. People who have given a serious reading of the book know why these instances are mentioned in the book, and what purpose they serve in the specific context. Although no such claim could ever be substantiated, the theory resurfaced with the news about gumnami baba, a revered saint of faizabad in uttar pradesh, who many people believe was bose himself. Was gumnami baba of uttar pradesh really netaji subhas. Letters, telegrams and postage stamps among 197 items probed at the district treasury of faizabad has provided fresh leads for those linking netaji subhash chandra bose to gumnami baba, aka bhagwanji. The book is a result of almost 2 decades of dedicated hard work and research, citing of secret government documents, court case proceedings on the matter, analysis of commission reports and proceedings, all in addition to all the highly valuable items and books and letters retrieved from gumnami babas personal belongings after his passing.
India owes netaji a shraadh lucknow news times of india. Dhar has claimed that bose had lived in the uttar pradesh state of india as gumnami baba, a hermit till 1985. Who was gumnami baba, the man rumoured to be netaji. A case history, sets off on an investigation of his own into the life of the mysterious godman. The book also cites 10,000 pages of documents, including journals written by.
The book was released by boses grandniece jayanti bose rakshit at a function in lucknow. Subhash chandra bose died in plane crash in 1945, govt says in a rti reply the real timing and cause of netajis demise have been surrounded by mystery ever since it was reported in 1945. It is in a chapter titled the things he left behind, in adheer soms gumnami baba. Subhas bose was in stalins siberian labour camp, possibly died as gumnami baba. Netaji family photos deepen mystery about gumnami baba.
May 10, 2017 letters, telegrams and postage stamps among 197 items probed at the district treasury of faizabad has provided fresh leads for those linking netaji subhash chandra bose to gumnami baba, aka bhagwanji. The daughter of one of indias most iconic freedom fighters, subhas chandra bose, has called for a dna test of her fathers remains to put to rest the fantastic claims and conspiracies surrounding his mysterious death. The report said that like netaji, the voice of gumnami baba. Buy gumnami baba a case history book online at low prices in. Dec 01, 2017 gumnami baba is one of the most fascinating characters of contemporary indian history. Oct 24, 2016 by our representative senior journalist kingshuk nags investigation into the mystery around subash chandra boses death in his book netaji.
Baggett is an authority on document examination with over 40 years of experience and has completed over 5,000 cases. Evergreen bengali hero prosenjit chatterjee will play the title role in an upcoming film on the curious case of gumnami baba, a man many assumed to be the legendary freedom fighter netaji. Sep 08, 2015 gumnami baba, who had an uncanny resemblance with netaji entered uttar pradesh via nepal in the guise of an ascetic sadhu and started staying in ram bhavan, faizabad, from 1983. The book also cites 10,000 pages of documents, including journals written by other ina members, who met. This was a momentous event in the history of netaji mystery matter.
Subhash chandra bose died in plane crash in 1945, govt says in a rti reply the real timing and cause of netajis demise have been surrounded by mystery ever since it. Pravin kumar, the times of india gumnami baba has attracted equal levels of interest and intrigue over the years. Was gumnami baba of faizabad actually netaji himself. Gumnami baba, who had an uncanny resemblance with netaji entered uttar pradesh via nepal in the guise of an ascetic sadhu and started staying in ram bhavan, faizabad, from 1983. Are netajis ashes in a buddhist temple in japan as claimed. What is noteworthy, however, is that even in the case of this baba, there are many theories.
If netajis life ended on soviet soil after wwii, then how could gumnami baba aka bhagwanji be netaji in disguise. According to the book, he kept in touch with gumnami baba and often met him over the years. Was the gumnami baba phenomenon a ploy to trivialize netajis disappearance mystery and throw the public off the scent of russian angle. Why would netaji live in such anonymity and secrecy. Those who want to read this book my suggestion please read indias biggest coverup first and then go on to read this book. Historical mystery how a smalltown media war transformed one gumnami baba into netaji subhas chandra bose long after the mukherjee commission discredited the idea that a sadhu from faizabad was. Most prominently, a retired judge, who had been appointed by the indian government in 1999 to undertake an enquiry into boses death, brought public notice to another sannyasi or renunciant, gumnami baba, also known by his religious name, bhagwanji, who was said to have lived in the town of faizabad in the indian state of uttar pradesh. Many thanks to saurav bhattacharjee from iit kanpur for photographing the relevant portion of his copy of the book. A fact which netaji researcher anuj dhar, who recently met akhilesh yadav to press for the inquiry into gumnami baba, finds strange. Either way, netajis last rites yet to be performed. Such developments added to speculations about netajis whereabouts. A case history, sets off on an investigation of his own into the life.
Did the ib files reveal the purpose behind the surveillance. Whoever he was, he definitely was no ordinary saint. Even routine developments in the netaji case like rti queries were found in the declassified files, but there is nothing on a case that has been in. Gumnaami is an indian bengali mystery film directed by srijit mukherji, which deals with netajis death mystery, based on the mukherjee commission hearings. Bose admits various angles of the gumnami baba story are detailed in the book, but he observes those possibilities are discarded by the authors in favour of their prize. Vishnu sahai, the report of which was found to be inconclusive. Some of the findings provide an uncanny resemblance with the freedom fighter. It has been produced by shrikant mohta and mahendra soni under the banner of shree venkatesh films. In 1986, the allahabad high court ordered an inventory of the contents of the two rooms in faizabad which gumnami baba, whom many believe to have been subhas chandra. A case history an unusual title for the law publisher eastern book company to publish.
Anuj dhar is an indian author and former journalist. Gumnami baba a case history by adheer som goodreads. Online shopping from the largest online law book store having over three hundred thousand law books on supreme court law, business law, constitution, criminal law, civil law, tax law, marriage and divorce, ebooks, clat and more at low priceseasy payment. How a smalltown media war transformed one gumnami baba. This book has a lot of new information about netaji compared to his previous book indias biggest coverup. May 07, 2018 gumnami baba claimed that the 14 th british indian army was about to surrender to the ina p. Netaji subhas chandra bose is without doubt the most enigmatic amongst the array of towering personalities who led the indian freedom movement. Kolkata, jun 23 pti a dna test conducted on the teeth allegedly of one gumnami baba has disproved claims that the faizabadbased ascetic was netaji subhas chandra bose in disguise, justice m k. After a painful wait she finally met her leader and what transpired after that was written in the books, gumnami baba, a case history by adheer som, conundrum, subhas boses life after death by anuj dhar and chandrachud ghosh, indias biggest cover up, by anuj dhar, dr. It turned out that the baba had told his close followers to keep their mouths sealed in this regard in national interest.
Buy gumnami baba a case history book online at low prices. Living dangerously whose second edition was released in ahmedabad on monday has revealed that in all probability bose was held in a gulag, the massive system of forced labour camps found in siberia during the time of stalin. Who was gumnami baba of faizabad, and if indeed he was netaji, why did he not surface. All in all, a painful read if you are a nehru follower. The family claimed that this book was a work of fiction and was being used to spread slander against netaji. Jan 24, 2020 the same book also claimed that american handwriting expert carl baggett in his testimony accepted that both netaji subhash chandra bose and gumnami baba were the same person after examining the. Barring the first three paragraphs, the entire article is an attempt to. May 16, 2019 this was a momentous event in the history of netaji mystery matter. Mukherji was served a legal on friday with regard to his upcoming movie gumnami baba based. This interview was given to adheer som while he was writing the book, gumnami baba.
Gumnami baba, some also claim, was a criminal called kaptan baba who was famous in the state a decade before the appearance of gumnami baba. Srijit is making a movie titled gumnami based on the book, starring prosenjit as the mysterious gumnami baba. A particular k d upadhyay had allegedly murdered one of his colleagues over a. Many thanks to saurav bhattacharjee from iit kanpur for photographing the relevant portion of. Theres a strong possibility he was indias iconic freedom fighter, netaji subhas chandra bose, in disguise. In spite of this, i am simply awestruck by the amount of effort the authors have put in the research over the years. Gumnami baba is one of the most fascinating characters of contemporary indian history. Was gumnami baba actually netaji subhas chandra bose. The vishnu sahai commission looking into the mysterious death of netaji had cited a report of the csfl, kolkata, to claim that gumnami baba was not bose. He has argued convincingly that there was no air crash at. Actor prosenjit chatterjee plays the roles of netaji subhas chandra bose and gumnaami baba the principal photography began in may 2019 in.
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