A total of 250 files have so far been declassified since the first batch of 100 files was released online, after proper conservation, treatment and digitisation, on January 23, the 119th birth anniversary of Netaji. A total of 250 files have so far been declassified since the first batch of 100 files was released online, after proper conservation, treatment and digitisation, on January 23, the 119th birth anniversary of Netaji.

The Ministry of Culture Tuesday declassified the seventh batch of files relating to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. As many as 25 files were released online by Culture Secretary N K Sinha. All files are related to the Ministry of External Affairs, and cover a period between 1951-2006.

A total of 250 files have so far been declassified since the first batch of 100 files was released online, after proper conservation, treatment and digitisation, on January 23, the 119th birth anniversary of Netaji.

The digitisation is being undertaken by the National Archives of India. The files released Tuesday include one related to the Justice G D Khosla Commission of Inquiry, which had concluded that the freedom fighter had died in a plane crash. Another files contain correspondence between the Indian Embassy in Tokyo and the Ministry of External Affairs over the annual memorial service for Netaji to be held at Renkoji Temple in Tokyo, where his ashes have been kept. Another is about a resolution passed by the state Assembly demanding the Centre “to set up a committee to investigate into the whereabouts of the funds left by Netaji”.

The files released earlier have established that successive central governments had accepted the Khosla commission findings.

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