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Bose, Subhas Chandra, correspondence of:
with elder brother Sarat, 24, 177–178; with
mother, 15, 23–24; with Nehru, 123, 145,
161–162; with Ribbentrop, 205, 219, 222,
230; with Tagore, 124, 213; with Vetter, 117–
118, 133. See also Schenkl, Emilie, Bose’s
correspondence with
Bose, Subhas Chandra, death of, 6, 304–314,
319–320; British relief at news, 309; doubts
concerning, 310, 312, 317, 318; final air-
plane journey, 302–303, 315–316, 317; Japa-
nese reports, 305–306, 314–315; Khosla re-
port, 318–319; mortal remains in Renko-ji
temple (Tokyo), 308, 317–318, 368n33;
Mukherjee commission, 319; popular re-
fusal to accept, 319–320; Shah Nawaz Khan
committee report, 317–318, 321
Bose, Subhas Chandra, escape from British In-
dia, 11, 192–193; British response to, 193–
195, 196–198, 208; frontier crossing into Af-
ghanistan, 192; “Muhammad Ziauddin”
alias and, 186, 188, 190, 191–192, 195, 196;
“Orlando Mazzotta” alias and, 198, 199,
213; planning with nephew Sisir, 183–191.
See also Exile, Subhas Bose’s travels in
Bose, Subhas Chandra, health of, 27, 32, 93,
102, 157, 298; gall bladder ailment, 83, 86,
92, 97, 103; improvement in, 152; in jail, 66,
67–68, 83, 117; medical examinations in Vi-
enna, 85–86; Tripuri address and, 158
Bose, Subhas Chandra, prison terms of, 10,
83–84, 143; Burma, 57–70, 72, 249; Cal-
cutta, 49–50, 51, 57, 78–80; during Second
World War, 177–183; upon return from Eu-
ropean exile, 113–119
Bose, Subhas Chandra, speeches and addresses
of, 3–4, 8, 88–89, 230–231, 245; on Burmese
in de pen dence, 248–249; final message to
INA, 324; Haripura address, 137–143; to In-
dians in East Asia after Japanese surrender,
299–300; at Tokyo conference, 260–261;
“Tokyo thesis,” 285–286; Tripuri address,
158–159
Bose, Sunil Chandra (brother), 67
Bose, Suresh Chandra (brother), 314, 317
Bose–Gandhi relationship, 136, 147, 148, 151–
152, 257–258; Bose’s assessment of Gandhi,
97–98, 101; British surveillance of corre-
spondence, 187; challenge to Gandhi’s au-
thority, 154–155, 156; Congress politics and,
164, 171–172; correspondence, 115; differ-
ences and disagreements, 136–137, 151,
154–155, 159–160; election results and,
156–157; Gandhi’s summary of Bose’s
achievements, 322; hunger strike of Bose in
prison and, 178–179; meetings, 45–46, 80,
120, 157; position on Second World War
and, 213–214, 221–224; Second World War
and, 278; war prospects and, 170
Boycotts, 20, 42, 46, 79, 83; against Germany,
109; of legal and educational institutions,
48, 51–52
Brahman caste, 18, 22
Brahmo Samaj, 19
Briffault, Robert, 121
Britain, 86, 91; Bose’s travels to, 131–134, 144;
German bombing raids on, 185; historical
struggle for liberty in, 36; House of Com-
mons, 3, 34, 133; House of Lords, 132; In-
dian po lit i cal conferences in London, 87–
88; outbreak of Second World War and,
201; plans to assassinate Bose, 208; Provi-
sional Government’s declaration of war on,
258; response to Gandhi’s fast, 232–233;
reverses suf fered in Second World War,
176; Second World War aims of, 2, 169,
171
British Empire, 55, 207; American help for,
296; anticolonial challenges to, 35; Axis
strategy in Second World War and, 215; col-
lapse of, 213, 220; divide-and-rule tactics,
132, 140, 181; Gandhi’s de scrip tion of, 51;
graveyard of, 4; India’s crucial place in, 107,
203; loyalty of Indian soldiers to, 198–199;
nations enslaved by, 139; Nazi Germany
and, 105; provincial of fi cials in India, 148;
subversion of armed forces of, 321; West Af-
rican troops of, 267, 270, 275. See also Im-
perialism; Raj (British India)
Buddhism, 84, 88, 302, 308, 316
Bulgaria, 95
Burke, Edmund, 43
Burma, 5, 243, 246; Bose sent to prison in, 57;
British colonialism in, 264; British recon-
quest of, 287–295; famine relief for Bengal
and, 249–250; Imphal offensive, 271, 273,
275–278, 279–281, 326; in de pen dence
movement, 248–249; Indian immigrants in,
248; Indian National Army (INA) in, 266–
267, 270–271; India’s struggle against Brit-
ish Empire and, 250–251; Japanese advance
into, 213, 215, 248