The Indian National Congress and Left Intellectuals selected the history to be taught at schools and colleges, omitting what is not suitable to their agendas..

On the jayanti of RasBihariBose, lets pay tribute to the Founder Of Hindu Maha Sabha (Japan) and Indian National Army.

Iam very much sure, both Congressmen and Communists have written their own piece of history linking Rash Bihari with freedom movement with an agenda like Pro Marx /Anti Communal. But fortunately nationalists and patriots  have letters of communication between and Veer Sarvarkar to present their side of the story. 

Greatest Nationalists Veer Savarkar and Rash Bihari Bose for years discussed about the Nature, Future of Bharat, INA and the need for having strong Army. Japanese government preserved everything giving no chance for Communists Propagandists to destroy the Hinduness in Japan.

Rash Bihari Bose was born on 25th May 1886 at Burdhwan, West Bengal. Not much is available about his childhood except he was inspired by revolutionary stories his principal Charuchandra and grandfather Kalicharan told. After leaving school, he made unsuccessful attempts to join the Indian Army before landing a clerk's job with the Forest Research Institute at Dehradun.

Bose had wanted a role that would allow him to give the impression of being a loyal British subject while he worked on dismantling British rule from the inside. On December 23, 1912
an explosion rocked Delhi just as Hardinge, the Viceroy, entered the new capital on the back of an elephant.

He survived but Mahout was killed and mastermind Rash Bihari returned to Dehra Dun by the night train and joined the office the next day as though nothing had happened. Further, he organized a meeting of loyal citizens of Dehradun to condemn the dastardly attack on the Viceroy. 

Elizabeth Eston and Lexi Kawabe the authors of "Rash Behari Bose: The father of the Indian National Army" say he attempts to assassinate Hardinge triggered a massive manhunt. But his previous efforts to ingratiate himself with the British elite served him well and he missed the radar until his links to the independence movement were revealed in 1913 by a police raid on a comrade. Investigators seized a briefcase he had left as the property -- his cover was blown.

Bose was on the run when he organized one of his most audacious plans. After the assassination attempt against Lord Hardinge, Bose became well known among revolutionary circles in India. With the British distracted by World War I, he planned to spark a mutiny similar to the uprising of 1857 -- when Indian soldiers serving under British rulers had rebelled, McQuade wrote.

Indian revolutionaries from America, Canada and Germany made their way to India in 1914 and contacted several army units across India and even in Singapore and urged them to defect when called upon to do so. The date for the start of the rebellion was set for February 21, 1915, in Lahore. But soon spies infiltrated the movement and the British started disarming Indian soldiers, wrote Eston and Kawabe.Undeterred, Bose  relaunched the rebellion to February 19 - but the plot was suppressed by counter-intelligence operations which resulted in execution, imprisonment and exiling of revolutionaries. With the authorities following him and a bounty on his head, Bose decided he was no longer safe in India.

Disguising himself as a relative of Rabindranath Tagore, Bose set sail for Japan from the Port of Kolkata on May 12, 1915. He never visited India again, but made Japan his home.

Japan's Victory over Russia gave freedom fighters like Bose a ray of hope. They thought Japan, with the rest of Asia, would be able to challenge Western hegemony.  Britain, France and Portugal gained control of vast territory across Asia and Africa while building up their empires. Under the guise of trade missions, they exploited the natural resources found across those territories and sought to "bring civilization" to the people there.

Bose met Mitsuru Toyama, an influential figure among Japanese political circles. Toyama sheltered Bose in a bakery called "Nakamaurya Salon". The owners were Aizo and Kokko Soma, In 1918, to save himself from being captured, Bose married Soma's eldest daughter Toshiko. The marriage was devised to ease Bose's integration into Japanese society so he could keep fighting for India’s independence.  It also made it easier for Bose to become Japanese citizen in 1923.

The couple had two children before disaster struck. Toshiko died from pneumonia in 1925. After her death, he never remarried. They were buried together after Bose's death. Masahide Bose (Bharatchandra) was born in 1920. He died in World War II aged 24. Their daughter Tetsuko was born in 1922.

Bose threw himself into the independence movement to overcome his grief. Eager to build cultural ties between Japan and India, he established and ran numerous associations such as the Indo-Japanese Friends Society and a hostel called "Villa Asians" for Asian students. He published widely on India's past, promoted ties between India and Japan, and seized every chance to advocate for a Pan-Asian union to strengthen the region. Bose was becoming bolder with his public profile and was regularly featured in Japanese newspapers.

When Bose came to Japan, only educated Japanese knew about India, which back then was known as "Tenjiku," meaning "land of heavens" in Japanese. People dubbed Bose "tenrai," which means heavenly being, according to Kawabe.

In 1931, Bose organized the first Indian Independence League in Japan which aimed to attain the "independence of India by all possible means”.
In March and April 1939 issues of Japanese Magazine Dai AjiaShugi (Greater Asianism),  introducing Veer Savarkar to his readers, he wrote, “Savarkar is epitome of  heroism, valor, adventure, and patriotism. To praise him is to praise the spirit of sacrifice". He is the one "who always kept the fire of India's freedom burning; he is a patriot who risked his life for the freedom of India in the early 20th century and is a founder exponent of the doctrine of cultural independence in the current times". 
After writing in detail about the views of Veer Savarkar about Hindutva and also his policy of Militarization of Hindus, Rash Behari Bose sums up the article by saying "If you agree with Savarkar, you will have political power, and he has a strong position in the Indian independence movement." Ras Bihari established Hindu Maha Sabha at Japan in 1938 and handed over INA to Subhash Chandra Bose and passed away on 21st January 1945.

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