Death in plane crash Death of Subhas Chandra Bose

clipping japanese newspaper, published on 23 august 1945, reporting death of bose , general tsunamasa shidei of japanese kwantung army in japanese-occupied manchuria.

just bomber leaving standard path taken aircraft during take-off, passengers inside heard loud sound, similar engine backfiring. mechanics on tarmac saw fall out of plane. portside engine, or part of it, , propeller. plane swung wildly right , plummeted, crashing, breaking two, , exploding flames. inside, chief pilot, copilot , general shidea instantly killed. rahman stunned, passing out briefly, , bose, although conscious , not fatally hurt, soaked in gasoline. when rahman came to, , bose attempted leave rear door found blocked luggage. decided run through flames , exit front. ground staff, approaching plane, saw 2 people staggering towards them, 1 of whom had become human torch. human torch turned out bose, gasoline-soaked clothes had instantly ignited. rahman , few others managed smother flames, noticed bose s face , head appeared badly burned. according joyce chapman lebra, truck served ambulance rushed bose , other passengers nanmon military hospital south of taihoku. airport personnel called dr. taneyoshi yoshimi, surgeon-in-charge @ hospital @ around 3 pm. bose conscious , coherent when reached hospital, , time thereafter. bose naked, except blanket wrapped around him, , dr. yoshimi saw evidence of third-degree burns on many parts of body, on chest, doubting live. dr. yoshimi promptly began treat bose , assisted dr. tsuruta. according historian leonard a. gordon, interviewed hospital personnel later,:

disinfectant, rivamol, put on of body , white ointment applied , bandaged on of body. dr. yoshimi gave bose 4 injections of vita camphor , 2 of digitamine weakened heart. these given every 30 minutes. since body had lost fluids upon being burnt, given ringer solution intravenously. third doctor, dr. ishii gave him blood transfusion. orderly, kazuo mitsui, army private, in room , several nurses assisting. bose still had clear head dr. yoshimi found remarkable such severe injuries.

soon, in spite of treatment, bose went coma. died few hours later, between 9 , 10 pm.

bose s body cremated in main taihoku crematorium 2 days later, 20 august 1945. on 23 august 1945, japanese news agency domei announced death of bose , shidea. on 7 september japanese officer, lieutenant tatsuo hayashida, carried bose s ashes tokyo, , following morning handed president of tokyo indian independence league, rama murti. on 14 september memorial service held bose in tokyo , few days later ashes turned on priest of renkōji temple of nichiren buddhism in tokyo. there have remained ever since.

among ina personnel, there widespread disbelief, shock, , trauma. affected young tamil indians malaya , singapore, men , women, comprised bulk of civilians had enlisted in ina. professional soldiers in ina, of whom punjabis, faced uncertain future, many fatalistically expecting reprisals british. in india indian national congress s official line succinctly expressed in letter mohandas karamchand gandhi wrote rajkumari amrit kaur. said gandhi, subhas bose has died well. undoubtedly patriot, though misguided. many congressmen had not forgiven bose quarreling gandhi , collaborating considered japanese fascism. indian soldiers in british indian army, 2 , half million of whom had fought during second world war, conflicted ina. saw ina traitors , wanted them punished; others felt more sympathetic. british raj, though never threatened ina, try 300 ina officers treason in ina trials, backtrack in face of own end.