Today’s history: Netaji’s death is a mystery even after 76 years, there is no record of the plane crash in which he died

Today is the death anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. The thing is exactly 76 years ago on 18 August 1945. Japan had lost the Second World War. The British were after Netaji. Seeing this, he made up his mind to ask for help from Russia. On 18 August 1945, he flew towards Manchuria. After that no one saw him again.

Five days later, Tokyo Radio reported that the plane Netaji was traveling in crashed near Taihoku Airport. Netaji was badly burnt in this accident. He died at Taihoku Military Hospital. Along with him the rest of the people on board were also killed. Even today his ashes are kept in the Rankoji Temple in Tokyo.

Subhash Chandra Bose at the Congress session of 1938. In this session, Subhash Chandra Bose became the President of Congress for the first time. Gandhiji, Sardar Patel and Dr Rajendra Prasad are also with him in the photo.

Even 76 years after Netaji’s death, his death remains a mystery. Three committees were formed to know the truth of his death. Two said- Netaji died in a plane crash. In 1999, the third commission was formed in the name of Manoj Kumar Mukherjee. In the report of this commission, the Taiwan government was quoted as saying that there was no plane crash in 1945. There is no record of this plane crash. However, the government rejected this report.

Claims of Netaji’s sighting were being made in different parts of the country.

Even after Netaji’s death, claims were made to see him in many areas of the country. There were reports of seeing him from Gumnami Baba in Faizabad to Chhattisgarh. In Chhattisgarh, the matter went to the state government, but the government refused to intervene in the matter.

After the death of Gumnami Baba, who is claimed to be Netaji, photographs of Netaji’s family, articles related to Netaji published in newspapers and magazines, letters from many important people, for investigation of Netaji’s alleged death case. Things like the Shahnawaz Commission and the Khosla Commission’s report were found.

1868: Discovery of Helium

On this day in 1868, French astronomer Jules Jansen observed helium for the first time. During a solar eclipse in Guntur, India, he saw the rays of the sun coming out of the prism. During this a yellow spectrum line appeared in the spectrum emanating from the prism. Initially he thought that this line is because of sodium.

Jules Jansen.

In the same year Joseph Norman also observed a similar yellow line in the sun’s rays. Joseph studied the sodium line and came to the conclusion that this line is different from the line D1 and D2 originating from sodium. He named it D3. He also discovered that this yellow line is visible due to some element present in the sunlight. He named it helium. The sun is called helium in the Greek language.

In 1895, the British chemist William Ramsay confirmed the existence of helium on Earth for the first time. He noticed that on heating the radioactive mineral clavite it has a yellow line in its spectrum. This yellow line has also been seen in the spectrum present in sunlight. After this study, he confirmed the existence of helium on Earth.

August 18 is also remembered in history because of these important events.

2013: 6 people died in a bus explosion in West Bengal.

2008: Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf resigned from his post.

1951: IIT Kharagpur was established. This is the first IIT in the country.

1934: Film director, lyricist and poet Gulzar was born.

1920: Women got the right to vote in America.

1900: Vijay Lakshmi Pandit, the first woman Speaker of the United Nations General Assembly, was born.