Bhagwanji
Template:Use Indian EnglishBhagwanji, also known as Gumnami Baba, was a mysterious Indianmonk who in 1985 lived at a house named Ram Bhawan in Faizabad, near Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh. Till date, his real identity and activities remain obscure. A great number of people maintain that he was the Indian freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, living incognito. People who support such a stand challenge the death of Subhas Chandra Bose in a plane crash in 1945. It is said that Bhagwanji had an uncanny resemblance to Netaji Bose.[1] Some people believe that Bhagwanji died on 16 September 1985, while some dispute this.
There had been at least four known occasions when Bhagwanji reportedly claimed he was Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose himself.[2] Handwriting analysis expert and former Additional Director of the National Institute of Criminology and Forensic Science, Dr B. Lal deposed before the Justice Mukherjee Commission of Inquiry that probed into the disappearance of Netaji, that the handwritings of Bhagwanji and Bose did match.[3][4] However, the commission did not accept the claim that Bhagwanji was Bose, for want of any clinching evidence. At the same time, the commission also rejected the official view of the Indian government that Bose died in 1945. In light of the commission's rulings, the obscurity left behind by Bhagwanji makes enough reason for a debate even today.
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On 31 January 2013, the Allahabad high court asked the Uttar Pradesh government to constitute panel of a retired high court judge, experts, and high officials to investigate the identity of Bhagwanji.[5]
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Life
Bhagawanji is believed to have stayed at a rented house at Shringar Nagar in Alam Bagh area of Lucknow. He ran into trouble with the house owner over rent default and shifted to Khadia village near Lucknow in a ruined Shiv temple on the bank of Gomati River for next 6-7 months. Surendra Mohan Chaudhary, former King of Itawah, became his first disciple. On 3 Feb. 1956, Netaji's brother Suresh Chandra Bose asked in a letter to Govt of India '…whether Netaji’s name... in the list of ... and whether Indian Government will .....Indian soil'. Later Bhagwanji expressed, 'A sanyasi is dead to his past life … A sanyasi want a natural death under Holy order of Hindu Religion and not as a War Criminal.'
From Dec. 1954 to April 1957 Dr Sampurnanand, the then Chief Minister of UP was in touch with Bhagawanji and he paid for his expenses. In 1962 Leela Roy established contacts with Bhagwanji and sent him the items required by him. On 25 March 1963, Bhagwanji told a person Srikant Sharma to convey Leela Roy 'My coming out is not in country’s interest. It would not do anyone any good if I emerged now.'
On 3 April 1967, Samar Guha raised the issue on the floor of the Parliament. Subsequently, a memorandum signed by 350 MPs was sent to President of India to make a fresh probe in Netaji Mystery. As a result, the G. D. Khosla Commission was constituted. Witnesses expressed that Netaji was present in Amarkantaka, Madhya Pradesh during 27 September to 2 October 1968 and in Mainpuri, UP during February- March 1969. In 1970, Bhagwanji paid homage to Leela Roy through a letter. Handwriting of this letter exactly matches with that of Netaji. Leela Roy was in constant touch with Bhagwanji during 1963 to 1970 till her death.
On 28 August 1978, Prime Minister Morarji Desai rejected the conclusion of Shah Nawaz Committee and Khosla Commission about Netaji’s death in in August 1945 in the house of the Parliament based on 'further contemporary documentary evidence' received by the Government. On 6 July 1983, on the occasion of re-release of Samar Guha’s book 'Netaji: Dead or Alive', i Desai told in a gathering 'Bose is alive and has taken sanyas'.
On 17 September 1985, it was declared that Bhagwanji has died out of cardio vascular failure at 09:45 PM IST on 16 September 1985. On 18 September 1985, the doctor certified the death. On 19 September 1985, a bier like structure was cremated at Guptar Ghat on the bank of river Saryu, Faizabad at 04:00 PM. Nobody was allowed to have a look of the face. Dr Banerjee, later on, disclosed that it was not Bhagwanji whose body was cremated.
A letter discovered from Bhagwanji's house had the content 'Crores [many millions] of Indians have put their eyes upon you. One day the Lord will himself salvage the sorrow of the people, the evil will be destroyed and God will prevail. You are our God in human form.'
Justice Mukherjee's inadvertent revelation
Justice Manoj Kumar Mukherjee (Ref: Mukherjee Commission, 1999), who probed into the disappearance of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, stated in his report that the sanyasi of Faizabad (Bhagwanji) was not Bose as there was no clinching evidence to prove it. However, he inadvertently stated in a documentary shoot that he believed Bhagwanji was none other than Bose.[6]
Belongings of Bhagwanji
Following a court order, the belongings of Bhagwanji were taken to the Faizabad treasury almost a year after his reported death in 1985. Later, the Mukherjee commission took inventory of his belongings. The following were the items discovered, though the list is incomplete.[7]

Newspapers/Magazines
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- Time
- The Pioneer
- Amrit Prabhat
- Aaj
- Probe India
- Onlooker
- Dharamyug
- Hindusthan Standard
- Joyshree
- Jugantar
- Indian Observer
- Blitz
- Swatantra Bharat
General books in English
- A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
- The Works of Charles Dickens: The Authentic Edition-1
- The Works of Charles Dickens: The Authentic Edition-3
- The Works of Charles Dickens: The Authentic Edition-4
- The Works of Charles Dickens: The Authentic Edition-5
- The Works of Charles Dickens: The Authentic Edition-15
- The Works of Charles Dickens: The Authentic Edition-18
- The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
- Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens
- Bleak House by Charles Dickens
- Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
- The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens
- Hard Times by Charles Dickens
- Christmas Stories by Charles Dickens
- Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
- Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
- American Notes by Charles Dickens
- Pictures from Italy by Charles Dickens
- A Child's History of England by Charles Dickens
- Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens
- The Uncommercial Traveller by Charles Dickens
- David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
- Cheiro's Book of Numbers
- Twentieth Century Dictionary
- Complete Works of William Shakespeare
- Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
- The Odyssey by Homer
- Carry on Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse
- Right Ho Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse
- The Inimitable Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse
- The Bermuda Triangle by Charles Berlitz
- The Lessons of History by Will Durant and Ariel Durant
- Flying Saucers Farewell by George Adamski
- Life Beyond Death by Swami Abhedananda
- The Story of Civilization by Will and Durant Vol 1-10
- Celebrated Crimes translated by I. G. Burnham
- The Heart of Midlothian by Sir Walter Scott
- The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo
- Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller
- Richard II by William Shakespeare
- Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare
- The Tragedy of King Lear by William Shakespeare
- Othello by William Shakespeare
- Macbeth by William Shakespeare
- To Each is a Stranger: Agyaye (Translation)
- Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
- Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
- Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus
- The Suppliants by Aeschylus
- Homer's Iliad (Translation by Richmond Lattimore)
- The Judge by Tara Shankar Banerjee (Translation)
- Useful Plants of India and Pakistan by Z. F. Dastur
- Medicinal Plants of India and Pakistan by Z F Dastur
- Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Aldous Huxley
- The Sacred Rome
- Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam by Omar Khayyam (Translation by Edward FitzGerald)
- Flying Saucers Have Landed - Leslie & Adamski
- The World Eye by Lobson Rompad
Books on politics and related subjects
- Dissentient Report by Suresh Chandra Bose
- Jinnah and Gandhi by H. K. Majumdar
- International Military Tribunal for the Far East: Dissentient Judgement of Justice Radha Binod Pal
- Message of Subhas Chandra Bose: Suresh Chandra Bose
- Vivekananad's Influence on Subhas: Nanda Mukherjee
- Netaji Through German Lense: Nanda Mukherjee
- India Wins Freedom: Maulana Azad
- Netaji Ban Bandhu-Azad Hind Wa Bangladesh: Samar Guha
- The History of the Freedom Movement in India Vo1 1-3: R. C. Majumdar
- The Last Days of the British Raj by Leonard Mosley
- Moscow's Hand in India by Peter Sengar (Underlined with comments)
- Moscow's Shadow over West Bengal: Rajni Mukherjee
- Freedom and After: Ravindra Nath
- Jail Mein 30 Baras (30 years in prison): Trailokya Nath Chakrovarty
- Nehru's Fatal Friendship: Sita Ram Goel
- Distant Neighbour: Kuldip Nayyar
- India's China War by Neville Maxwell
- Charter of the United Nations
- Between the Lines: Kuldeep Nayyar
- India Critical Years: Kuldeep Nayyar
- Himalayan Blunder by Brigadier John Dalvi
- The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Part 1, 3 and 4
Photographs of Netaji and people close to him
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- A photograph of Janki Nath Bose and Prabhawati Bose framed in glass
- A photograph framed in glass having a slip on which is written 'father and mother'
- A picture showing a young and an old person. Lalita Bose identified the young person as her uncle Subhas
- A picture showing Pabitra Mohan Roy and his family
- A picture showing people performing the shradh ceremony of Leela Roy
- A picture showing Suresh Bose, former West Bengal Chief Minister Prafulla Chandra Sen and Samar Guha
- A picture showing Suresh Bose garlanding picture of Leela Roy
- A picture showing Trailokya Nath Chakrovarty garlanding a picture of Leela Roy
- A picture showing a big picture of Subhas Bose that has been garlanded
- A picture showing two rows of lamps. The caption says 'deep sajja on the birthday of Netaji'
- A picture showing some people playing band. Caption says 'Birthday of Netaji-1973 band party'
- A picture showing some girls blowing conchs. The caption says 'Shanka Dhawani, Netaji Birthday'
- A picture showing some people, including Pabitra Mohna Roy, performing yagna Top
Collectibles on Subhas Bose death mystery
- A collection of newspapers and magazines discussing to the proceedings and findings of Kholsa Commission
- A file of papers on Khosla Commission dated July 1971. One of the documents is a five-page letter in which the Government of India has been requested to produce 12 documents
- Notarised oath paper given to Khosla Commission by Dwijendra Nath Bose, a nephew of Subhas Bose
- Invoice for Prof Samar Guha's book 'Netaji: Dead or Alive'
- Original summons sent to Suresh Bose by Khosla Commission
- A news report in 'Daily Monitor' of 30.5.70 titled 'Mary Taylor's sensational Confession' where a British woman speaks of her father who thought Subhas Bose to be alive
- Series of articles in 'Anand Bazar Patrika' written by Barun Sen Gupta from 25 September to 22 October 1974. Titled 'Was Taihoku plane crash planned?,' the series refers to Leela Roy's visit to Neemsar to meet a hermit
- Bangla magazine 'Amrita' containing an essay by Dwijendra Nath Bose on Netaji's disappearance
- A copy of 'Times of India', Delhi, 26 October 1982 containing article 'Soviet Scholars revise opinion of Netaji'
- A copy of 'The India Observer' of 2 October 1964 containing article 'Netaji in exile'
- A copy of 'Swatantra Bharat' of 13 March 1978 containing report on claims of Samar Guha that Subhas Bose was alive
- Copies of 'Jugantar' of 8 August 1977 and 'Statesman' of 20 August 1977 containing reports on Transfer of Power volumes that had extracts of secret documents on Subhas Bose's death
Other objects
- Empire CoronaTypewriter (Made in England)
- A broken ivory smoking pipe and pipe cleaners
- Gillette safety razor (Made in England)
- One lead pencil fitted with a torch
- Magnifying glass (Made in Switzerland)
- One Rolex wrist watch
- One Omega gold wrist watch
- One chronometer
- One large Tricolour
- A pair of 16X56 German binoculars
- Records of K. L. Saighal, Nazrul Geet, Bismillah Khan's shahnai, and Ravi Shankar's ragas
- Records of Netaji's voice issued by Netaji Research Bureau
- Two LP record of Qazi Nazrul Islam in the voice of Rabindra Nath Tagore
- Philips Super FM automatic frequency controlled transistor
- 12 Hitachi compact cassettes
- National Panasonic tape recorder
Books and documentary on Bhagwanji
Books

- India's Biggest Cover up by Anuj Dhar
- Oi Mahamanav Ase by the disciples of Bhagwanji
- Netaji Dead or alive by Samar Guha
Documentary
- The Black box of History by Amlan Kusum Ghosh
See also
- India's Biggest Cover-up
External links
- Bhagwanji's belongings
- Bhagwanji and Netaji had their birthdays on 23 January
- Book - India's Biggest Cover up
- Famous Writer Hugh Purcell on Netaji & Gumnami Baba
- Gumnami Baba's belongings safe in govt custody
References
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