Netaji was considered for Bharat Ratna: Files

New Delhi: Former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao had proposed to confer Bharat Ratna on Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose posthumously, indicating that the government at that time had accepted the death of the freedom fighter, according to declassified files on Netaji released on Friday. In a letter dated October 10, 1991, to then President R Venkataraman, Rao who was then PM, said, "It is proposed to confer the highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna, posthumously on Subhash Chandra Bose, in recognition of his public service of the highest order and his outstanding contribution to the freedom struggle of our country.”PTI