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BJP-RSS Falsehood about Nehru -Netaji Subhash Relations Exposed

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Pramod Singh

New Delhi | Wednesday | 14 January 2026

Even Emily Schenkl, the wife of Subhas Chandra Bose, was subjected to humiliation by extremist elements who dismissed her as a “foreign woman” and questioned her place in the life of one of India’s greatest freedom fighters. This neglect of her dignity stands in sharp contrast to the values that Bose himself upheld and to the humane response shown by leaders like Jawaharlal Nehru.

On May 23, 1954, Nehru signed an important document in Vienna. It recorded: “Dr. B. C. Roy and I have today signed a trust deed for the daughter of Subhas Chandra Bose. I have handed over the original copy to the AICC for safe keeping.” Through this trust, the All India Congress Committee ensured financial support for Bose’s daughter, Anita, amounting to ₹6,000 annually until 1964. The assistance was discontinued only after her marriage in 1965. In those days, ₹500 a month was a substantial sum—often more than what senior government officers earned—reflecting the seriousness with which the Congress leadership treated its responsibility.

The story of Bose and Emily began in 1934, when Netaji was in Vienna for medical treatment and working on his celebrated book The Indian Struggle. He needed a typist, and 23-year-old Emily Schenkl was chosen. The 37-year-old revolutionary, deeply committed to nationalism and “Swadeshi,” found in Emily not a contradiction but a companion. For him, loving a foreigner was no betrayal of the nation’s cause. Their relationship culminated in marriage on December 26, 1937, in Bad Gastein, Austria, on Emily’s 27th birthday.

Article at a Glance
Emily Schenkl, the wife of Subhas Chandra Bose, was often humiliated by extremist groups for being a “foreigner,” despite Bose’s own inclusive values. Their relationship began in Vienna in 1934 and led to marriage in 1937.
Separated by the freedom struggle, they remained emotionally connected, and their daughter Anita was born in 1942, whom Emily raised alone with courage. After Bose’s death, when his family’s dignity was questioned, Jawaharlal Nehru intervened to protect and support them.
In 1954, he helped create a trust to provide financial assistance to Anita until her marriage. The article also challenges the notion of rivalry between Bose and Nehru, highlighting their ideological closeness, Bose’s respect for Gandhi, and the shared spirit of solidarity, humanity, and mutual regard that marked India’s freedom movement.

Their time together, however, was brief. The demands of India’s freedom movement soon called Bose back, and the Congress presidency awaited him. Though separated by continents and war, their bond remained strong, as reflected in the letters Netaji wrote to Emily. Their daughter, Anita, was born on November 29, 1942. Bose saw his child and informed his elder brother, Sarat Chandra Bose, through a heartfelt letter. Emily went on to raise Anita alone, facing the hardships of single motherhood with courage and quiet dignity.

After Netaji’s death, sections of the right-wing refused to acknowledge Emily as his wife, branding her an outsider. It was then that Jawaharlal Nehru intervened firmly, declaring that the wife and daughter of Subhas Chandra Bose would not be allowed to suffer indignity. He ensured that regular financial assistance was sent to Austria until Anita’s marriage, a gesture rooted in both personal respect and political solidarity.

In later years, an effort has been made to project Nehru and Bose as bitter rivals. In reality, both belonged to the socialist current within the Congress and shared a deep ideological rapport. While Gandhi and his followers were uneasy with Bose’s militaristic approach, Bose himself felt closest, in thought, to Nehru. When Bose was re-elected Congress President, Nehru did not resign from the Working Committee, unlike several others. Bose’s regard for Nehru was such that he named a brigade of the Indian National Army after him.

Netaji’s reverence for Mahatma Gandhi was equally profound. Despite differences in strategy, it was Bose who first called Gandhi the “Father of the Nation,” a title that has endured in India’s collective memory.

The story of Emily, Anita, Nehru and Bose thus reveals a side of the freedom movement grounded not only in politics and ideology, but also in empathy, respect and human solidarity—values that deserve remembrance as much as the battles and slogans of that era.( Courtesy author’s Facebook wall)  

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