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The VIF arranged a talk on the contributions towards India’s independence made by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. The talk was delivered by US-based Dr Kalyan De, an engineer by profession and an authority on India’s freedom struggle. Quoting extensively from official British documents to validate his arguments, Dr De stressed that Netaji’s contribution towards India’s freedom struggle has been far deeper than what is realised so far. The ‘Quit India Movement’, for example, was never entirely Gandhiji’s or the Congress’ show. Even while Netaji escaped to Germany, he played a dominant role in the conduct of ‘Quit India Movement’, but these facts were never made public because it served no one’s interests, neither British nor Congress’. At the end, Dr De took questions from the audience.