Pak High Commissioner visits Netaji's house

Outgoing Pakistan High Commissioner Salman Bashir today visited Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's ancestral house here, recollecting moments from the shared history of freedom struggle of the two neighbouring countries.
During his visit to Netaji Bhawan on Elgin Road, Bashir and his wife spent time to see the museum, archives and library devoted to the Indian Independence movement.
He saw numerous photographs, documents and archival material preserved in the nationalist leader's memory.
An old photograph of Netaji meeting Muslim League leader Muhammad Ali Jinnah in Mumbai during 1938 moved the Pakistani diplomat.
Former Trinamool MP Krishna Bose, niece-in-law of Netaji, and her elder son Sugata Bose, took him around the house known as the Netaji Research Bureau.

Bashir told them that Netaji was an inspiration for his organisational skills and for the scale of mobilising of resources for the Indian National Army.
"It has been a truly moving experience. The museum has a precious collection of what constituted a great movement for independence. It is a privilege and honour to pay our respects to Netaji and all those heroes," Bashir wrote in the visitors book.