M. O. Mathai

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M.O. Mathai was special assistant to India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru and later an author. He was born in 1909 and was a catholic by belief. Mathai worked with the United States Army in India before becoming an assistant to Nehru in 1946. He resigned in 1959 following Communist allegations of misuse of power.

One of Mathai's letters (UO No D/S13170 of 2/12/1954) digged out by the Delhi-based non-profit trust Mission Netaji had become controversial in 2006.[1][2] The letter indicated that the ashes of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was received in India in the 1950's. This information is contradictory to the Indian government's opinion that Bose's ashes are kept in Renkoji temple in Japan.

Mathai died in 1981 of a heart attack in Madras at the age of 72 years .

[edit] Books

Mathai wrote two books that caused controversy:

  • Reminiscences of the Nehru Age (1978)
  • My Days With Nehru in (1979)

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ :::MISSION NETAJI::: Riddle of the ashes Nehru received deepens
  2. ^ :::MISSION NETAJI::: One of the most interesting cases


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