• Tanumoy Kumar Ghosh

Mahatma Gandhi, a staunch opponent of armed revolt against the British, played a key role in the release of four members of the Indian National Army's (INA) secret service who had been sentenced to death during the British Raj. The Bengali book Phansir Mancho Theke Phire (Return from the Gallows), an autobiography of Jyotishchandra Bose (one of the four INA volunteers), compiles the seven letters that Gandhiji wrote to the British government, pleading for the release of the INA convicts. On the basis of these letters, all four were released. Their release order came the day they were supposed to be sent to the gallows. This review article will look into the imaginary perception of enmity between Gandhi & Bose, whether it was just limited to the difference in political ideologies or continued further. Another area this article will touch is the subaltern perspective of being in prison as the primary focus until now was to mostly look into the prison literature of famous leaders, that too those belonging to the elite class. One of the important aspects is the kind of emotional and mental torture a lesser-known revolutionary used to go through in jails during colonial times, along with physical one.

INA, Kubler-Ross model, Torture, UK elections

"Phansir Mancho Theke Phire (Return from the Gallows): A Review", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no.870-873, January-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901C19.pdf

"Phansir Mancho Theke Phire (Return from the Gallows): A Review", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no. pp870-873, January-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901C19.pdf