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Long wait over for Bose's driver, may get freedom-fighter status
January 23, 2013
The wait of 107-year-old Nizamuddin, who claims to be a close aide, guard and driver of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, could well be over as district administration has now initiated the process of giving him the status of freedom fighter.
Born in Dhakwa village of Mubarkpur area in 1901, 'Colonel' Nizamuddin was honoured today by the District Magistrate Azamgarh on the occasion of Netaji's Jayanti. The DM, Pranjal Yadav, said the documents available with Col Nizamuddin are enough to help him get the status of freedom fighter and with the completion of some formalities "it would be done at the earliest".