Question 1223: Historical mess

The X was conferred upon Y posthumously in 1992. The award was later withdrawn due to a legal technicality. This is the only case of the Y being withdrawn. It was withdrawn in response to a Supreme Court directive following a PIL filed in the Court against the posthumous nature of the award. The Award Committee could not give conclusive evidence of Y’s death and thus it invalidated the posthumous award.

Z was a mysterious Indian monk who in 1985 lived Uttar Pradesh. Till date, his real identity and activities remain obscure. A great number of people maintain that he was indeed Y, living incognito. There had been at least four known occasions when Z reportedly claimed he was Y himself. Handwriting analysis experts deposed that the handwritings of Z and Y did match.

W, who probed into the disappearance of Y, stated in his report that Z was not Y as there was no clinching evidence to prove it. However, he inadvertently stated in a documentary shoot that he believed Z was none other than Y. Quoting W, “It is my personal feeling…But I am 100 per cent sure that Z is Y.”

Lot of elements... id all. W, X, Y and Z. Answer: X: Subhash Chandra Bose Y: The Bharat Ratna Z: Bhagwanji/Gumnami Baba W: Justice Mukherjee. Full Points will be given for identyfing atleast 3 elements. And half a point for identifying 1 or 2.