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From: The Hindustan Times
Date: 20070822
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NEW DELHI, India, Aug. 22 -- If there are two Indians Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has a great deal of respect for, they are Subhash Chandra Bose and Rabindranath Tagore. And he intends to pay his respects to these two great men in the land of their birth - Kolkata.

Abe will pay a special visit to the homes of Tagore and Netaji on Thursday, and in the process become the first Japanese premier to set foot in the city. At Netaji Bhaban, Abe is expected to go into the freedom fighter's study and the Asia room, which exhibits rare photos and documents related to Bose in the years between ...

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