Cuttack, Jan. 6: The Netaji Birth Place Museum Trust has come up with a booklet containing rare photographs and information about the Azad Hind Fauj, also called the Indian National Army (INA).

The 40-page booklet will be released on the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on January 23, minister for tourism and culture Ashok Chandra Panda said here today.

Official sources said the booklet would contain photographs, insignia and other basic information about the provisional government set up by Netaji on October 21, 1943. The names and addresses of the state's 336 freedom fighters, who had been part of the INA, have also been included in the booklet. "The booklet will be a complete guide for people to know more about the INA, the provisional government of Azad Hind (Free India) and the National Bank of Azad Hind," said museum curator J.P. Das.

Das said a photograph of Sripad Ramdas Maharaj, who had set up two mutts in the city, would be added to the existing spiritual gallery at the museum, as Netaji used to frequent the mutts during his school days.

"The existing corpus fund of Rs 2 crore in the trust's name will be raised to Rs 5 crore. The renovation of four of the 13 galleries in the museum is over. The process for giving a new look to the remaining nine galleries will be taken up in a phased manner," said Panda.

The minister said preparations for Netaji's birth anniversary celebrations were in the final stages.

Netaji was born at Janakinath Bhavan on January 23,1897. He had spent the first 16 years at his ancestral house at Odia Bazar. After his family shifted to Calcutta in 1954, Netaji's aunt Bibhabati Bose handed over the house to the state government.