The Auto-Union Wanderer in which he left in the depth of the night, 17 January, 1941, 1:35 a.m. Sisir Bose, his nephew, drove him off from his Elgin Road residence. They drove through Lansdowne Road, then Lower Circular Road , Sealdah, Harrison Road, crossed the Howrah Bridge and now were way beyond the metropolis. Coffee, conversation about Eamon de Valera and his escape from Lincoln Prison in 1919 consumed the time as Sisir sped past the sleeping terrain of Bengal to reach Asansol at dawn. Bararee, close to Dhanbad, was reached at 8:30 a.m. where Sisir dropped off Uncle Subhas who was in the guise of a Muslim insurance agent by the name Muhammad Ziauddin, some distance away from brother Asoke Bose's house, for uncle to walk it up to there while Sisir drove on to reach ahead and intimate them. The Bungalow Bararee played host to the hero for this fateful day, 17 January, 1941. Here, at Asoke and Mira's residence, a day's rest refreshed the fugitive for his hazardous onward journey. After dinner Ziauddin took leave of the Boses only to be picked by them in the car a while later. They drove on to Gomoh Station in Bihar.
Two days of travel by train and Peshawar was reached on 19 January evening. Mian Akbar Shah, provincial Forward Bloc leader, received Muhammad Ziauddin and led him to the Taj Mahal Hotel by tonga. Barely hours later he was taken to the care of Abad Khan at his residence.
Two days of travel by train and Peshawar was reached on 19 January evening. Mian Akbar Shah, provincial Forward Bloc leader, received Muhammad Ziauddin and led him to the Taj Mahal Hotel by tonga. Barely hours later he was taken to the care of Abad Khan at his residence.
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