Although there are no confirmed reports, it is widely believed that Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose died in an air crash on 18th August 1945 in present day Taiwan. Some say he survived the crash and lived till old age in hiding.
Some say that Bose died in a Taihoku Military Hospital on the August 18, 1945. The cause of death was believed to be heart failure resulting from multiple burns and shock.