Context:
On the occasion of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s birth anniversary, Indian Express published an article on Indian National Army
Indian National Army:
- Year – 1942 (During Second World War)
- Founder – Captain Mohan Singh
- Also known as – Azad Hind Fauj
- Headquarters –Initially Singapore, relocated to Rangoon (Burma)
- Important Leader – Rash Behari Bose, Lakshmi Swaminathan
- Included – Indian prisoners of war from Singapore and Indian civilians in South-East Asia
- Revived by – Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose (in 1943)
- Achievements –
- Chalo Dilli
- Announced India’s first independent provisional government named Azad Hind Government on October 21, 1943
- In 1943, Japanese announced their decision to hand over the administration of Andamans and Nicobar Islands to the INA
- An exclusive women force called Rani Jhansi Brigade
- Campaign to Kohima and Imphal
- Ended with – INA Trails
Subhash Chandra Bose:
- Place – Cuttack, Orissa
- Political mentor – CR Das
- Political career – Elected President of Indian National Congress in 1938 Haripura session
- Re-elected in 1939 (Tripuri) but soon resigned from the presidency
- Formed All India Forward Bloc
- Activities outside India
- Indian Legion in Berlin
- Azad Hind Radio in Germany
- INA in Singapore (On this radio, Bose on 6th July 1944, addressed Mahatma Gandhi as the ‘Father of the Nation’)
- Works – The Indian Struggle, An Indian Pilgrim
Source: The Indian Express
Previous Year Question
In the context of Colonial India, Shah Nawaz Khan, Prem Kumar Sehgal and Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon are remembered as
[UPSC Civil Services Exam – 2021 Prelims]
(a) leaders of Swadeshi and Boycott Movement
(b) members of the Interim Government in 1946
(c) members of the Drafting Committee in the Constituent Assembly
(d) officers of the Indian National Army
Answer: (d)
