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The Provisional Government of Free India or, more simply, Azad Hind, [3] [4] was a short-lived Japanese-controlled provisional government in India. [5] It was established in Japanese occupied Singapore during World War II in October 1943 and has been considered a puppet state of the Empire of Japan.
The Department of Posts also includes the six unused Azad Hind stamps in its commemorative book India's Freedom Struggle through India Postage Stamps. [211] The Azad Hind Fauj Marg (Azad Hind Fauj Road) in New Delhi is named after the INA and houses the Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology. [213]
Indian POWs in Derna, Libya, 1941.. The first troops of the Indian Legion were recruited from Indian POWs captured at El Mekili, Libya during the battles for Tobruk.The German forces in the Western Desert selected a core group of 27 POWs as potential officers and they were flown to Berlin in May 1941, to be followed, after the Centro I experiment, by POWs being transferred from the Italian ...
It was founded by Bose when he was in Nazi Germany in 1942, and headed by A. C. N. Nambiar. Its responsibilities included managing relations with the European Axis powers , supporting and recruiting volunteers for the Indian Legion of the Waffen-SS , running Azad Hind Radio , and preparing for the much larger provisional government that was ...
Thus the nucleus of what came to be the Ajad Hind Fauj also known as Indian National Army was born. [ 7 ] [ 6 ] Kuala Lumpur fell on 11 January 1942 with 3,500 Indian prisoners of war, and Singapore on 15 February with 85,000 British troops, of whom 45,000 were Indians.
“A glorious chapter in the History of India's struggle for Freedom has come to a close and, in that chapter, the sons and daughters of India in East Asia will have an undying place.…You sent an unending stream of your sons and daughters to the camps to be trained as soldiers of the Azad Hind Fauj and of the Rani of Jhansi Regiment. Money ...
The bank maintained its branches throughout Japan occupied countries. The currency notes were issued in the form of Promissory note, and these notes were usually printed on one side. The money collected by the Azad Hind government was kept in the Bank. Initially the bank had an authorized capital of ₹ 5 million and paid-up capital of ₹ 2.5 ...
Country Azad Hind: Allegiance: Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj) Branch: Infantry: Role: Anti-tank warfare Artillery observer Bomb disposal Close-quarters battle Direct fire Indirect fire Jungle warfare HUMINT Irregular warfare Long-range penetration Mountain warfare Parachuting Patrolling Raiding Reconnaissance Tracking: Size: 1,000 ...