Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
He selected the flag for the Azad Hind movement and handed over the flag and the power to Subhas Chandra Bose but his organizational structure remained which was built on the organizational spadework of Rash Behari Bose. Rash Behari Bose built the Indian National Army (also called 'Azad Hind Fauj').
The Department of Posts also includes the six unused Azad Hind stamps in its commemorative book India's Freedom Struggle through India Postage Stamps. [205] 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. [207]
The words "Azad" and "Hind" in white were inscribed over the saffron and green bands respectively, and over the white middle band was a leaping tiger. This is essentially the same design that the Azad Hind Government later adopted as their flag (although photographic evidence shows that the Indian National Army, at least during the Burma ...
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.
In 1945 when Subhash Chandra Bose called for revolt he left the British Army and joined the Indian National Army (INA) or "Azad Hind Fauj" but later he was arrested, court-martialled and sentenced to death. When India gained independence in 1947 he was released by the Indian government. [citation needed]
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 ...