Movement Towards Independence — Social Science STD 9 — Question
Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 9Social ScienceMovement Towards Independence4 Marks
Question
Write a short note on: Indian National Army(Azad Hind Fauj)
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Answer
Rash Bihari Bose, an Indian revolutionary, escaped to Japan after the failure of the Gadar revolt in 1915, He had established the Indian Independence League in Japan to support revolutionary activities in India.
During the Second World War Japan had overrun the British colonies in the South-East Asia and had taken about 3,000 Indian soldiers in the British army as the prisoners of war.
Rash Bihari Bose secured release of these prisoners of war from Japan. With the help of Captain Mohansingh, he formed the Indian National Army in 1942.
Japan had promised every assistance to Rash Bihari in the war against England. Thereafter Rash Bihari Bose had invited Subhash Chandra Bose, to come to Japan and take over the leadership of the INA.
Subhash Chandra Bose reached Japan in 1943 and took over the leadership of the INA.
Subhash Chandra Bose made an appeal to the Indian people in South-East Asia to support the INA. Many Indians in this region joined INA.
Subhash Chandra Bose shifted the centre of his activity from Japan to Singapore.
Andaman-Nicobar islands were handed over to INA by Japan. These were named ‘Shaheedand ‘Swarajya’.
Netaji, as he was fondly called by his colleagues, moved over to Rangoon after the Japanese army defeated British army in Burma.
The INA crossed the Indian border in 1944 and captured Prom, Mohdock and Kohima. It suffered defeat after valiant fight near Imphal.
After the surrender of Japan in the Second World War on 14th August, 1945 and death of Netaji in an aeroplane accident, the INAs : fight came to an end.
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