Tag: the national movement (1935-42)

Subhas Chandra Bose raised an expatriate army in Southeast Asia in 1943 known as the Indian National Army (INA).

The idea of the Indian National Army was conceived in Malaya by Mohan Singh, an Indian officer in the British Indian Army. He decided not to join the retreating British army and instead went to Japanese for help.

• Lakshmi Sehgal was born in 1914. She was a revolutionary of the Indian independence movement. She was the minister of women's affair in Azad Hind Fauj.
  
• She left India in 1940 and went to Singapore. In Singapore, she met Subhash Chandra Bose and showed her interest to be a part of Azad Hind Fauj. After her meeting with Subhash Chandra Bose, she emerged with a mandate to set up a women's regiment named as Jhansi Regiment.
  

It was made very clear at meeting  of leaders of the Indian Community and of Indian Army officers the the INA would go into action only on the invitation of the Indian National Congress and the people of india.

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The Rani of Jhansi Regiment was the Women's Regiment of the Indian National Army, also known as the Azad Hind Fauj, under the leadership of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. The Indian National Army was an armed force established in the year 1942 by Indian nationalists in Southeast Asia during the Second World War. The main objective of the army was to attain Indian independence from the dominion of the British Empire in India, with the support of the Japanese Forces. The unit of Rani of Jhansi Regiment was led by Captain Lakshmi Sahgal, also known as Lakshmi Swaminathan. The regiment was founded in July 1943 and comprised of volunteers from the emigrant Indian populace in South East Asia.

The idea of the Indian National Army was conceived in Malaya by Mohan Singh, an Indian officer in the British Indian Army. He decided not to join the retreating British army and instead went to Japanese for help.

It was mainly due to Rashbehari Bose's efforts that a conference was held at Tokyo from 28th to 30th March, 1942. Indian officers, both military and civil proceeded to Tokyo to meet the Japanese High Command.

It was mainly due to Rashbehari Bose's efforts that a conference was held at Tokyo from 28th to 30th March, 1942. Indian officers, both military and civil proceeded to Tokyo to meet the Japanese High Command.

Indian National Army was an armed force formed by Mohan Singh in 1942 in Southeast Asia during World War II with an aim to secure Indian independence from British rule. It was formed of Indian soldiers of the British regiment which were taken prisoners by Japan after it occupied Malaya. The first INA collapsed and was disbanded in December that year after differences between the INA leadership and the Japanese military over its role in Japan's war in Asia.