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Tokyo Conference was attended by 120 members of different associations of Indians living in South East Asia. It passed a resolution to form an Indian National Army. The resolution demanded that the Indian National Army should be accorded the status of an allied army and that all Indian Prisoners of Wars be released to the INA.

Subhas Chandra Bose announced the establishment of the Provisional Government of Free India on 21 October 1943 in Singapore. He had launched a struggle to free India from British rule under the banner of the provisional government-in exile during the latter part of the Second World War. 

Subhas Chandra Bose favoured the policy of large scale industrialisation where as Gandhiji favoured the idea of small scale industrialisation.To make villages self-sufficient.

Diwan - i -Wizarat was in charge of income and expenditure. Diwan - i - Wizarat , the most important officer after Sultan in the hierarchy of the administrative system of the Delhi Sultanate , was headed by Wazir. He look after the financial organization of the State , give advice to the Sultan and on some occasions to lead military expeditions at the behest of the Sultan.

The coins of Sher Shah Suri bore his name in Devanagari script. Sher Shah Suri issued coins in silver and copper and eliminated the billon from the series of Indian coins. In the Silver coins of Sher Shah, there was the trace of 'Kalima' and the name of four khalifas on obverse side of the coin. On the obverse side of the coin contained his name and a pious wish: " Khald Allah mulk".

Sher Shah Suri followed the main principles of Alauddin Khilji's military system. He created no new ministry and his administrative divisions and sub- divisions were borrowed from the past , and also the titles of his officer. His military reforms were those of Alauddin Khilji and even his revenue administration was not really new and original.

Sher Shah was the architect of a brilliant administrative system. He was a person of extra ordinary skill and ability in civil administration also. His father Hasan Shah was a Jagirdar of Sasaram. Sher Shah was born in 1472 AD and completed his formal education at Jaunpur. Because of his career as a small jagirdar, he ascended the throne of Delhi in 1540 AD after driving away Humayun , the Mughal emperor.

Sher Shah Suri built the Purana Qila at Delhi. Purana Qila is a fort situated on the Delhi Mathura Road. It was constructed on the historical site of Indraprastha by Sher Shah Suri. Sher Shah strengthened the citadel of Dinpanah and renamed it as Shergarh. The wall of Purana Qila are some 0.33 meters in thickness and are terminated at each corner by massive bastions.

Diwan - i - Ariz was in charge of recruitments , organization of army. Headed by Arz - i- Mumalik who was in charge of the administration of military affairs that included maintaining royal contingent recruiting the soldiers , ensuring the discipline and fitness of the army, inspecting the troops maintained by Iqta- holders , examining the horses and branding them with the royal insignia.

Sher Shah has been called the Fore - runner of Akbar. Sher Shah was the great Emperor of the Medieval Era. His wroks and successes of Sher Shah were so great that these became ideal for the forthcoming Rulers. Akbar adopted many works / reforms of the Sher Shah as it is or by some modifications. Therefore Sher Shah can be called as the fore runner of Akbar.