77th anniversary of the formation of Azad Hind Government on 21st October, 2020.
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23rd Oct, 2020
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- NetajiSubhash Chandra Bose had announced the establishment of the provisional government of Azad Hind in occupied Singapore in 1943.
- Known as ArziHukumat-e-Azad Hind,it was supported by the Axis powers of Imperial Japan, Nazi Germany, the Italian Social Republic, and their allies.
- The provisional government was also formed in the Japanese-occupied Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
- The islands were re-occupied by the British in 1945.
- Bose was convinced that armedstruggle was the only way to achieve independence for India.It drew ex- prisoners and thousands of civilian volunteers from the Indian expatriate population in Malaya (present-day Malaysia) and Burma (now Myanmar).
- The Azad Hind government had its own court, civil code and currency.
- Its provisional capital was Port Blair, while its capital-in-exile was Rangoon and Singapore.
- Under the provisional government:Bosewas the head of the state, the prime minister and the minister for war and foreign affairsCaptain Lakshmi headed the women’s organization.
- S A Ayerheaded the publicity and propaganda wing.
- Rash Behari Bosewas designated as the supreme advisor. Bose’s death was seen as the end to the Azad Hind movement.
- The Second World War, also ended in 1945 with the defeat of the Axis powers.
