• Ajmeet Kaur
• Dr. Hardeep Kaur

The second phase of Azad Hind Fauj started on 2 July, 1943 when Subhas Chandra Bose reached Singapore. Earlier, Subhas Bose resigned from Congress membership due to differences with Gandhiji. In 1940, he formed a new party called Forward Bloc. When Bose was kept under house arrest in 1941, he escaped from India, by rescuing from the British Government. After his escape from India, he met with Russian leaders and sought help agaist British. When the Soviet Union also joined the war on behalf of the Allies in June 1941, Subhas Chandra Bose moved to Germany. Thereafter, in February 1943, they reached Japan. He called on Japan to start an armed struggle against Britain. In July 1943, Subhas Chandra Bose reached Singapore where Rash Behari Bose and others helped him. The Indians living in Southeast Asia and the Indian Prisoners of War (PoW) of Burma, Malaya and Singapore provided them significant assistance. In October 1943, Bose formed the Provisional Government of India in Singapore. The Axis nations recognized this government. The soldiers were given intensive training and funds were collected for the Indian National Army (I.N.A.). Civilians were also recruited in the Indian National Army. A team of women soldiers was also formed and named as Rani Jhansi Regiment. In July 1944, Subhas Chandra started the last war of independence of India. The I.N.A. had made a significant contribution to the very important phase of the ongoing struggle for India’s independence. The I.N.A. fought a direct battle with the British. After defeating the British, this army entered India through the North Eastern Frontier. This was the first victory of the Indians in a direct fight with British. The victory gave the Indians hope of success in the freedom struggle against the British. Of course, I.N.A. faced many hardships but it had achieved everlasting glory under the leadership of Subhas Chandra Bose. After the Japanese surrendered in the Second World War, when the soldiers of I.N.A. were brought to India as PoW and tried to punish them harshly, a strong mass movement started in India in their defence.

I.N.A., Subhas Chandra Bose, PoW, Red Fort.

"Historical Trials Of I.N.A. in Red Fort", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 4, page no.447-450, April 2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2004553.pdf

"Historical Trials Of I.N.A. in Red Fort", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 4, page no. pp447-450, April 2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2004553.pdf