AZAD HIND GOVERNMENT

Oct. 20, 2018

The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, would be hoisting the National flag and unveiling the plaque to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the formation of Azad Hind Government on 21st October, 2018, at the Red Fort, Delhi.

About:

The Azad Hind Government was founded on 21st October, 1943 in occupied Singapore.
It was established by Indian nationalists-in-exile during the Second World War in Singapore and was inspired by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose who was the leader of Azad Hind Government and also the Head of State of this Provisional Indian Government-in-exile.
It was a part of the freedom movement, originating in 1940s outside India with a purpose of allying with Axis powers to free India from British rule.
The government of Azad Hind had its own currency, court and civil code, however, it lacked large and definite areas of sovereign territory until Japan gave it nominal authority of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in 1943 and the occupation of parts of Manipur and Nagaland.
The existence of the Azad Hind Government gave a greater legitimacy to the independence struggle against the British. Its army, Azad Hind Fauj or the Indian National Army (INA) gave a much-needed impetus to India’s struggle for Independence.