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30/09/2022

Courtesy Image courtesy Ameta Rungtaji daughter Of Prabhudayal Vidyarthi (Freedom Fighter and close associate of Netaji)

02/09/2022

Freedom Fighter Parvati Pandey, Group Commander of Jhansi Rani Regiment, Bangkok.... Shared by Respected Mahesh Kumar ji, who is doing work to explore hidden facts about Netaji and INA in Thailand.

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26/08/2022

Janaki Thevar, Born: 25 February 1925, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Died: 9 May 2014, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Can you all imagine that petitions were written in blood to allow them to participate in the battlefield and other causes for their motherland. Further, most of the Ranis were totally unaware of Bharat as they had never set their foot on Bharat aforetime.

As a 14 year old, Janaky Thevar once attended a rally of Bose and was so enthralled by his idealism that she handed over her expensive diamond earring to INA as a part of fund raising drive. Despite her father’s strident opposition, she signed up with INA and rose up in the ranks to become the second commander of Rani Jhansi Brigade.’’
Janaky Thevar or now known as Puan Sri Janaki Athi Nahappan was 17, when she left her affulent life in Malaya and responded to Subash Chandra Bose’s call for an armed force with which to liberate India. In fact she became second in Command of the Rani of Jhansi Regiment. Of which she was part of the marathon walk from rangoon to bangkok as the ina retreated. After the war Janaky became a welfare activist .

26/08/2022

Bela Mukherjee, an unsung Daughter of INA.
Very few know that a women branch in Rani Jhansi Regiment was established under Bela Mukherjee as its Secretary when Jhansi Rani Regiment was raised. She played Pivotal role along with Capt Lakshmi Sehegal when women were being recruited.

She was tasked with role in Publicity, Recruitment, Collection of Fund and Materials.

Women answered the call to fight for Indian Independence and joined the force. The unit was raised in July 1943 with volunteers from the expatriate Indian population in Southeast Asia.The unit was named the "Rani Jhansi Regiment" after Rani Lakshmi Bai, Rani of Jhans, a renowned Indian queen and freedom fighter.

The women wore khaki uniform like the men. It was found that the ordinary Lee-Enfield 303 rifle was rather too big for them (most of the women belonged to South India), so it was arranged to obtain either the Ross pattern (Canadian) or the Dutch type of rifle, as was used in Indonesia. These were lighter and shorter but these had one disadvantage—the bayonet could not be fixed on many of these types of rifles; so instead of bayonets they carried short swords.

25/08/2022

: Subhas Chandra Bose and Emilie Schenkl: A marriage that defied the Third Reich https://scroll.in/a/1030348

An excerpt from ‘Netaji: Subhas Chandra Bose’s Life, Politics & Struggle,’ by Krishna Bose. Edited and translated by Sumantra Bose.

24/08/2022

Bose on Veer Savarkar “Mr Savarkar is one of the most romantic figures that the Swadeshi movement of the first decade of the century threw upon the Indian scene. Cast in the mould in which true heroes are made, the whole career of this brave son of Maharastra is one long thrilling tale of daring dreams and adventures with their inevitable concomitant in life-long sufferings. All eyes in the country turned on him when he came out to breathe free air after continuous confinement for the incredible period of twenty-five years. A lesser man would have been thoroughly squeezed out by this repression, but Mr Savarkar stood the test well and brought back absolutely unimpaired the originally rich dower of Nature to him—a keen intellect and a singularly dynamic character. What a startling amount of steel he has in his mental make-up!

23/08/2022

A calendar of the Indian National Army from 1946, which has photographs of Jawaharlal Nehru, Subhash Chandra Bose, Maulana Azad, INA soldiers, members of INA Defense Committee, Gurbhaksh Singh Dhillon, Prem Kumar Sehgal and Shanawaz Khan.
National Archives of India

19/08/2022

17/08/2022

The first statue of Netaji was unveiled by Sundar Raj Thevar, freedom fighter, on 23.01.1946. The statue is situated in front of the Palace of the Marava Queen Velunachiar, Sivaganga, Tamilnadu,Bharat🇮🇳♥️

03/08/2022

A little Sikh Boy from Balak Sena, a teen wing of INA receiving prize from Netaji after winning an event in Sports.

In course of training, the older boys were allowed to use:
Nambu pistols
,Arasaki rifles,
Bren machine guns
,Vickers marchine guns,
One Mark III and One Mark IV Lee Enfield Rifles.
Grenades,etc.
Source of the image not known

01/08/2022

To INA families, please help with photographs to let people know about the unknown history of INA.
This is the Photo of Lt Piare Singh shared by his grandson Karanbir Singh ji ...

The Arakan armies fought so bravely that the enemy was forced to leave the Buthidaung area and erect
defences near Chittagaong. Lt. Col. Misra and Major Mehar Das were decorated with the Sardar-i-Jang for outstanding bravery in Arakan battles. Lt. Pyare Singh, a platoon commander under Col. Misra, received the Veer-i-Hind'.

Lt. Pyare Singh lost one leg and received bullet wounds in his other leg. Honouring the brave Lieutenant before a full I.N.A. parade and in the presence of all the Ministers of the Burma Government, Netaji said : “By honour-ing Lt. Pyare Singh with the medal, I feel myself honoured and not only myself, but the Azad Hind Government is also honoured by it."

Sub Officer Hakim Ali fought against 30 of theenemy with only seven soldiers under his command andkille killed most of the enemy in combat. Hakim Ali was awarded the Tamgha-i-Bahaduri and the Shatru
Nash Medals. Excellent reports reached Government Headquarters

Learnt from Karanbir bhai ya, his grandson . ..... I just know very little that when he got injured he was admitted in rangoon hospital and also he shared that when he got injured when they were taking him to hospital he was so heavy they were struggling to lift him so they made stretcher with blanket tied it with bamboo sticks and they dragged him to hospital his back was also scratched ,he was so badly injured that he was requesting them to shoot him but they took him to hospital and there netaji came to give him medal .. .........
........The britishers imprisoned him with other freedom fighters in red fort and the family also thought that he was dead but after few years he managed to write a letter to the family through some one to inform them about him self and then my fathers elder brothers and my grandfathers brother visited him in red fort and then after 8 to 9 years he came back to home So this is the story im aware about. . . . . . . .

25/07/2022

Manipur is a state wherein INA hosted tri colour flag pushing British Back . Currently , in Moirang , we have museum where the flag was hoisted .Ringshi Keishing was one of INA soldiers who fought in Subhas Chandra Bose's Indian National Army (INA) against the British. A native of Bungpa Khunou under Phungyar Sub-division in Ukhrul district of Manipur

19/07/2022

There were unknown SIKH WOMEN TOO JOINED JHANSI RANI REGIMENT ON THE CALL OF NETAJI.

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏TEJ KAUR ji 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
OF JHANSI RANI REGIMENT OF AZAD HIND FAUZ , FORMED BY NETAJI . She received training of how to use Rifles and Guns in the battlefields. She underwent military and combat training with drills, route marches as well as weapons training in rifles, hand grenades, and bayonet charges..

Sikh women, too, answered the call to fight for Indian Independence and joined the force. They came from the Straits Settlements, Malaya and some came from Siam, Shanghai etc .

The unit was raised in July 1943 with volunteers from the expatriate Indian population in Southeast Asia.The unit was named the "Rani Jhansi Regiment" after Rani Lakshmi Bai, Rani of Jhans, a renowned Indian queen and freedom fighter.

The women wore khaki uniform like the men. It was found that the ordinary Lee-Enfield 303 rifle was rather too big for them (most of the women belonged to South India), so it was arranged to obtain either the Ross pattern (Canadian) or the Dutch type of rifle, as was used in Indonesia. These were lighter and shorter but these had one disadvantage—the bayonet could not be fixed on many of these types of rifles; so instead of bayonets they carried short swords.

However some names have come to light.

Mr. Rajindar Singh Bedij ji has done somevreserch work on it. He in one of his article stated that.

In December 1943 a Mrs. Gurudayal Kaur arrived in Singapore from Bangkok with eight other women to join up.

There was also a Gian kaur, a daughter of a very wealthy Bangkok landlord, who joined up.

From Kelantan 16 years old Jaswant Kaur joined in May 1944. She was married to a soldier of the Indian army. She is reported to have collected money and clothing for the war effort.

Deep Kaur, daughter of Shamir Singh, a driver of the Singapore Traction Company, was also a volunteer.

At the passing out parade of the first batch of volunteers there is mention of a Sathiawant Kaur who came first in nursing course

Gurdit Kaur who was placed third in rifle shooting contest.

Guru Updesh Kaur, the daughter of a Police Interpreter from Seremban, joined in August 1943.

Source from article of Rajindar Singh Bedij ji

Netaji

16/07/2022

Netaji conducting the war in the Mingladan front. Splinters were scattering round him, bullets whizzed past his ears, but Netaji wouldn't move an inch. "The British have yet to make that bullet which can kill Subhas Bose", he said.

Thanks to Pathiv Dhar da for reminding this
Image Courtesy :
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Indian war of independence / by Satish Chandra Maikap

26/06/2022

22/06/2022

Sharing this image again with some more information.

At Bangkok, Victory Monument, meeting with Officers of INA., on July 25th 1943. Here we see Pandit Raghunath Shastri ji on the right side of Netaji and Debnath Das to his left . Pandit ji is introducing the soldiers to Him.

Sharing a little History I learnt few days ago
.......Our Sikh families were there then to welcome him to Bangkok . We held sport events in his honour , and My father Amar Singh Anandwal ( Akali ) won the first place in the shot putt event , and he received the trophy from Mr. Bose himself . My father came from the village of Samadhbhai , Punjab . In the background of this picture is the Victory Monument , Bangkok , Thailand ...........
By Prof Narinder Palsingh Ananthavornwong

Thanks sir for your valuable information

On arrival at the Bangkok aerodrome on July 25th, Subhash Bose was given a rousing welcome by the Indian community who had gathered inlarge numbers to receive him. On the way from airport, Srijut Subhash Bose alighted at the Victory Monument of the Thais and laid a wreath; later in the day he paid courtesy calls on high Nippon authorities in Bangkok.

Netaji

21/06/2022

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in GURDWARA AT SOUTH CALCUTTA
A place where he used to visit almost frequently. His friend Niranjan Singh Talib is walking left to him.
Picture source Netaji A Pictorial Biography

18/06/2022

Thanks to Ashmeet Singh Sidhu ji for posting this in the link given below

My great maternal Grandfather Sri Ajaib Singh Bhattal with his friend Netaji Sri Subhash Chandra Bose in Calcutta. Being a successful businessman Nanaji use to regularly donate for his party and meet him regularly. He even helped him to escape from India. Nanaji was also put behind bars at Andobar and Nicobar islands. He resigned from Indian army after a short period and returned back from Calcutta to Ludhiana, Punjab when he grew old. This pic is a fond memory and a treasured possession.. .........Ashmeet Singh Sidhu

https://www.facebook.com/groups/missionnetaji/permalink/1293969720804317/

18/06/2022

Please share images of INA soldiers,who were with Netaji if possible, with names so that we can enlighten people about their unknown contribution in the messenger or comment box or in timeline.

03/06/2022

Prof Meghnad Saha, eminent scientist, was expelled 4m school 4 protesting against the Governor (1905), joined Dacca Anushilan Samiti (a revolutionary group), took arms training & collaborated with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.

Eminent scientist Meghnad Saha (1), with GD Birla (2), Congress President Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose (3), PB Kriplani (4) & VV Giri (5) in Delhi, 1938.

23/05/2022

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose (R) with Jai Prakash Narayan (M) & Yusuf Meher Ali (L) in an iconic photograph. During 2nd World War, Netaji waged war with Azad Hind Fauj, Ali gave slogan Quit India while Narayan was part of secret group formed by Netaji & famously broke jail

22/04/2022

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16/02/2022

I am who I am, the primal force at a derivative distance.

Written by Sugata Bose

12/02/2022

WHO, ALAS, IS NETAJI'S OWN ONE THAT CARES?

One will not follow the ideals of Netaji, will not in accordance live a noble life of service and sacrifice, will only bask in his reflected glory by dint of familial relation and periodically appear on television channels to mock-thunder his message -- can one rightfully profess oneself thus to be worthy successor to the leonine soul? If kith and kin are so disposed, then how much may one expect from the lay public or from the government? One will deftly make use of the name 'Netaji' but will not care to work for him, live by his ideals or lead a selfless life. These are deemed unnecessary it seems. Had it not been for such apathy, could such historical injustice have been dealt on Netaji for so long? It's been betrayal everywhere.

Written by Sugata Bose

03/02/2022

Saraswathi Rajmani was born on 11 January 1927 to a wealthy Indian from Tamil Nadu who lived in Rangoon and who owned a gold mine also.

She had joined the Rani Jhansi Regiment at her own request after donating all her jewellery to Netaji. Netaji had admired her wisdom and named her as Saraswathi. This is how Rajmani became Saraswathi Rajmani.

Initially, during her training she worked as a nurse at the hospital. Here she observed that an AHF soldier admitted as a patient was passing on information to the British informers. She revealed this to Netaji. After taking action against that traitor Netaji, keeping in view the intellectual and spying skills of Saraswathi, recruited her as a spy.

She and Durga another Rani worked as a team. Dressed as boys they would pe*****te into the army areas to obtain military intelligence for the Azad Hind Fauj. Once on such a mission Durga was caught by the enemy. As per the spying instructions from the Azad Hind Fauj if one is caught the other should escape.

Saraswathi in defiance of these instructions made an effort to save Durga by entering the British camp dressed as a dancer. As the story goes, she drugged the British officials and escaped with Durga but not without Saraswathi getting a bullet in her left leg.

Saraswathi returned to India and in spite of her rich family legacy she led a life full of struggle living in a small house in Chennai till she left for heavenly abode on 13th January, 2018 at the age of 90.

Source : Netaji, Azad Hind Sarkar & Fauj: Removing Spokescreens (1942-47)

24/01/2022

Abdul Habib Yusuf Marfani was a wealthy Gujarati businessman settled in Rangoon. Speeches of Netaji woke up the nationalist in himself. He started donating two to three lakh rupees at a time regularly till 9 July 1944, when Netaji called for funds at a public meeting where he was present. Marfani walked with a silver tray, which had jewelry, papers of properties, and currencies. The value was estimated to be Rupees One Crore at that time. After donating every penny of his fortune, he asked for a Khaki uniform of Azad Hind Fauj for himself. Netaji decorated him with Tamgha-e-Sevak-e-Hind, the highest civilian award of Azad Hind Sarkar, and said, “some say, “Habib has gone mad”. I agree. I want every one of you Indians to become mad. To achieve victory and freedom for our country, our Motherland, we need such men and women.”

Video. : https://youtu.be/REaacuvohag

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23/01/2022

Veneration to Deshnayek on his 125th Birth Anniversary

Greetings to all followers

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