Azad Hind Government
- Azad Hind Fauj or the India National Army (INA) was first established by Mohan Singh in 1942. It was revived by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on October 21, 1943, during the Second World War to secure India’s complete independence from British Raj.
- Hence, every year on 21 October, the anniversary of the formation of Azad Hind Government is celebrated across the country.
- On this day, India’s first independent provisional government named Azad Hind Government was announced.
- Under the provisional Government, Bose was the Head of State, Prime Minister, and Minister of War.
- Captain Lakshmiheaded the women’s organisation while SA Ayer headed the publicity wing in the newly formed government.
- Revolutionary leader Ras Behari Bose was designated as the supreme adviser by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.
- The government was supported by the Axis powers of Imperial Japan, Nazi Germany, the Italian Social Republic, and their allies.
- The Azad Hind government under Bose had in fact started its own bank, currency, civil code, and stamps.
- Bose had even formed the first women’s regiment of the INA, the Rani Jhansi Regiment, thus laying the foundation for equal opportunity for women in armed forces.
