{"id":14689,"date":"2026-05-06T06:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T06:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/blog\/?p=14689"},"modified":"2026-05-12T09:50:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T09:50:02","slug":"indian-national-army","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/blog\/indian-national-army\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian National Army (INA): Formation, Initial Developments & Struggle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Indian Freedom Struggle saw a rampant armed Conflict <\/strong>with International alliances <\/strong>after the formation of Indian National Army (INA) or Azad Hind Fauj<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The failure of Cripps Mission<\/strong> and the brutal suppression of Quit India Movement<\/strong> in 1942 <\/strong>witnessed a height of public anger <\/strong>among Indian people. This ultimately led to thinking of the need for violent means <\/strong>of attaining freedom. Moreover, the Indian prisoners of war <\/strong>at Singapore felt abandoned and betrayed<\/strong> by the Britishers with the fall of Singapore to Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was the high time when the First Indian National Army<\/strong> was formed by Captain Mohan Singh in 1942 <\/strong>with Indian prisoners of war who were in captivity with the Japanese government. However, because of disagreements from Japan, 1st INA culminated. In 1943, Subhash Chandra Bose <\/strong>formed the 2nd INA<\/strong> in Singapore, forming a dedicated Indian National Army<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later, the Rani of Jhansi regiment <\/strong>was also formed which was one of the First All-Women combat forces<\/strong> led by Captain Laxmi Sehgal. <\/strong>They were not just nurses<\/strong> rather trained in infantry tactics and guerrilla warfare<\/strong>. The provincial government-in-exile, namely the Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind <\/strong>was established by S C Bose<\/strong> on 21 October 1943<\/strong> to liberate India from British colonialism and begin self-rule<\/strong>. Unlike the caste and religion based British Indian Army like the Rajput or Sikh regiment<\/strong>, the INA was secular <\/strong>in nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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