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Azad Hind Government

About Azad Hind Government:

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose had announced the establishment of the provisional government of Azad Hind in occupied Singapore in 1943.

Known as Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind, it was supported by the Axis powers of Imperial Japan, Nazi Germany, the Italian Social Republic, and their allies.

  • The provisional government was also formed in the Japanese-occupied Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The islands were reoccupied by the British in 1945.

Why was it set up?

Bose was convinced that armed struggle was the only way to achieve independence for India.

  • It drew ex- prisoners and thousands of civilian volunteers from the Indian expatriate population in Malaya (present-day Malaysia) and Burma (now Myanmar).

Key features:

  • The Azad Hind government had its own court, civil code and currency.
  • Its provisional capital was Port Blair, while its capital-in-exile was Rangoon and Singapore.

Under the provisional government:

  • Bose was the head of the state, the prime minister and the minister for war and foreign affairs.
  • Captain Lakshmi headed the women’s organisation.
  • S A Ayer headed the publicity and propaganda wing.
  • Rash Behari Bose was designated as the supreme advisor.

How it came to an end?

Bose’s death was seen as the end to the Azad Hind movement. The Second World War, also ended in 1945 with the defeat of the Axis powers.

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