Question

Who among the following was a member of the Azad Hind Fauj ?
1. Lakshmi Sahgal
2. Aruna Asaf Ali
3. Sarojini Naidu
4. Vijaylaxmi Pandit

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Lakshmi Sahgal

The correct answer is Lakshmi Sahgal.

• Azad Hind Fauj was an armed force formed by Indian Nationalists.
  • It was formed in 1942 in Southeast Asia.
  • It is also called Indian National Army.
  • Azad Hind Fauj was founded by Mohan Sing.
  • Azad Hind Fauj or the Indian National Army (INA) was established to free India from British control.
  • They tried to invade India through Imphal and Kohima in 1941 but the campaign failed.
  • Subhas Chandra Bose became the Commander-in-Chief of the Indian National Army from 1943 to 1945.

• Lakshmi Sahgal was a member of the Azad Hind Fauj.
  • She is commonly referred to in India as "Captain Lakshmi".
  • She was an officer of the Indian National Army and the Minister of Women's Affairs in the Azad Hind government.
  • She was the leader of the Women's Regiment of the Indian National Army, Rani of Jhansi Regiment.
  • She was arrested by the British army in May 1945, remaining in Burma until March 1946.

• Sarojini Naidu was the first female to become the Governor of an Indian state.
  • She was appointed as the Governor of Uttar Pradesh from 1947 to 1949.
  • She is well known as 'Nightingale of India'.
  • She was appointed as the President of the Indian National Congress's Kanpur session in 1925.
• Aruna Asaf Ali was an Indian political activist.
  • She hoisted the Indian National flag at the Gowalia Tank Maidan, Bombay during a Quit India Movement in 1942. 
  • She is popularly called the "Heroine of Quit India movement".
  • She was appointed as Delhi's first Mayor.
• Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit was an Indian politician.
  • She was the first Indian woman to hold a cabinet post in pre-independent India.
  • She was the first woman President of the United Nations General Assembly.