Question

On formation, the Azad Hind Fauj went into action against the British Indian Army in the _______ sector.
1. Baluchistan
2. Siachen
3. Sikkim
4. Imphal-Kohima

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : Imphal-Kohima

The correct answer is Imphal-Kohima.

• The Azad Hind Fauj also fought against the British Indian Army and the allied forces as part of the Imperial Japanese Army in the Imphal-Kohima sector.

• Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose has established the provisional government of Azad Hind in Singapore in 1943.
• A task of setting up a Provisional Government of Azad Hind (Free India), and of conducting the last fight for freedom, with the help of the Army of Liberation (that is, the Azad Hind Fauj or the Indian National Army) organized by the League.
• The Indian National Army, the Army of Liberation of India, or as it is popularly known, the INA fought on the Indo-Burma front and finally entered India in early 1944.
• In March 1944, the INA was able to cross the frontier of India and finally fight with the enemy on Indian soil.
• The thrust was towards the northeastern gateway of India towards Imphal and Kohima.
• The high point came when the INA raised the Indian Tri-colour on Indian soil in Moirang in Manipur in the north-east of India on 14th April 1944, when their march to Delhi was halted.
• The superior military might of the British, the joint Anglo-American forces and the torrential monsoons turned the tide against the Indian National Army and they had to beat a retreat.

• In the military defeat of the Indian National Army lay the seed of their ultimate victory over British Imperialism.