seventy fifth anniversary of the proclamation

Azad Hind

"But now our authorities is altering all that," he stated whereas addressing an occasion at the historic Red Fort to mark the seventy fifth anniversary of the proclamation of the 'Azad Hind Sarkar' by Bose. In November 1945, the primary of the trials in opposition to the captured soldiers of Bose’s Indian National Army was publicly held. [newline]This led to the first encounter between British-Indian and INA troops in Arakan in Burma in January-February 1944. 

Three battalions of five companies each, called the “Bose Brigade,” fought alongside the Japanese. During the encounter, INA soldiers reportedly used "trickery and civilian disguise" to overpower British Indian sentries and aided the Japanese in capturing a divisional headquarters. The 1st Infantry Regiment drew many civilian volunteers from Burma and Malaya and was geared up with the largest share of the heavy armament that the INA possessed.

Indian Nationwide Army

The majority of desertions occurred much later, based on Fay, around the battles at Irrawaddy and later around Popa. Fay specifically discusses Slim's portrayal of the INA, pointing out what he concludes to be inconsistencies in Slim's accounts. Fay also discusses memoirs of Shah Nawaz, the place Khan claims INA troops had been by no means defeated in battle. He concludes the opinions held by Commonwealth warfare veterans corresponding to Slim were an inaccurate portrayal of the unit, as had been those of INA soldiers themselves. Harkirat Singh notes that British officers' personal dislike for Subhas Chandra Bose may have prejudiced their judgement of the INA itself.