Who raised the Indian National Army (INA), to free India from British control?

The correct answer is Mohan Singh.

Key Points

• Azad Hind Fauj or the India National Army (INA) was first established by Mohan Singh in 1942.
  • It was revived by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on October 21, 1943, during the Second World War to secure India’s complete independence from British Raj.
  • On this day, India’s first independent provisional government named Azad Hind Government was announced.
  • This was followed by a conference in Bangkok (June 1942), where Rashbehari Bose was elected president of the league and a decision was taken to raise the Indian National Army.
  • Captain Mohan Singh was appointed the commander of the INA, which had about 40,000 Indian soldiers
  • This conference invited Bose to lead the movement.
    • Earlier, Bose had escaped from India in 1941 to Berlin.
    • In June 1943 he came to Tokyo and then India joined the INA in Singapore.
  • Rashbehari Bose handed over the leadership to Subhas Bose, and an Azad Hind Sarkar was formed.

Additional Information

• Bhagat Singh was a revolutionary leader who was executed by the British. 
  • In 1926, he founded the Naujawan Bharat Sabha.
  • In 1928, he established the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) along with Sukhdev, Chandrashekhar Azad, and others.
  • In April 1926, Bhagat Singh established contact with Sohan Singh Josh and through him the 'Kirti Kisan Party' which brought out the monthly magazine Kirti in Punjabi.
  • In 1927, he was first arrested on charges of association with the Kakori Case accused for an article written under the pseudonym Vidrohi (Rebel).
  • Bhagat Singh was re-arrested for the murder of J.P. Saunders and bomb manufacturing in the Lahore Conspiracy case.
    • He was found guilty in this case and was hanged on 23rd March 1931 in Lahore along with Sukhdev and Rajguru.
  • Every year, March 23 is observed as Martyrs’ Day as a tribute to freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, and Rajguru.