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    FORWARD BLOCK AND THE INA

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    1. WHAT WERE THE OBJECTIVES OF THE FORWARD BLOC?

    After attaining independence, Forward Bloc would work for the


    establishment of a Socialist State through:
    (i) reorganisation of agriculture and industry on socialist lines;
    (ii) abolition of the Zamindari system; and
    (iii) introduction of a new monetary and credit system.
    2. WHAT WAS THE INDIAN NATIONAL ARMY (INA)?
    The idea of the Indian National Army (INA) was conceived in Malaya by
    Mohan Singh, an Indian officer in the British Indian Army. He decided not to
    join the retreating British army and instead went to the Japanese for help.
    Indian Prisoners of War (POW's) were handed over by the Japanese to
    Mohan Singh who inducted them into the INA. The fall of Singapore was
    crucial, for this brought 45,000 Indian POW's into Mohan Singh's sphere of
    influence out of which 42000 joined INA.
    3. WHAT WERE THE OBJECTIVES OF THE INA?
    The main objectives of the INA were the following:
    Armed, organiuze, provisional govet, man power, unity fatith, sacrifice.
    (i) To organise an armed revolution and to fight the British army with
    modern arms.
    (ii) The Indians living abroad were given responsibility to organise armed
    rebellion.
    (iii) To organise a provisional government of Free India in order to mobilise
    all the forces effectively.
    (iv) Total mobilisation of Indian man-power and money for a total war.
    (v) The motto of the INA was unity, faith and sacrifice.
    As Japan withdrew from Indo Burma border. INA were without weapons
    and captured by the British force. Netaji left for Tokyo and met with a plane
    crash.

    4. WHAT WAS THE CONTRIBUTION OF SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE IN


    INA?
    Subhas Chandra Bose was instrumental in the formation of the Forward
    Bloc and after evading the British Indian authorities Bose led the freedom
    struggle outside the country.
    The active phase of the INA began when Subhas Chandra Bose arrived at
    Singapore in July 1943 by German and Japanese submarines. Two days later
    he officially took charge of the Indian Independence League. Bose was
    greeted as Netaji-the Great Leader.

    In August 1943, he took the charge of the Indian National Army and became
    its Supreme Commander. He set up the INA headquarters in Yangon and in
    Singapore and began to reorganise the INA. Recruits were made from
    civilians.
    A women's regiment called the Rani Jhansi Regiment was led by Dr. Laxmi
    Swaminathan. Recruitment and training camps were opened in large
    numbers to cope with the rush of volunteers offering themselves for the
    INA.

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