Subhash Chandra Bose and Azad Hind Fauj

Total Questions: 40

11. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose was born in the city of: [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2006]

Correct Answer: (a) Cuttack
Solution:Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose was born on 23 January, 1897 in Cuttack of Odisha. He graduated from Scottish Church College (Affiliated to Culcutta University) in 1919 and was selected in I.C.S. (Indian Civil Services) in 1920.

He became the President of Congress in 1938 and 1939. He founded Forward Bloc in 1939 and fled away to Germany in 1941. In 1943, he got control of Azad Hind Fauj. He was given the title of Netaji here.

12. Which party was founded by Subhash Chandra Bose in the Year 1939 after he broke away from the Congress? [I.A.S. (Pre) 2005]

Correct Answer: (d) Forward Bloc
Solution:Subhash Chandra Bose resigned from the Presidentship of Congress after Tripuri Crisis and founded Forward Bloc in 1939. Subhash Chandra Bose, a leader of the Indian National Congress, advocated uncompromising and militant resistance against the British instead of moderation or compromise with the colonial regime.

Bose escaped British house arrest in Calcutta in January 1941 and travelled to Germany to seek Hitler's support in forming an Indian army to fight the British. With the Nazi regime focused on Europe, Bose next moved to Japan, which had expanded its imperial interests in South East Asia after attacking Pearl Harbor in December 1941.

Bose envisioned leveraging the World War to mount a nationalist revolt against the British in India through a liberation army raised with Axis support. He rejected race theories, considering all Asian peoples as members of one family who should unite to overthrow colonial dominance in Asia.

13. S.C. Bose had founded ‘Forward Bloc’ in the year [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2016 U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2008]

Correct Answer: (d) 1939
Solution:Subhash Chandra Bose resigned from the Presidentship of Congress after Tripuri Crisis and founded Forward Bloc in 1939.

14. Who formed the Forward Bloc? [48th to 52th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2008 44th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2000]

Correct Answer: (a) Subhas Chandra Bose
Solution:Subhash Chandra Bose resigned from the Presidentship of Congress after Tripuri Crisis and founded Forward Bloc in 1939.

15. In which country was the honorific ‘Netaji’ applied to the name of Subhas Chandra Bose? [67th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2022]

Correct Answer: (c) Germany
Solution:Subhash Chandra Bose resigned from the Presidentship of Congress after Tripuri Crisis and founded Forward Bloc in 1939.

16. The Forward Bloc was founded by: [67th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2022]

Correct Answer: (b) Subhas Chandra Bose
Solution:Subhash Chandra Bose resigned from the Presidentship of Congress after Tripuri Crisis and founded Forward Bloc in 1939. Subhash Chandra Bose, a leader of the Indian National Congress, advocated uncompromising and militant resistance against the British instead of moderation or compromise with the colonial regime.

Bose escaped British house arrest in Calcutta in January 1941 and travelled to Germany to seek Hitler's support in forming an Indian army to fight the British. With the Nazi regime focused on Europe, Bose next moved to Japan, which had expanded its imperial interests in South East Asia after attacking Pearl Harbor in December 1941.

Bose envisioned leveraging the World War to mount a nationalist revolt against the British in India through a liberation army raised with Axis support. He rejected race theories, considering all Asian peoples as members of one family who should unite to overthrow colonial dominance in Asia.

17. The result of whose brain is INA, and who founded it? [39th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1994]

Correct Answer: (b) Mohan Singh
Solution:The Indian National Army (INA) was the brainchild of Giani Pritam Singh Dhillon along with Major Fujiwara and on 15 July, 1942 the Indian National Army was formed under the leadership of Mohan Singh. Giani Pritam Singh became actively involved in the Indian Independence Movement and Gadar Party.

He met with Iwaichi Fujiwara, who had even before the declaration of war by Japan, reached an agreement of collaboration with the Japanese at Bangkok in December 1941. It was Giani Pritam Singh’s idea, working with Iwaichi Fujiwara, who released Indian soldiers who were asked to join an Indian National Army to fight for Indian independence.

These plans were started long before the war broke out, among a group of revolutionaries based in Bangkok. Thus, Capt. Mohan Singh was not the founder of INA but was only the first operational Commander of the INA. He accepted the position on Giani Ji and Iwaichi Fujiwara’s insistence. The brains behind INA were Iwaichi Fujiwara and Giani Pritam Singh Dhillon.

18. I.N.A. was brainchild of: [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2001]

(a) Gyani Pritam Singh
(b) Mohan Singh
(c) Subhash Chandra Bose
(d) Major Iwaichi Fujiwara
Select correct answer by using codes given below:

Correct Answer: (d) 1 and 4
Solution:The Indian National Army (INA) was the brainchild of Giani Pritam Singh Dhillon along with Major Fujiwara and on 15 July, 1942 the Indian National Army was formed under the leadership of Mohan Singh.

Giani Pritam Singh became actively involved in the Indian Independence Movement and Gadar Party. He met with Iwaichi Fujiwara, who had even before the declaration of war by Japan, reached an agreement of collaboration with the Japanese at Bangkok in December 1941.

It was Giani Pritam Singh’s idea, working with Iwaichi Fujiwara, who released Indian soldiers who were asked to join an Indian National Army to fight for Indian independence.

These plans were started long before the war broke out, among a group of revolutionaries based in Bangkok. Thus, Capt. Mohan Singh was not the founder of INA but was only the first operational Commander of the INA.

He accepted the position on Giani Ji and Iwaichi Fujiwara’s insistence. The brains behind INA were Iwaichi Fujiwara and Giani Pritam Singh Dhillon.

19. Who suggested the idea of the Indian National Army? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1997]

Correct Answer: (a) Mohan Singh
Solution:Since Giani Pritam Singh and Major Iwaichi Fujiwara have not been mentioned in options, the right answer is Captain Mohan Singh. The revival of the Indian National Army (INA) or Azad Hind Fauj under the leadership of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose constituted a momentous part of India's freedom struggle.

During World War II, Bose envisioned leveraging the global turmoil to launch a militant nationalist revolt against British rule in India. The INA emerged as a powerful symbol of India's resolve to fight for independence by any means necessary, including violent confrontation if needed.

Its secular nationalist ideology bridged religious, regional and ethnic divides, forging a sense of unity against the imperial oppressor. Along with the Quit India Movement, the INA's remarkable saga generated a revolutionary fervour that re-energized the independence movement.

20. In which year was the Indian National Army founded? [U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2003 43th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1999]

Correct Answer: (c) 1942
Solution:On 15 July, 1942, The Indian National Army was formed under the leadership of Mohan Singh. He was the first commander of Azad Hind Fauz.

The unit was dissolved in December 1942 after apprehensions of Japanese motives with regards to the INA led to disagreements and distrust between Mohan Singh and INA leadership on the one hand and the League's leadership, most notably Ras Behari Bose on the other.

A large number of the INA’s initial volunteers, however, later went on to join the INA in its second incarnation under Subhash Chandra Bose. Bose arrived in Singapore on 2 July 1943 and on 4th July, 1943, Ras Behari Bose gave the command of INA to Subhash Chandra Bose. In October 1943, Bose formally announced the establishment of the Provisional Government of Free India and took charge of INA.