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people, such as shortage of food, price rise, an army from amongst the soldiers of Indian
suppression of the Indian people, forcible origin.
deployment of the Indian soldiers in the war etc.
By this time, Japan had conquered Singapore and
As a result, the Congress decided to start a mass made the same offer. There an Indian officer,
movement again. The Congress passed the ‘Quit Mohan Singh, availed the offer and organised the
India’ resolution on 8 August, 1942. However, Indian National Army (INA) from amongst the
before the movement could start, the British British soldiers of Indian origin who had been
government took repressive measures. All captured by the Japanese army. The people of
prominent leaders were arrested on 9 August. The Indian origin in Japan too helped in this cause.
people rose in opposition. They organised hartals, Rashbehari Bose was an Indian revolutionary who
took out processions and held public meetings. joined in this effort. Subhash Chandra Bose was
This time, the movement turned violent. The invited to join the INA, and thus, he became the
students were in the forefront. The railways were Commander-in-Chief of the INA. The strength of
disrupted, telephone and telegraph wires were the INA reached about 45,000 soldiers. Bose
snapped and government offices attacked. The formed the Provisional Government of
government lost complete control at many places, Independent India and declared war on Britain.
such as in Ballia, Satara, Tamluk, Dharwar, The INA joined with the Japanese army and
Balasore and Talcher. The movement was very attacked the north-eastern states of India.
vigorous in many states including Uttar Pradesh,
However, at this time, Japan was facing defeat, so
Bihar, Bengal, Bombay, Orissa and Andhra the condition of the INA worsened. When Japan
Pradesh.
surrendered, the INA too had to surrender.
The movement was mostly unguided by any However, this mission did not go without having
leaders. Some leaders led the movement from an impact on the national movement for freedom
underground, such as Jai Prakash Narain, Aruna in India.
Asaf Ali, Ram Manohar Lohia, Sucheta Kripalani,
Achyut Patwardhan, S.M. Joshi etc.
As there were no leaders to lead the people, the
movement subsided after about three weeks. Also,
the British government had been very cruel and
brutal in dealing with the people. The national
movement for freedom subsided in India, but it Subhash Chandra Bose Bose taking salute of INA
was taking place in other parts of the world. Many soldiers and officers of the INA were taken
prisoners of war and brought to the Red Fort for
Indian National Army
trial. Subhash Chandra Bose, however, was not
Subhash Chandra Bose was a very dynamic caught. It is believed that he was killed in an
leader. He was appointed the President of the aeroplane accident; though nothing can be said
Congress twice, but due to his difference of with certainty.
opinion with Gandhiji, he formed a separate
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suspicious of his activities, and imprisoned him in
1940. However, in a dramatic act, Subhash Subhash Chandra Bose inspired the people with his
Chandra Bose gave a slip to the police and left the powerful words– “Give me blood and I will give you
country. He went to Russia to seek support in the freedom.”
national movement for freedom, but by this time,
Situation after the War
Russia had become an ally of Britain, so he finally
went to Germany. Hitler , the Chancellor of The Second World War concluded in 1945. The
Germany, allowed Subhash Chandra Bose to raise worst incident of this war was the dropping of
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