Indian Areas Beneath The Administration Of The Provisional Government
Carl Vadivella Belle suggested in 2014 that among the many native Indians and ex-British-Indian Army volunteers in Malaya, there was a proportion who joined because of the menace of conscription as Japanese labour troops. Recruitment also provided local Indian labourers safety from continuous semi-starvation of the estates and served as a barrier in opposition to Japanese tyranny. Even before the tip of the struggle in South Asia, the INA prisoners who had been falling into Allied hands have been being evaluated by forwarding intelligence units for potential trials. Almost fifteen hundred had been captured in the battles of Imphal and Kohima and the next withdrawal, whereas bigger numbers surrendered or have been captured in the course of the 14th Army's Burma Campaign. Bose additionally established a army hierarchy in Azad Hind Fauj – Lt Col Shah Nawaz Khan was the Chief of General Staff, Major PK Sahgal was the Military Secretary, and Major Habib ur Rahman was the Commandant of