evidence: 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. [...] The Azad Hind Fauj, led by Subhas Bose, controlled the Andaman islands and parts of Manipur briefly. [...] Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was the dynamic political and military leader of the Azad Hind Fauj or Indian National Army.