evidence: Major General Shah Nawaz Khan, who was one of the Generals in the Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj), was born on 24 January 1914 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. His father Tikka Khan was a high-ranking official in the British Indian Army. After completing his initial education, Shah Nawaz got military training and joined the British Indian Army in 1935. At the time of the Second World war, he joined the Indian National Army on the invitation of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, who appointed him as Major General. He led the troops of the Indian National Army, which defeated the British troops near the Indian Border in 1944. [...] He worked for the harmony among different communities. After independence, he was elected to the Loksabha in 1951, 1957, 1962 and 1971. Shah Nawaz lost in the 1967 and 1977 Lok Sabha elections from Meerut. He served the country as a Union Minister. Shah Nawaz penned his experiences in the Indian National Army in his book ‘My Memories of the INA and its Netaji’. Major General Shah Nawaz Khan died on 9 December 1983 in Lucknow.