<P> The Indian National Army ( INA ; Azad Hind Fauj / ˈɑːzɑːð ˈhinð ˈfɔːdʒ / ; lit. : Free Indian Army ) was an armed force formed by Indian nationalists in 1942 in Southeast Asia during World War II . Its aim was to secure Indian independence from British rule . It formed an alliance with Imperial Japan in the latter 's campaign in the Southeast Asian theatre of WWII . The army was first formed in 1942 under Mohan Singh , by Indian PoWs of the British - Indian Army captured by Japan in the Malayan campaign and at Singapore . This first INA collapsed and was disbanded in December that year after differences between the INA leadership and the Japanese military over its role in Japan 's war in Asia . It was revived under the leadership of Subhas Chandra Bose after his arrival in Southeast Asia in 1943 . The army was declared to be the army of Bose 's Arzi Hukumat - e-Azad Hind ( the Provisional Government of Free India ) . Under Bose 's leadership , the INA drew ex-prisoners and thousands of civilian volunteers from the Indian expatriate population in Malaya ( present - day Malaysia ) and Burma . This second INA fought along with the Imperial Japanese Army against the British and Commonwealth forces in the campaigns in Burma , in Imphal and at Kohima , and later against the successful Burma Campaign of the Allies . </P>
<P> The Indian National Army ( INA ; Azad Hind Fauj / ˈɑːzɑːð ˈhinð ˈfɔːdʒ / ; lit. : Free Indian Army ) was an armed force formed by Indian nationalists in 1942 in Southeast Asia during World War II . Its aim was to secure Indian independence from British rule . It formed an alliance with Imperial Japan in the latter 's campaign in the Southeast Asian theatre of WWII . The army was first formed in 1942 under Mohan Singh , by Indian PoWs of the British - Indian Army captured by Japan in the Malayan campaign and at Singapore . This first INA collapsed and was disbanded in December that year after differences between the INA leadership and the Japanese military over its role in Japan 's war in Asia . It was revived under the leadership of Subhas Chandra Bose after his arrival in Southeast Asia in 1943 . The army was declared to be the army of Bose 's Arzi Hukumat - e-Azad Hind ( the Provisional Government of Free India ) . Under Bose 's leadership , the INA drew ex-prisoners and thousands of civilian volunteers from the Indian expatriate population in Malaya ( present - day Malaysia ) and Burma . This second INA fought along with the Imperial Japanese Army against the British and Commonwealth forces in the campaigns in Burma , in Imphal and at Kohima , and later against the successful Burma Campaign of the Allies . </P>
who mooted the idea of azad hind fauj indian national army
who mooted the idea of azad hind fauj indian national army
Mohan Singh
Mohan Singh