Where in Singapore did Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose make
the first proclamation of a Azad Hind government?
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FOR Subhas Chandra Bose, violent armed struggle was an option unlike the non-violent creed of the Mahatma Gandhi-led Congress in attaining independence from the British. Bose’s arrival in Singapore gave a fillip to the Indian freedom movement in South-East Asia.
Addressing soldiers of the Indian National Army (INA) on July 5, 1943, Bose said: “Comrades! You have voluntarily accepted a mission that is the noblest that the human mind can conceive of. For the fulfilment of such a mission, no sacrifice is too great—not even the sacrifice of one’s life. You are today the custodians of India’s national honour and the embodiment of India’s hopes and aspirations. So conduct yourselves that your countrymen may bless you and posterity may be proud of you.”
Bose announcing the Proclamation of the formation of the Provisional Government of Azad Hind at Cathay Building, 21 October 1943. Cabinet members of the Provisional Government of Azad Hind, 1943: 1st Row (L to R): Lt Col Chatterjee, Lt Col J K Bhonsle, Dr Lakshmi, Chandra Bose, A M Sahay and S A Ayer.