Indian National Army Memorial - Kolkata
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| Address : | Dufferin Rd, Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal 700069, India |
| Postal code : | 700069 |
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Sushanta De on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This monument is maintained by the Public Works Department of Government of West Bengal. It is urgently required for the maintenance.
On 21st October 2017 a memorial function was organised, the weather was cloudy and raining.The area has been up lifted.
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samir patra on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The Indian National Army (INA; Azad Hind Fauj; lit.: Free Indian Army) was an armed force formed by Indian nationalists in 1942 in Southeast Asiaduring World War II. Its aim was to secure Indian independence from British rule. It formed an alliance with the Empire of Japan in the latter's campaign in the Southeast Asian theatre of WWII.[1] The army was first formed in 1942 under Mohan Singh, by Indian PoWs of the British-Indian Armycaptured by Japan in the Malayan campaign and at Singapore.[2] 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.[3] It was revived under the leadership of Subhash[4] 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).[5] 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.[6] This second INA fought along with the Imperial Japanese Armyagainst the British and Commonwealthforces in the campaigns in Burma, in Imphal and at Kohima, and later against the successful Burma Campaign of the Allies.[7][8]
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vishal on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The monument was constructed to commemorate the "Unknown Warrior" of the Indian National Army (INA). The words inscribed on the war memorial were its motto, which is Unity (Ittefaq), Faith (Etmad) and Sacrifice (Kurbani). It was built during the Japanese Occupation of Singapore as the Japanese and the INA had one enemy in common, i.e., the British.
Subhas Chandra Bose ("Netaji") laid the foundation stone on July 8, 1945. The monument was then erected within a month by the Japanese on August 1945, a few months before Singapore was recaptured by the British. The construction of the monument was proposed by Bose, the co-founder of the INA and Head of State of the Provisional Government of Free India. The INA was backed by the Japanese forces for its goal of gaining India's independence from Britain.
Soon after the Japanese retreat from Singapore in 15 August 1945 and the subsequent surrender of the remaining divisions of the Indian National Army to the advancing British, the British commander Lord Louis Mountbatten ordered the memorial to be destroyed. Mountbatten's intention was to remove all traces of rebellion against British imperial authority. By attempting to completely erase all records of the INA's existence, he sought to prevent the seeds of the idea of a revolutionary socialist independence force from spreading into the vestiges of British colonies, amidst the spectre of Cold War politics already taking shape at the time, which had haunted the colonial powers before the war.[citation needed]
In 1995, the National Heritage Board marked the place as a historical site and subsequently with financial donations from the Indian community in Singapore, a new monument commemorating the previous one was erected on that spot.
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Prasanjeet Das on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Looks stunning at night because of installation of lights. It has some seats also to sit and enjoy. But after 6 it's not safe for family or ladies. The wide field that surrounds the monument is whole dark and not having proper security.
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Nirupama Singh on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The INA Martyr's Memorial complex is a war memorial at Moirang, India, dedicated to the soldiers of the Indian National Army. The main feature of the complex is a reconstruction of the INA's memorial to its fallen soldiers as it stood in Singapore, before its destruction at the hands of British-Indian Army sappers in 1945. The complex also contains a museum dedicated to the INA along with a library and an auditorium and a statue of Subhas Chandra Bose. Work on the cenotaph itself began in October 1968 and was completed in September 1969, when it was unveiled by Indira Gandhi. Work on expanding the monument complex to present-day size was completed in 2005, when it was unveiled. The total cost in building the memorial was Rs 6.23 crores. A stone monument has also been erected at the historic Moirang Kangla, where Colonel S. A. Malik leading an INA unit raised the flag of Azad Hind in April 1944. The Imphal state government has administered the site since 1985. Close to the complex is the peace memorial at Lotpaching, raised by the Japanese government..
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Priyanka Ray Choudhuri on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Monument of Martyrs of Indian National Army : Located at Dufferin Road, this is a war memorial that is dedicated to the soldiers and martyrs of the Indian National Army which was founded by Subhash Chandra Bose.
The history of this place can make one feel nostalgic by remembering their bravery and sacrifices.
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Nishant Kumar on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Indian National Army memorial is just in front of Eden garden .field of view is splendid.You can see best view of Eden garden from here.
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Saroop Chattopadhyay on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Beautiful memorial of famous victory of Indian National Army (Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose) over British Army in Moirang Kangla, where Colonel S. A. Malik leading an INA unit raised the flag of Azad Hind in April 1944.
This memorial stands for those patriots who not only sacrificed their lives for the freedom of their motherland but also put the most effective measures to throw out the devils from India and the leader of this force is renowned in this world for his great leadership, he is our beloved Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, who is immortal.
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