Question

Who was the founder of Azad Hind Fauj?
A)Ras Behari Bose
B)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C)Bhagat Singh
D)Jawaharlal Nehru

Answer 1

Hint: Azad Hind Fauj had two avatars – under Captain Mohan Singh and Subhash Chandra Bose. Subhash Chandra Bose wanted to wage a war against British and opposed the ideas and methods of non-violence.

Complete step by step answer:
Option A- Before expounding about the Azad Hind Fauj, let us explore a few facts about its founder ; Ras Behari Bose, was an Indian revolutionary who escaped to Japan in 1915 because he conspired the assassination attempt of 'Lord Hardinge' on 23 December, 1912 in Calcutta. The Japanese Government honored him with the 'Order of the Rising Sun'. After Bose went into hiding in Japan, he established the Indian Independence League in 1942 and later handed over the command to Subhash Chandra Bose, it came to be known as the Indian National Army or the Azad Hind Fauj. Subhash Chandra Bose, joined the Independence movement and became the Congress party President in 1938 but was deposed after ideological differences with Mahatma Gandhi.
 The Azad Hind Fauj, was first formed on 17 February 1942 by Captain General Mohan Singh in Singapore but was disbanded due to the differences that had emerged between Captain Singh and the Japanese. Later, Bose proclaimed the establishment of a provisional independent Indian government and his Indian National Army, which was formed by Indian Nationalists in Southeast Asia during World War 2 to secure Indian Independence from British Rule.
Option B- Bal Gangadhar Tilak, appellation Lokmanya was an ardent nationalist who helped lay the foundation for India’s independence by building his own defiance of British rule into a national movement.This is an incorrect option.
Option C-Bhagat Singh was a revolutionary Nationalist hero and is credited with popularizing the catchphrase “Inquilab zindabad” (“Long live the revolution”).He also worked as a writer and editor in Amritsar for Punjabi- and Urdu-language newspapers espousing Marxist theories.This is an incorrect option.
Option D- Jawaharlal Nehru, was the first prime minister of independent India (1947–64), who established parliamentary government and became noted for his nonaligned policies in foreign affairs. This is not a correct option.

Note: Netaji , gave a call for Independence with his famous speech " Give me blood, and I shall give you freedom!" in Burma to the members of Indian National Army. His army along with Japanese troops fought with the British forces around Imphal and Kohima in 1944.