Department of History, Bhatter College Dantan
[Article History: 10 Sept 2023. Revised: 25 Sept 2023. Accepted: 30 Sept 2023. Published: 5 Oct 2023]
Abstract
India’s struggle for becoming an independent nation involved combined efforts from both within and outside the country. Militant groups and bases abroad, particularly in countries like Thailand, Malaysia, Japan, and Germany, parallelly participated in the Indian liberation from the hostile British tyranny. Germany secretly supplied arms to the Bengal freedom fighters to raise ammunition against the English government. In Japan, an aggressive revolutionary activist, Rash Behari Bose, pioneered the Indian National Army (INA) with a strong determination to expel the British from India. In the subsequent years, the Indian Independence League (IIL) and the Rani Jhansi Regiment (RJR) were formed. The present article throws light upon the nucleation and expanding growth of these militant groups and illustrates their contribution to India’s struggle for independence. The paper reports the life of the Ranis during the war and glorifies the bravery with which they fought alongside men to liberate their motherland.
Keywords
INA, IIL, RJR, Ranis, independent nation