Consider the following statements about Indian National Army (INA) trails: 1. The INA was primarily non-communal but it had no Muslims among its officer's ranks. 2. The INA agitation campaign spread to distant places such as Coorg, Baluchistan, and Assam. 3. 1100 Royal Indian Navy (RIN) ratings of HMIS Talwar went on a strike specifically to protest against the INA trials. Which of the above statement(s) is/are incorrect?

The correct answer is 1 and 3 only . The INA was essentially non-communal, with Muslims quite prominent among its officers and ranks. It also introduced the innovation of a women’s detachment named after the Rani of Jhansi. One of the prominent examples was Shah Nawaz Khan who was an officer in INA, who later put trial by the British. Hence, statement 1 is incorrect. The campaign spread over a wide area of the country and witnessed the participation of diverse social groups and political parties. While the nerve centers of the agitation were Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta, Madras, United Provinces towns, and Punjab, the campaign spread to distant places such as Coorg, Baluchistan, and Assam. Hence, statement 2 is correct. On February 18, 1946, some 1100 Royal Indian Navy (RIN) ratings of HMIS Talwar went on a strike to protest against racial discrimination (demanding equal pay for Indian and white soldiers) unpalatable food abuse by superior officers the arrest of a rating for scrawling ‘Quit India’ on HMIS Talwar INA trials use of Indian troops in Indonesia, demanding their withdrawal. Hence, statement 3 is incorrect. Indian National Army (INA) In 1939, Subash Chandra Bose resigned from the congress and organized Forward Bloc for a more vigorous national struggle. The government first imprisoned him, and thereafter kept him confined to his house under close watch. In 1941, Subash Chandra Bose escaped from India to the Soviet Union for help. Later the Soviet Union joined hands with its allies. This made Bose escape to Germany. In 1943 he reached Japan and organize an armed struggle against British rule with Japanese help. In 1942 Capitan Mohan Singh formed INA comprising the captured Indian soldiers along with the Indian Independence league of Rash Bihari Bose. This first INA collapsed and was disbanded in December that year after differences between the INA leadership (Mohan Singh) and the Japanese military over its role in Japan’s war in Asia. It was revived under the leadership of Subhash Chandra Bose after his arrival in Southeast Asia in 1943. In July, at a meeting in Singapore, Rash Behari Bose handed over control of the organization to Subhas Chandra Bose. In 1944 the INA tried to invade India through Imphal and Kohima but the campaign failed. The INA members were imprisoned and tried. People across the country, from all walks of life, participated in the movement against the INA trials.