INA trials

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INA trials were a series of high-profile court-martials held by the British colonial government in 1945–46 to prosecute officers and soldiers of Subhas Chandra Bose’s Indian National Army, which became a major catalyst for India’s independence movement.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf court-martial proceedings ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
political trial ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Indian National Army trials ⓘ
Red Fort trials ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction British colonial government in India ⓘ
charge abetment of murder ⓘ
murder ⓘ
treason ⓘ
waging war against the King-Emperor ⓘ
country British India ⓘ
defendant Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon ⓘ
Prem Kumar Sahgal ⓘ
Shah Nawaz Khan ⓘ
other officers and soldiers of the Indian National Army ⓘ
defenseCounsel Asaf Ali ⓘ
Bhula Bhai Desai ⓘ
Jawaharlal Nehru ⓘ
Tej Bahadur Sapru ⓘ
describedBySource British colonial records ⓘ
contemporary Indian newspapers ⓘ
post-independence Indian historiography ⓘ
endTime 1946 ⓘ
followedBy Royal Indian Navy mutiny of 1946 ⓘ
mass protests across India ⓘ
widespread public sympathy for INA soldiers ⓘ
genre military tribunal ⓘ
hasCause British decision to prosecute INA officers for treason ⓘ
INA’s alliance with Imperial Japan during World War II ⓘ
formation of the Indian National Army ⓘ
hasEffect commutation of sentences for INA officers ⓘ
delegitimization of British rule in India ⓘ
pressure on British government to reconsider policy in India ⓘ
surge in Indian nationalist sentiment ⓘ
hasPart first INA trial ⓘ
second INA trial ⓘ
third INA trial ⓘ
historicalSignificance major catalyst for India’s independence movement ⓘ
languageOfRecord English ⓘ
Hindustani ⓘ
legalAuthority British Indian military law ⓘ
location Delhi ⓘ
Red Fort, Delhi ⓘ
linked to: Red Fort
mainSubject Indian National Army ⓘ
Subhas Chandra Bose’s Indian National Army ⓘ
opposedBy Akali leaders ⓘ
Indian National Congress ⓘ
Muslim League leaders ⓘ
organizer British Indian Army ⓘ
British colonial government ⓘ
partOf aftermath of World War II in South Asia ⓘ
late phase of the Indian independence movement ⓘ
pointInTime post-World War II period ⓘ
prosecutor British Indian military prosecutors ⓘ
relatedTo Indian National Army ⓘ
Subhas Chandra Bose ⓘ
World War II in the Pacific ⓘ
linked to: Pacific War
significantEvent Indian independence movement ⓘ
significantParticipant Asaf Ali ⓘ
Bhula Bhai Desai ⓘ
Jawaharlal Nehru ⓘ
Tej Bahadur Sapru ⓘ
significantPlace Red Fort, Delhi ⓘ
linked to: Red Fort
startTime 1945 ⓘ
subjectOf prosecution of Indian National Army personnel ⓘ

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