Azad Hind
Sign in to saveAlso known as Provisonal Government of Free India, Free India, Government of Azad Hind, Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind, Provisional Government of Free India
Indian provisional government in Japanese-occupied Singapore during World War II
Key facts
- Status
- Provisional Government ; collaborationist puppet state of the Empire of Japan
- Capital
- New Delhi ( de jure ) Singapore ( de facto , in exile) Port Blair ( provisional )
- Official language and national language
- Hindustani
- Demonym
- Indian
- Government
- Provisional government under a dictatorship
- 1943 1945
- Subhas Chandra Bose
- Historical era
- World War II
- Established
- 21 October 1943
- Disestablished
- 18 August 1945
- Total
- 30,620 km (11,820 sq mi)
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Today part ofIndia
The Provisional Government of Free India or, more simply, Azad Hind, was a short-lived Japanese dependent provisional government in India. It was established in exile in Japanese-occupied Singapore during World War II in October 1943 and has been considered a puppet government of the Empire of Japan.
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