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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instanceOf court-martial proceedings
historical event
political trial
alsoKnownAs Indian National Army trials NERFINISHED
Red Fort trials NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
Prem Kumar Sahgal NERFINISHED
Shah Nawaz Khan NERFINISHED
other officers and soldiers of the Indian National Army
defenseCounsel Asaf Ali NERFINISHED
Bhula Bhai Desai NERFINISHED
Jawaharlal Nehru NERFINISHED
Tej Bahadur Sapru NERFINISHED
describedBySource British colonial records
contemporary Indian newspapers
post-independence Indian historiography
endTime 1946
followedBy Royal Indian Navy mutiny of 1946 NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
Hindustani
legalAuthority British Indian military law
location Delhi NERFINISHED
Red Fort, Delhi NERFINISHED
mainSubject Indian National Army NERFINISHED
Subhas Chandra Bose’s Indian National Army NERFINISHED
opposedBy Akali leaders
Indian National Congress NERFINISHED
Muslim League leaders NERFINISHED
organizer British Indian Army NERFINISHED
British colonial government NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
Subhas Chandra Bose NERFINISHED
World War II in the Pacific NERFINISHED
significantEvent Indian independence movement NERFINISHED
significantParticipant Asaf Ali NERFINISHED
Bhula Bhai Desai NERFINISHED
Jawaharlal Nehru NERFINISHED
Tej Bahadur Sapru NERFINISHED
significantPlace Red Fort, Delhi NERFINISHED
startTime 1945
subjectOf prosecution of Indian National Army personnel

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