Indian National Army

Indian National Army
Active	August 1942 – September 1945
Country	Azad Hind
Role	Guerrilla, infantry, special operations
Size	43,000 (approximate)
Motto(s)	Ittehad, Itmad aur Qurbani (Unity, Faith and Sacrifice in Urdu)
March	Kadam Kadam Badaye Ja
Engagements	World War II Burma Campaign Battle of Ngakyedauk Battle of Imphal Battle of Kohima Battle of Pokoku Battle of Central Burma
Commanders
Ceremonial chief	Subhash Chandra Bose

The Indian National Army (INA; Azad Hind Fauj);/ˈɑːzɑːð ˈhinð ˈfɔːdʒ/ (Lit: Free-Indian Army) was an armed force formed by Indian nationalists in 1942 in Southeast Asia during World War II. Its aim was to secure Indian independence from British rule. It formed an alliance with Imperial Japan in the latter's campaign in the Southeast Asian theatre of WWII. The army was first formed in 1942 under Mohan Singh, by Indian PoWs of the British-Indian Army captured by Japan in the Malayan campaign and at Singapore. This first INA collapsed and was disbanded in December that year after differences between the INA leadership and the Japanese military over its role in Japan's war in Asia. It was revived under the leadership of Subhas Chandra Bose after his arrival in Southeast Asia in 1943. The army was declared to be the army of Bose's Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind (the Provisional Government of Free India). Under Bose's leadership, the INA drew ex-prisoners and thousands of civilian volunteers from the Indian expatriate population in Malaya (present-day Malaysia) and Burma. This second INA fought along with the Imperial Japanese Army against the British and Commonwealth forces in the campaigns in Burma, in Imphal and at Kohima, and later against the successful Burma Campaign of the Allies.