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What is difference between ParaMilitary and Indian Army?
The line of work of the Military Forces is to protect the country from all kinds of external threats while the ParaMilitary Force is entrusted with the work of protecting the citizens of the country from internal violence, ethnic riots etc.
What is the different between military and para military?
As nouns the difference between military and paramilitary is that military is armed forces while paramilitary is a group of civilians trained and organized in a military fashion, but which do not represent the formal forces of a sovereign power.
What is the history of the Indian National Army (INA)?
The army was declared to be the army of Bose’s Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind (the Provisional Government of Free India). Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose named the brigades/regiments of INA after Gandhi, Nehru, Maulana Azad, and himself. There was also an all-women regiment named after Rani of Jhanshi, Lakshmibai.
Is the Indian National Army a freedom fighter?
Although they were widely commemorated by the Indian National Congress in the immediate aftermath of Indian independence, members of the INA were denied freedom fighter status by the Government of India, unlike those in the Gandhian movement. Nevertheless, the army remains a popular and passionate topic in Indian culture and politics.
Why was the Free Indian Army formed in 1942?
Free Indian Army) was an armed force formed by Indian nationalist Rash Behari Bose in 1942 in Southeast Asia during World War II. Its aim was to secure Indian independence from British rule. It formed an alliance with the Empire of Japan in the latter’s campaign in the Southeast Asian theatre of WWII.
What is another name for the British Indian Army?
For the army of the British Raj, see British Indian Army. The Indian National Army ( INA; Azad Hind Fauj / ˈɑːzɑːð ˈhinð ˈfɔːdʒ /; lit.: Free Indian Army) was an armed force formed by Indian collaborationists and Imperial Japan on 1 September 1942 in Southeast Asia during World War II. Its aim was to secure Indian independence from British rule.