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[23] [24] [25] Alka Khurana Sharma also one of the first women to join the Indian Army and served ten years in the Army Ordnance Corps. In 1992, she was the first woman officer to participate in the Army Day and the Republic Day parades. [26] Sapper Shanti Tigga was the first female jawan (private rank) in the Indian Army who joined in 2011. [15]
Janaki Devar. The Rani of Jhansi Regiment was the women's regiment of the Indian National Army, the armed force formed by Indian nationalists in 1942 in Southeast Asia with the aim of overthrowing the British Raj in colonial India, with Japanese assistance. It was one of the all-female combat regiments of the Second World War on all sides.
The Indian National Army (INA; Azad Hind Fauj / ˈɑːzɑːð ˈhinð ˈfɔːdʒ /; lit. 'Free Indian Army') was a collaborationist armed unit of Indian collaborators that fought under the command of the Japanese Empire. [1] It was founded by Mohan Singh on September 1942 in Southeast Asia during World War II.
Release. 24 January 2020. (2020-01-24) The Forgotten Army – Azaadi Ke Liye is a television series which premiered on Amazon Prime Video on 24 January 2020. The series is directed by Kabir Khan, and is based on true events about the men and women in the Japanese collaborating Indian National Army (INA) led by Subhash Chandra Bose. [2]
A women's unit of the Indian National Army was named the Rani of Jhansi Regiment. In 1957 two postage stamps were issued to commemorate the centenary of the rebellion. Indian representations in novels, poetry, and film tend towards an uncomplicated valorization of Rani Lakshmibai as an individual solely devoted to the cause of Indian ...
Gurkhas served as troops under contract to the British East India Company in the Pindaree War of 1817, in Bharatpur in 1826, and the First and Second Anglo-Sikh Wars in 1846 and 1848. [7] During the Indian Rebellion of 1857, Gurkhas fought on the British side and became part of the British Indian Army on its formation.
Lakshmi Sahgal. Lakshmi Sahgal (pronunciation ⓘ) (born Lakshmi Swaminathan; 24 October 1914 – 23 July 2012) was a revolutionary of the Indian independence movement, an officer of the Indian National Army, and the Minister of Women's Affairs in the Azad Hind government. Lakshmi is commonly referred to in India as Captain Lakshmi, a reference ...
Seema Rao. Seema Rao is popularly known as “Wonder Woman of India” amongst the Indian media. [1][2][3][4][5][6] She is India's first female special forces trainer, [7][8] having trained Special Forces of India for over two decades without compensation. She is an expert in close quarter battle (CQB) [9] — the art of fighting in tight ...