INDIAN NATIONAL ARMY - MEMORIAL SINGAPORE

ON ESTABLISHMENT OF INDIAN NATIONAL ARMY A MEMORIAL WAS CONSTRUCTED AT SINGAPORE. WHEN THE BRITISHES REPCCUPIED SINGAPORE THEY BLASTED THE MEMORIAL. AFTER INDEPENDANCE OF SINGAPORE THE MEMORIAL AS IT STANDS TODAY WITH A PLAQUE ON INA IS AS SEEN IN THESE PICTURES.


 

DIRECTION TO THE MEMORIAL

OUR GLORIOUS DEAD

INA MONUMENT

INA PLACARD

                                            INSCRIPTION ON THE ABOVE MONUMENT.

INDIAN NATIONAL ARMY

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In the final months of the Japanese Occupation of Singapore, a memorial dedicated to the "Unknown Warrior" of the Indian National Army (INA) was constructed at this site.

The local INA was formed in 1942 with Japanese support. It sought to liberate India from the British and consisted mainly of Prisoner-of -War from the British Indian Army. Subhas Chadra Bose, who lead INA from 1943 onward, laid a foundation stone for the monument in July 1945. The Urdu words inscribed on the monument read : ITTEFAQ (Unity),  (ITMAD) faith and KURBANI (sacrifice).

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