01-25-2006, 11:14 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-dhu+Jan 25 2006, 02:28 PM-->QUOTE(dhu @ Jan 25 2006, 02:28 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Another confusing point.. INA appears to have been founded at the instance of a Major Fujiwara of the japanese army. Why then did Bose have to ply so diligently for Axis support or was he negotiating other things.
more likely, INA was found with the nod/approval of major fujiwara.
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Ghosh skillfully outlines the history of the INA. Founded in February 1942 by Captain Mohan Singh in collaboration with Sardar Pritam Singh, president of the Indian Independence League, and under the sponsorshop of Major Icheiri Fujiwara of the Japanese Army, the INA, a year-and-a -half later, was placed under the command of Subhas Chandra Bose. By the time, Bose appeared on the scene, Mohan Singh, now a General, had already been imprisoned by the Japanese because of his demand that the Japanese government make "an unconditional commitment to Indian sovereignty." Fujiwara found Bose to be much more pliable than General Mohan Singh -- Bose didn't make any such demand. Had the Japanese succeeded in penetrating Bengal, the scenario would very likely have been horrendous -- just look at the Japanese record in Korea, northern China, and the Philippines. Ghosh's essay sidesteps this issue.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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thatlast one is another of those had-bose-survived-india-would-have-gotten-a-saddam-hussain type arguement.
i mean, what makes the author think that the japs would do to india, what they did to the chinese, after helping us raise an army and equipping them??
what makes the believers in that bose=dictator analogy think that the person who had such a checkered career, becoming civil servant, than political leader of such stature, would need to become dictatorial in his later political career (if he had one, in independent india)???
i believe the info you posted, also brings out bose's ability to negotiate.
someone said that diplomacy is the art of letting someone have YOUR way.
bose knew just when to draw the line at asking favours.
he didnt demand that the japanese make any commitments, bar raise us an army of sorts. then he took it from there, fought with that rag-tag army and went on to announce india's new free govt from an fm station instead of trying to get the japs to do it.
more likely, INA was found with the nod/approval of major fujiwara.
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Ghosh skillfully outlines the history of the INA. Founded in February 1942 by Captain Mohan Singh in collaboration with Sardar Pritam Singh, president of the Indian Independence League, and under the sponsorshop of Major Icheiri Fujiwara of the Japanese Army, the INA, a year-and-a -half later, was placed under the command of Subhas Chandra Bose. By the time, Bose appeared on the scene, Mohan Singh, now a General, had already been imprisoned by the Japanese because of his demand that the Japanese government make "an unconditional commitment to Indian sovereignty." Fujiwara found Bose to be much more pliable than General Mohan Singh -- Bose didn't make any such demand. Had the Japanese succeeded in penetrating Bengal, the scenario would very likely have been horrendous -- just look at the Japanese record in Korea, northern China, and the Philippines. Ghosh's essay sidesteps this issue.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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thatlast one is another of those had-bose-survived-india-would-have-gotten-a-saddam-hussain type arguement.
i mean, what makes the author think that the japs would do to india, what they did to the chinese, after helping us raise an army and equipping them??
what makes the believers in that bose=dictator analogy think that the person who had such a checkered career, becoming civil servant, than political leader of such stature, would need to become dictatorial in his later political career (if he had one, in independent india)???
i believe the info you posted, also brings out bose's ability to negotiate.
someone said that diplomacy is the art of letting someone have YOUR way.
bose knew just when to draw the line at asking favours.
he didnt demand that the japanese make any commitments, bar raise us an army of sorts. then he took it from there, fought with that rag-tag army and went on to announce india's new free govt from an fm station instead of trying to get the japs to do it.