About book

Suppression and distortion of historical facts, events and personalities by political leaders, left ideologues and colonial apologists have been a consistent effort in order to serve the vested interests as far as the personality of Netaji, the heroic struggles of Azad Hind Fauj, and the people of Indian origin in South-East Asian countries are concerned. In spite of the classical works of Azad Hind Fauj officers published as their memoirs or books, the history of this armed struggle for the liberation of the motherland was not only suppressed and distorted but was sidelined in history books. The present work is an attempt to remove the smokescreen that had been deliberately planted as a cover to hide from the present generation the historical realities that explain the sacrifices of Netaji, and Azad Hind Fauj. The author was inspired to pen this work after having curated the Netaji and INA museum at Red Fort as the chief historian. This book apprises the readers with many such aspects that have remained in the archival files only like the M Organization, Azad Hind Dal - a nationalist organization for governance, the Rani Jhansi Regiment - the first modern women fighting force, Netaji at the battle fronts, attempts on Netaji's life, the honours awarded to AHF braves and so on. Similarly, it highlights the massive contribution and sacrifices of a shepherd to a millionaire of Indian origin in South-East Asian countries. It discusses the spying missions, trials and executions, and demolishes the so-called plane crash theory of Netaji's death. The book also discusses the role of certain families and individuals besides the disappearance of the Azad Hind treasures and the role of the Prime Minister of Indian dominion, Jawaharlal Nehru, in relation to the AHF in compliance with Wavell, Mountabettan and Auchinleck. The author has also discussed the spying missions prosecutions and executions of the AHF soldiers.  In fact, the book unveils many unknown facets which may be an eye-opener for all those interested in Netaji, researchers, historians and young readers.

About author

Kapil Kumar is currently a Sr. fellow at Nehru Memorial Museum and Library. He superanuated from IGNOU as Director, Centre for Freedom Struggle and Diaspora Studies and Chairperson History Faculty. He has been a visiting professor to Monash University, University of Catania, University of West Indies and Anton De Kom University Suriname. He has authored 4 books and has published a number of research papers and articles besides presenting papers in many national and international conferences.

He has been a member of the Press Council of India, Indian Council of Historical Research and many other national bodies. He has also been Director, Electronic Media Production Centre, Director, School of Social Sciences and Director, Centre for Extension Education, IGNOU.

Professor Kumar has designed and penned the content for 4 museums at Red Fort, Delhi-1857, Yaad-a-Jalian, Azadi kai  Dewanai, Netaji and INA. He was also Chief Historian for the museum's Icons of Nationalism from the Soil of Bengal, at National Library, Kolkata and the Jalian wala Bagh Museum, Amritsar. He has 46 years of teaching and research experience having also served in colleges of Meerut and Delhi Universities.