Previous Year Question
Who formed the Indian National Army (INA) to liberate India from British control?
Correct Answer: C
Detailed Solution
The first Indian National Army (INA) was formed in 1942
under Captain Mohan Singh.
Official history material of the Dr. MCR Human Resource
Development Institute, Government of Telangana, states that the idea of the Indian National Army was conceived by Captain Mohan Singh in Malaya.
Indian prisoners of war captured by the Japanese were handed over to him and were inducted into the INA.
Subhas Chandra Bose entered the story later, in 1943.
An official Government of India account published by Employment News, based on the Publications Division's Builders of Modern India—Subhas Chandra Bose, describes the organisation under Captain Mohan Singh as already existing before Bose arrived in Singapore. It states that Bose subsequently reorganised the Indian National Army.
Thus, the historical distinction is:
Mohan Singh → formation of the first INA in 1942
Subhas Chandra Bose → reorganisation, expansion and leadership of the INA from 1943