Now, puppet regime politicians from countries around the world during World War II have long been nailed to the pillar of shame in history, but India has openly hanged the portrait of its own puppet army leaders in the parliament. Chandra Boss , although he was criticized for collusion with Japan, was regarded as a national hero by Indian .
Chandra Boss is a controversial nationalist fighter. He came from a high caste family in India and received a complete Western education. He studied at the University of Cambridge in the UK and later became a lawyer. If he was at peace and enjoyed a middle-class life without worries, he would not be a problem. But in his heart, striving for India's independence was his highest life goal.
Chandra Boss and Gandhi are both teachers and friends. Both oppose British colonialism, but the methods of seeking Indian independence are different. Chandra Boss was very disdainful of Gandhi's uncooperative movement and scolded Gandhi as "surrenderism" and "slave", while he advocated using guns and using violent revolution to drive the British out of India.
Because of radical views, the British regarded Chandra Boss as a thorn in their eyes and hated him to the core. In the 20 years from 1920 to 1941, Boss was arrested more than 10 times, and after being released from prison, he was also under surveillance and living in . Due to his disagreement with Gandhi, he was later expelled from the National Congress. Like the
Chandra Boss of Myanmar, they are irreproachable in their firmness against British colonialism. However, their extreme desire for national independence ultimately made them choose to cooperate with their enemies.
At that time, the biggest enemy of the British was Germany. With the help of his friends, Boss finally ran to Germany after breaking away from Kolkata .
He participated in the production of propaganda broadcasts in Berlin, encouraging the Indians to fight side by side with the Axis troops, and met Hitler directly, hoping to get the support of the Nazis for Indian independence. He promised to provide the Nazis with Indian Legion assistance to the war. But Hitler has no idea of printing the idea for the time being.
Bows maintains a relationship with the Germans, but also looks for a more suitable partner.
Just at this time, Japan launched the Pacific War , and Chandra Boss placed his hope on the Japanese fascists. He rode the German submarine , and went to Japan after a three-month underwater journey, and cooperated with Japan to establish the " Free India Provisional Government ", vigorously encouraging the Japanese army to support him in establishing an armed force and attack the Indian mainland.
However, the Indian National Army in his hands was adapted from prisoners of war among the British and Indian army surrendered in Southeast Asia. It has very weak combat power and although there are many people, it is all a group of mobs. Chandra Boss followed the pace of the Japanese invading army and raised the flag of "Free India" on the India-Myanmar border, but he did not play the same role in India as in Wang Jingwei in China and Aung San in Myanmar.
The reason is that when Chandra Boss chose to cooperate with Japan, Japan was already at the end of his strength and was gradually going downhill. Not to mention that Japan lost consecutive defeats on Pacific battlefield , even in northern Myanmar, it had to deal with the counterattack of the Chinese Expeditionary Force and had no power to attack India at all.
Although the Japanese army, unwilling to give in, gathered more than 100,000 troops to launch an attack on the Indian-Myanmar border, they eventually lost and returned. If the Japanese army took Impal, Boss would likely use his prestige to establish a Japanese puppet government in India and launch a nationwide anti-British riot, which Britain could not bear.
The Japanese side's anticipation of Chandra Boss' response was not realized. It was not that Boss did not work hard, nor that his Indian National Army was too naughty. The Japanese were dead themselves and they wanted to protect their younger brother, but they didn't have the strength.
After Japan surrendered , Chandra Boss fled to the Soviet Union to take refuge in the Soviet Union. This was the green light given to this fascist puppet specifically to disgust Britain. Unexpectedly, Boss' plane was tampered with, and the plane exploded over Taiwan.
Chandra Boss, who fought for India's independence all his life, was transported to Japan after cremation and buried in a temple, becoming a lonely ghost in a foreign land thousands of miles away.
Bows chose to cooperate with fascist countries, largely due to his misjudgment of the international situation. Before the outbreak of the European war, he claimed in his speech that according to his observation, the Axis powers will win in future wars. Until 1944, the battlefield situation gradually became clear, and he was still full of confidence in the final victory of the Axis powers.
The first right is Chandra Boss, Zhang Jinghui on the left second left, Wang Jingwei on the left third, Wang Jingwei on the left,
Although in the eyes of the Chinese, even if he defeated the British with the Japanese army, it was just a matter of driving the tiger in the front door and entering the wolf in the back door, in India, Chandra Boss' reputation has always been very high. Boss' pursuit of Indian independence has reached a fanatical level, so he did not hesitate to seek skin from the tiger, but his persistence and belief made him a hero in the hearts of Indians. When learning about Boss' death, even Gandhi, who had a very different philosophy, said, "He is undoubtedly a patriot."
It seems that what justice is? From different standpoints, there is really no unified answer in different countries.
Due to his lofty reputation, the portrait of Chandra Boss is hung in front of the Indian Parliament Hall, side by side with Gandhi and Nehru. Today's Kolkata International Airport is also named after Boss.
After Modi became Prime Minister of India, the Indian government announced that it would remove a statue of British King George V near the landmark building of India, India Gate , and replace it with a statue of Chandra Boss. In 2019, Modi unveiled the Boss Museum in Delhi and earlier that year called him a "great independence hero".
