Women at War : Subhas Chandra Bose and the Rani of Jhansi Regiment.
Among the more improbable events of the Asia-Pacific Theater in World War II was the creation in Singapore of a corps of female Indian combat soldiers, the Rani of Jhansi Regiment (RJR). They served under Indian freedom fighter Subhas Chandra Bose in the Indian National Army. Because the creation of...
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Naval Institute Press,
2018.
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Table of Contents:
- Searching for the Rani of Jhansi Regiment
- History of Indian women in India and the diasporas
- Subhas Chandra Bose
- A man not of his time
- Bose and Gandhi at odds over the freedom struggle
- Subhas Chandra Bose and women
- The Indian Freedom Movement in Malaya and Burma Prior to the arrival of Bose
- Bose in South-East Asia
- Creation and missions of the RJR
- Captain Lakshmi, Bose and the recruitment of the RJR
- Singapore
- The Ranis prepare for war
- Daily Rani routines in camp
- The RJR in Rangoon and Maymyo
- RJR retreats from Rangoon
- Varying accounts of the RJR
- The end of the quest
- Final reflections on Subhas Chandra Bose and the RJR.