Having goaded Indians to desperation by its hypocrisy and having driven them to starvation and death by plunder and loot, British rule in India has forfeited the goodwill of the Indian people altogether and is now living a precarious existence. And, in the pages of that history, the names of Sirajuddoula and Mohanlal of Bengal, Haider Ali, Tippu Sultan and Velu Tampi of South India, Appa Sahib Bhonsle and Peshwa Baji Rao of Maharashtra, the Begums of Oudh, Sardar Shyam Singh Atariwala of Punjab and last, but not least, Rani Laxmibai of Jhansi, Tantia Topi, Maharaja Kunwar Singh of Dumraon and Nana Sahibāamong othersāthe names of all these warriors are forever en¬graved in letters of gold. I had asked you for men, money and materials. Advertising You must continue the mobilisation of men, money and materials with greater vigour and energy; in particular, the problem of supplies and transport has to be solved satisfactorily. Today I shall give you an account of our achievements during the past year and shall place before you are demands for the coming year.
Favoured by a most happy combination of circumstances, the Indian people today have a wonderful opportunity for achieving their national emancipation. I am so very hopeful and optimistic about the outcome of our struggle, because I do not rely merely on the efforts of three million Indians in East Asia. Nevertheless, we have to build our life on the theory which contains the maximum. A true soldier needs both military and spiritual training. There is a gigantic movement going on inside India and millions of our countrymen are prepared for maximum suffering and sacrifice in order to achieve liberty. Did you ever meet Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose? Today I demand of you one thing, above all. He was a stalwart who committed himself towards ensuring India is free and leads a life of dignity.
If you, too, want to be invincible, engrave these three ideals in the innermost core of your hearts. Without arms and without a modern army, it is impossible for a disarmed people to win freedom in this modern age. Remember that this is a 'total war'- and not merely a war between two armies. Today I shall give you an account of our achievements during the past year and shall place before you our demands for the coming year. The aim was to unmask traitors, enemies of the state etc.
But evidence suggests that the story of Netaji Bose's death was an elaborate subterfuge. My comrades in the War of Liberation! Unfortunately, ever since the great fight of 1857, our countrymen are disarmed, whereas the enemy is armed to the teeth. Having been constituted as the provisional Government of Azad Hind by the Indian Independence League in East Asia, we enter upon our duties with a full sense of the responsibility that has devolved on us. One has not to go face life with risk or uncertainty as to success or failure. I had asked you for men, money and materials.
Today I demand of you one thing, above all. Those of you who will continue to work on the Home front should never forget that East Asia-and particularly Burma-form our base for the war of liberation. It is blood alone that can avenge the blood that the enemy has spilt. Moreover, Indians in East Asia are united to a man in the endeavour to win freedom and all the religious and other differences that the British tried to engineer inside India, simply do not exist in East Asia. They are not only thinking and feeling in tune with their countrymen at home, but arc also marching in step with them, along the path to freedom. The most important of all is the problem of sending reinforcements in men and in supplies to the fighting fronts.
The 3rd amendment makes it unconstitutional for the government to force people to let soldiers live with them. I am so very hopeful and optimistic about the outcome of our struggle, because I do not rely merely on the efforts of three million Indians in East Asia. Gird up your loins for the task that now lies ahead. Our victorious troops, fighting side by side with Nipponese troops, have pushed back the enemy and are not fighting bravely on the sacred soil of our dear motherland. Transfusions in certain countries, i.
The British are engaged in a worldwide struggle and in the course of struggle they have suffered defeat after defeat on so many fronts. By doing so, you have removed the last obstacle in our path to freedom. However, Constantine lifted the persecution imposed by his predecessor, Dio ⦠cletian. Both had the same goal? His prominent exploits were his confrontations with Marudhanayagam, who later on rebelled against the British himself. To those of you who are officers, I should like to say that your responsibility is a heavy one.
It will be a fatal mistake for you to wish to live and see India free simply because victory is now within reach. Gird up your loins for the task that now lies ahead. Performance artist Nikhil Chopra fleshes out the ominous passage of a bloody battle across 50 continuous hours. The most important of all is the problem of sending reinforcements in men and in supplies to the fighting fronts. Thus, the Indian people not only recovered their political consciousness but became a political entity once again.