MKM Ameer Hamza
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| Native name | தியாகி அமீர் ஹம்சா |
| Born | 1 January 1917 |
| Died | 7 January 2016 (aged 99) Chennai, India |
| Allegiance | British India (until 1942) Azad Hind (1943 – 1945) |
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MKM Ameer Hamza தியாகி அமீர் ஹம்சா (January 1914 – 9 December 1983) was an Indian Businessman who served Subhash Chandra Bose in the Indian National Army (INA) during World War II.
He was profoundly influenced by Subhas Chandra Bose's speeches asking POWs to join the Indian National Army and to fight for a free India. Khan led the army into Northeast India, seizing Kohima and Imphal which were held briefly by the INA under the authority of the Japanese.[1] In December 1944, Shah Nawaz Khan was appointed Commander of the 1st Division at Mandalay.
Early life and education
As he states in his autobiography, Khan was born into a Punjabi Janjua Rajput[2]
Supporting Indian National Army
Khan, who rose to the rank of captain in the Indian Army,[1] was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Singapore in 1942. A prisoner of war in Singapore, he was profoundly influenced by Subhas Chandra Bose's speeches asking POWs to join the Indian National Army and to fight for a free India.[3] He later stated:[3]
It will not be wrong to say that I was hypnotized by his personality and his speeches. He placed the true picture of India before us and for the first time in my life I saw India, through the eyes of an Indian.
Last years and death
He remained as head of Congress Sewa Dal until his death in 1983.[4] He was buried in a garden near to the Red Fort and Jama Masjid with full state honours.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tarique, Mohammad, Modern Indian History, Tata McGraw-Hill Education, pp. 9–11, ISBN 978-0-07-066030-4
- ↑ Bose, Sugata (30 June 2009). A Hundred Horizons: The Indian Ocean in the Age of Global Empire. Harvard University Press. p. 136. ISBN 978-0-674-02857-9.
Shah Nawaz was born to a family of Janjua Rajputs in Rawalpindi. His father had been the leader of the Janjua clan and served in the Indian Army for thirty years.
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- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The INA Trial and The Raj (2003), Harkirat Singh, Atlantic Publishers & Dist, ISBN 9788126903160 Search this book on ., p. 26
- ↑ "The Untold Story of a Forgotten INA Hero & His Connection to Shah Rukh Khan". The Better India. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
- ↑ "Delhiwale: Hero's Grave". Hindustan Times. 3 February 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
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