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Operating speed. 61 km/h (38 mph) average with halts. 120 km/h maximum permissible speed. Route map. 12129 Azad Hind Express AC 2 tier coach. Azad Hind Express is an express train of Central Railway of Indian Railways linking Pune with Howrah. It covers a distance of 2015 Km. This train was one of the best trains between Pune and Howrah.
Azad Hind. The Provisional Government of Free India or, more simply, Azad Hind, [ 3][ 4] was a short-lived Japanese-controlled provisional government in India. [ 5] It was established in Japanese occupied Singapore during World War II in October 1943 and has been considered a puppet state of the Empire of Japan. [ 6][ 7][ 8]
It is the fastest train on the Pune – Howrah sector averaging over 5 hours faster than the only other train which does the Pune – Howrah sector 12129/30 Azad Hind Express. It averages 70.67 km/h (44 mph) as 12221 Pune Howrah Duronto Express covering 2,020 km (1,260 mi) in 28 hrs 35 mins & 73.68 km/h (46 mph) as 12222 Howrah Pune Duronto ...
Lakshmi Sahgal ( pronunciation ⓘ) (born Lakshmi Swaminathan; 24 October 1914 – 23 July 2012) was a revolutionary of the Indian independence movement, an officer of the Indian National Army, and the Minister of Women's Affairs in the Azad Hind government. Lakshmi is commonly referred to in India as Captain Lakshmi, a reference to her rank ...
The decorations of Azad Hind were instituted by Subhas Chandra Bose while in Nazi Germany, initially for the Indian Legion, to be awarded for gallantry in the field of battle. Both Indians and Germans were eligible for the decorations. Later, the same awards were instituted by the Azad Hind provisional government for the Indian National Army ...
The Indian Post has published the Azad-Hind stamps in a book entitled India's Freedom Struggle through India Postage Stamps. [5] In 2016, the Netaji Birth Place Museum in Cuttack published a brochure in which, among other things, the Azad Hind stamps were shown in "free interpretation". Original stamps are also displayed in the visitor rooms.
Monument of INA Martyrs at Kolkata. The Indian National Army ( INA; Azad Hind Fauj / ˈɑːzɑːð ˈhinð ˈfɔːdʒ /; lit. 'Free Indian Army') was a collaborationist armed unit of Indian collaborators that fought under the command of the Japanese Empire. [ 1] It was founded by Mohan Singh on September 1942 in Southeast Asia during World War II .
Homfreyganj massacre. / 11.68000°N 92.77000°E / 11.68000; 92.77000. The Homfreyganj massacre was a massacre of suspected spies during World War II in the occupied Andaman Islands . On January 30, 1944, 44 Indian civilians, suspected of spying, were put to death by the Japanese. [1] They were all shot dead at point-blank range.