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	{{Infobox military unit		{{Infobox military unit
	\| unit_name = Rani Jhansi Regiment		\| unit_name = Rani Jhansi Regiment
	\| image = Jhansi Trooper.JPG<!-- FAIR USE of Jhansi_Trooper.JPG: see image description page at http://en.~~bharatdata~~.org/wiki/Image:Jhansi_Trooper.JPG for rationale -->		\| image = Jhansi Trooper.JPG<!-- FAIR USE of Jhansi_Trooper.JPG: see image description page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Jhansi_Trooper.JPG for rationale -->
	\| caption = A female paratrooper of the Rani of Jhansi Regiment in training in the 1940s.		\| caption = A female paratrooper of the Rani of Jhansi Regiment in training in the 1940s.
	\| dates = 12 October 1943 – May 1945		\| dates = 12 October 1943 – May 1945
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	The '''Rani of Jhansi Regiment''' was the women's regiment of the [[Indian National Army]], the armed force formed by [[Indian independence movement\|Indian nationalists]] in 1942 in Southeast Asia with the aim of overthrowing the [[British Raj]] in colonial [[British Raj\|India]], with [[Imperial Japan\|Japanese]] assistance. It was one of the all-female combat regiments of the Second World War on all sides. Led by Captain Lakshmi Swaminathan (better known as [[Lakshmi Sahgal]]),<ref name=hindu-revol>{{cite news\|last1=Pradeep\|first1=K.\|title=A revolutionary and a singer\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/a-revolutionary-and-a-singer/article3682419.ece?ref=relatedNews\|access-date=18 February 2015\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|date=25 July ~~2022~~}}</ref> the unit was raised in July 1943 with volunteers from the [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin\|expatriate Indian]] population in [[Southeast Asia]].<ref>Joyce Lebra, ''Women Against the Raj: The Rani Jhansi Regiment'' (2008) ch. 1–2</ref> The unit was named the "Rani Jhansi Regiment" after [[Rani Lakshmibai\|Rani Lakshmi Bai, Rani of Jhansi]],<ref>Edwardes, Michael (1975) ''Red Year: the Indian Rebellion of 1857''. London: Sphere; p. 126</ref> a renowned Indian queen and freedom fighter.		The '''Rani of Jhansi Regiment''' was the women's regiment of the [[Indian National Army]], the armed force formed by [[Indian independence movement\|Indian nationalists]] in 1942 in Southeast Asia with the aim of overthrowing the [[British Raj]] in colonial [[British Raj\|India]], with [[Imperial Japan\|Japanese]] assistance. It was one of the all-female combat regiments of the Second World War on all sides. Led by Captain Lakshmi Swaminathan (better known as [[Lakshmi Sahgal]]),<ref name=hindu-revol>{{cite news\|last1=Pradeep\|first1=K.\|title=A revolutionary and a singer\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/a-revolutionary-and-a-singer/article3682419.ece?ref=relatedNews\|access-date=18 February 2015\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|date=25 July 2012}}</ref> the unit was raised in July 1943 with volunteers from the [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin\|expatriate Indian]] population in [[Southeast Asia]].<ref>Joyce Lebra, ''Women Against the Raj: The Rani Jhansi Regiment'' (2008) ch. 1–2</ref> The unit was named the "Rani Jhansi Regiment" after [[Rani Lakshmibai\|Rani Lakshmi Bai, Rani of Jhansi]],<ref>Edwardes, Michael (1975) ''Red Year: the Indian Rebellion of 1857''. London: Sphere; p. 126</ref> a renowned Indian queen and freedom fighter.

	==Establishment==		==Establishment==
	Bose announced the formation of the Regiment on 12 July 1943.<ref name=nas-ina-break>{{cite web \|title=Indian National Army: Women's Regiment: How It All Began \|url=http://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/online_exhibit/indian_national_army/breaking.htm \|website=www.nas.gov.sg \|publisher=National Archives of Singapore \|date=2003 \|access-date=18 February ~~2022~~}}</ref> Most of the women were teenage volunteers of Indian descent from Malayan rubber estates; very few had ever been to India.<ref>Lebra, ch 2</ref> The initial nucleus of the force was established with its training camp in [[Singapore]]<ref name=nas-ina-camp/> with approximately a hundred and seventy cadets.{{citation needed\|date=February ~~2022~~}} The cadets were given ranks of [[non-commissioned officer]] or [[sepoy]] (private) according to their education. Later, camps were established in [[Rangoon]] and [[Bangkok]] and by November 1943, the unit had more than three hundred cadets.<ref name=nas-ina-camp/>		Bose announced the formation of the Regiment on 12 July 1943.<ref name=nas-ina-break>{{cite web \|title=Indian National Army: Women's Regiment: How It All Began \|url=http://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/online_exhibit/indian_national_army/breaking.htm \|website=www.nas.gov.sg \|publisher=National Archives of Singapore \|date=2003 \|access-date=18 February 2015}}</ref> Most of the women were teenage volunteers of Indian descent from Malayan rubber estates; very few had ever been to India.<ref>Lebra, ch 2</ref> The initial nucleus of the force was established with its training camp in [[Singapore]]<ref name=nas-ina-camp/> with approximately a hundred and seventy cadets.{{citation needed\|date=February 2015}} The cadets were given ranks of [[non-commissioned officer]] or [[sepoy]] (private) according to their education. Later, camps were established in [[Rangoon]] and [[Bangkok]] and by November 1943, the unit had more than three hundred cadets.<ref name=nas-ina-camp/>

	==Training==		==Training==

	Training in Singapore began on 23 October 1943.<ref name=ndtv>{{cite news\|last1=Sahgal\|first1=Lakshmi\|title=My days in the Indian National Army by Lakshmi Sahgal\|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/my-days-in-the-indian-national-army-by-lakshmi-sahgal-493887\|access-date=18 February 2015\|publisher=NDTV-New Delhi Television\|date=23 July ~~2022~~}}</ref> The recruits were divided into sections and platoons and were accorded ranks of Non-Commissioned Officers and Sepoys according to their educational qualifications. These cadets underwent military and combat training with drills, route marches as well as weapons training in rifles, hand grenades, and bayonet charges. Later, a number of the cadets were chosen for more advanced training in [[jungle warfare]] in [[Burma]].<ref name=nas-ina-camp/> The Regiment had its first [[passing out parade]] at the Singapore training camp of five hundred troops on 30 March 1944.<ref name=nas-ina-camp>{{cite web \|title=Indian National Army: Women's Regiment: Life in camp \|url=http://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/online_exhibit/indian_national_army/life.htm \|website=www.nas.gov.sg \|publisher=National Archives of Singapore \|date=2003 \|access-date=18 February ~~2022~~}}</ref>		Training in Singapore began on 23 October 1943.<ref name=ndtv>{{cite news\|last1=Sahgal\|first1=Lakshmi\|title=My days in the Indian National Army by Lakshmi Sahgal\|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/my-days-in-the-indian-national-army-by-lakshmi-sahgal-493887\|access-date=18 February 2015\|publisher=NDTV-New Delhi Television\|date=23 July 2012}}</ref> The recruits were divided into sections and platoons and were accorded ranks of Non-Commissioned Officers and Sepoys according to their educational qualifications. These cadets underwent military and combat training with drills, route marches as well as weapons training in rifles, hand grenades, and bayonet charges. Later, a number of the cadets were chosen for more advanced training in [[jungle warfare]] in [[Burma]].<ref name=nas-ina-camp/> The Regiment had its first [[passing out parade]] at the Singapore training camp of five hundred troops on 30 March 1944.<ref name=nas-ina-camp>{{cite web \|title=Indian National Army: Women's Regiment: Life in camp \|url=http://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/online_exhibit/indian_national_army/life.htm \|website=www.nas.gov.sg \|publisher=National Archives of Singapore \|date=2003 \|access-date=18 February 2015}}</ref>

	Some 200 of the cadets were also chosen for nursing training, forming the Chand Bibi Nursing Corps.<ref>Meeta Deka, ''Women's agency and social change: Assam and beyond'' (2013) ch. 4</ref>		Some 200 of the cadets were also chosen for nursing training, forming the Chand Bibi Nursing Corps.<ref>Meeta Deka, ''Women's agency and social change: Assam and beyond'' (2013) ch. 4</ref>

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	\| unit_name = Rani Jhansi Regiment		\| unit_name = Rani Jhansi Regiment
	\| image = Jhansi Trooper.JPG<!-- FAIR USE of Jhansi_Trooper.JPG: see image description page at http://en.~~wikipedia~~.org/wiki/Image:Jhansi_Trooper.JPG for rationale -->		\| image = Jhansi Trooper.JPG<!-- FAIR USE of Jhansi_Trooper.JPG: see image description page at http://en.bharatdata.org/wiki/Image:Jhansi_Trooper.JPG for rationale -->
	\| caption = A ~~trooper~~ of the Rani Jhansi Regiment in training (1940s)		\| caption = A female paratrooper of the Rani of Jhansi Regiment in training in the 1940s.
	\| dates = 12 October 1943 – May 1945		\| dates = 12 October 1943 – May 1945
	\| country = {{flag\|~~Free India~~}} ~~([[Azad Hind]])~~		\| country = {{flag\|Azad Hind}}
	\| allegiance = [[Indian National Army]] ([[Azad Hind Fauj]])		\| allegiance = [[Indian National Army]] ([[Azad Hind Fauj]])
	\| branch = Infantry		\| branch = Infantry
	\| role = [[Guerrilla]] [[Infantry]]~~, Nursing Corps.~~		\| role = [[Guerrilla]] [[Infantry]]
	\| size = 1,000 (approx)		\| size = 1,000 (approx)
	\| commanders =		\| commanders =
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	The '''Rani Jhansi Regiment''' was the ~~Women~~'s ~~Regiment~~ of the [[Indian National Army]], the armed force formed by [[Indian independence movement\|Indian nationalists]] in 1942 in Southeast Asia with the aim of overthrowing the [[British Raj]] in colonial [[British Raj\|India]], with [[Imperial Japan\|Japanese]] assistance. It was one of the all-female combat regiments of the Second World War on all sides. Led by Captain Lakshmi Swaminathan (better known as [[Lakshmi Sahgal]]),<ref name=hindu-revol>{{cite news\|last1=Pradeep\|first1=K.\|title=A revolutionary and a singer\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/a-revolutionary-and-a-singer/article3682419.ece?ref=relatedNews\|access-date=18 February 2015\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|date=25 July ~~2012~~}}</ref> the unit was raised in July 1943 with volunteers from the [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin\|expatriate Indian]] population in [[Southeast Asia]].<ref>Joyce Lebra, ''Women Against the Raj: The Rani Jhansi Regiment'' (2008) ch. 1–2</ref> The unit was named ~~after~~ the Rani Jhansi Regiment after [[Rani Lakshmibai\|~~Lakshmibai~~, Rani of Jhansi]].<ref>Edwardes, Michael (1975) ''Red Year: the Indian Rebellion of 1857''. London: Sphere; p. 126</ref>		The '''Rani of Jhansi Regiment''' was the women's regiment of the [[Indian National Army]], the armed force formed by [[Indian independence movement\|Indian nationalists]] in 1942 in Southeast Asia with the aim of overthrowing the [[British Raj]] in colonial [[British Raj\|India]], with [[Imperial Japan\|Japanese]] assistance. It was one of the all-female combat regiments of the Second World War on all sides. Led by Captain Lakshmi Swaminathan (better known as [[Lakshmi Sahgal]]),<ref name=hindu-revol>{{cite news\|last1=Pradeep\|first1=K.\|title=A revolutionary and a singer\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/a-revolutionary-and-a-singer/article3682419.ece?ref=relatedNews\|access-date=18 February 2015\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|date=25 July 2022}}</ref> the unit was raised in July 1943 with volunteers from the [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin\|expatriate Indian]] population in [[Southeast Asia]].<ref>Joyce Lebra, ''Women Against the Raj: The Rani Jhansi Regiment'' (2008) ch. 1–2</ref> The unit was named the "Rani Jhansi Regiment" after [[Rani Lakshmibai\|Rani Lakshmi Bai, Rani of Jhansi]],<ref>Edwardes, Michael (1975) ''Red Year: the Indian Rebellion of 1857''. London: Sphere; p. 126</ref> a renowned Indian queen and freedom fighter.

	==Establishment==		==Establishment==
	Bose announced the formation of the Regiment on 12 July 1943.<ref name=nas-ina-break>{{cite web \|title=Indian National Army: Women's Regiment: How It All Began \|url=http://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/online_exhibit/indian_national_army/breaking.htm \|website=www.nas.gov.sg \|publisher=National Archives of Singapore \|date=2003 \|access-date=18 February ~~2015~~}}</ref> Most of the women were teenage volunteers of Indian descent from Malayan rubber estates; very few had ever been to India.<ref>Lebra, ch 2</ref> The initial nucleus of the force was established with its training camp in [[Singapore]]<ref name=nas-ina-camp/> with approximately a hundred and seventy cadets.{{citation needed\|date=February ~~2015~~}} The cadets were given ranks of [[non-commissioned officer]] or [[sepoy]] (private) according to their education. Later, camps were established in [[Rangoon]] and [[Bangkok]] and by November 1943, the unit had more than three hundred cadets.<ref name=nas-ina-camp/>		Bose announced the formation of the Regiment on 12 July 1943.<ref name=nas-ina-break>{{cite web \|title=Indian National Army: Women's Regiment: How It All Began \|url=http://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/online_exhibit/indian_national_army/breaking.htm \|website=www.nas.gov.sg \|publisher=National Archives of Singapore \|date=2003 \|access-date=18 February 2022}}</ref> Most of the women were teenage volunteers of Indian descent from Malayan rubber estates; very few had ever been to India.<ref>Lebra, ch 2</ref> The initial nucleus of the force was established with its training camp in [[Singapore]]<ref name=nas-ina-camp/> with approximately a hundred and seventy cadets.{{citation needed\|date=February 2022}} The cadets were given ranks of [[non-commissioned officer]] or [[sepoy]] (private) according to their education. Later, camps were established in [[Rangoon]] and [[Bangkok]] and by November 1943, the unit had more than three hundred cadets.<ref name=nas-ina-camp/>

	==Training==		==Training==

	Training in Singapore began on 23 October 1943.<ref name=ndtv>{{cite news\|last1=Sahgal\|first1=Lakshmi\|title=My days in the Indian National Army by Lakshmi Sahgal\|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/my-days-in-the-indian-national-army-by-lakshmi-sahgal-493887\|access-date=18 February 2015\|publisher=NDTV-New Delhi Television\|date=23 July ~~2012~~}}</ref> The recruits were divided into sections and platoons and were accorded ranks of Non-Commissioned Officers and Sepoys according to their educational qualifications. These cadets underwent military and combat training with drills, route marches as well as weapons training in rifles, hand grenades, and bayonet charges. Later, a number of the cadets were chosen for more advanced training in [[jungle warfare]] in [[Burma]].<ref name=nas-ina-camp/> The Regiment had its first [[passing out parade]] at the Singapore training camp of five hundred troops on 30 March 1944.<ref name=nas-ina-camp>{{cite web \|title=Indian National Army: Women's Regiment: Life in camp \|url=http://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/online_exhibit/indian_national_army/life.htm \|website=www.nas.gov.sg \|publisher=National Archives of Singapore \|date=2003 \|access-date=18 February ~~2015~~}}</ref>		Training in Singapore began on 23 October 1943.<ref name=ndtv>{{cite news\|last1=Sahgal\|first1=Lakshmi\|title=My days in the Indian National Army by Lakshmi Sahgal\|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/my-days-in-the-indian-national-army-by-lakshmi-sahgal-493887\|access-date=18 February 2015\|publisher=NDTV-New Delhi Television\|date=23 July 2022}}</ref> The recruits were divided into sections and platoons and were accorded ranks of Non-Commissioned Officers and Sepoys according to their educational qualifications. These cadets underwent military and combat training with drills, route marches as well as weapons training in rifles, hand grenades, and bayonet charges. Later, a number of the cadets were chosen for more advanced training in [[jungle warfare]] in [[Burma]].<ref name=nas-ina-camp/> The Regiment had its first [[passing out parade]] at the Singapore training camp of five hundred troops on 30 March 1944.<ref name=nas-ina-camp>{{cite web \|title=Indian National Army: Women's Regiment: Life in camp \|url=http://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/online_exhibit/indian_national_army/life.htm \|website=www.nas.gov.sg \|publisher=National Archives of Singapore \|date=2003 \|access-date=18 February 2022}}</ref>

	Some 200 of the cadets were also chosen for nursing training, forming the Chand Bibi Nursing Corps.<ref>Meeta Deka, ''Women's agency and social change: Assam and beyond'' (2013) ch. 4</ref>		Some 200 of the cadets were also chosen for nursing training, forming the Chand Bibi Nursing Corps.<ref>Meeta Deka, ''Women's agency and social change: Assam and beyond'' (2013) ch. 4</ref>
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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==
	* {{cite journal\|author1=Hills, Carol and \| author2=Daniel C. Silverman \|title= Nationalism and Feminism in Late Colonial India: The Rani of Jhansi Regiment \|journal=[[Modern Asian Studies]] \|url=http://web.calstatela.edu/faculty/swells2/hills-carol.pdf \|volume= 27 \|number=4 \|date=October 1993 \|pages=741–760 \|issn=0026-749X \|publisher=Cambridge University Press \| doi=10.1017/S0026749X00001281 \|via=Cal State LA}}		* {{cite journal \|author1=Hills, Carol and \|author2=Daniel C. Silverman \|title=Nationalism and Feminism in Late Colonial India: The Rani of Jhansi Regiment \|journal=[[Modern Asian Studies]] \|url=http://web.calstatela.edu/faculty/swells2/hills-carol.pdf \|volume=27 \|number=4 \|date=October 1993 \|pages=741–760 \|issn=0026-749X \|publisher=Cambridge University Press \|doi=10.1017/S0026749X00001281 \|s2cid=144550568 \|via=Cal State LA \|access-date=2015-02-18 \|archive-date=2016-03-03 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223012/http://web.calstatela.edu/faculty/swells2/hills-carol.pdf \|url-status=dead }}
	* {{cite book\| author=Lebra, Joyce Chapman \|title=Women Against the Raj: The Rani of Jhansi Regiment \|year=2008 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fuw1Wt1-O7EC \|publisher=Institute of Southeast Asian Studies \|isbn=978-981-230-809-2 \|via=Googlebooks}}		* {{cite book\| author=Lebra, Joyce Chapman \|title=Women Against the Raj: The Rani of Jhansi Regiment \|year=2008 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fuw1Wt1-O7EC \|publisher=Institute of Southeast Asian Studies \|isbn=978-981-230-809-2 \|via=Googlebooks}}
	* {{cite book\| author=Deka, Meeta \|title=Women's agency and social change : Assam and beyond \|year=2013 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pxdBDwAAQBAJ \|publisher=SAGE Publishing India \|isbn=978-935-150-784-0 \|via=Googlebooks}}		* {{cite book\| author=Deka, Meeta \|title=Women's agency and social change : Assam and beyond \|year=2013 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pxdBDwAAQBAJ \|publisher=SAGE Publishing India \|isbn=978-935-150-784-0 \|via=Googlebooks}}

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{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name = Rani Jhansi Regiment
| image = Jhansi Trooper.JPG
| caption = A trooper of the Rani Jhansi Regiment in training (1940s)
| dates = 12 October 1943 – May 1945
| country = {{flag|Free India}} ([[Azad Hind]])
| allegiance = [[Indian National Army]] ([[Azad Hind Fauj]])
| branch = Infantry
| role = [[Guerrilla]] [[Infantry]], Nursing Corps.
| size = 1,000 (approx)
| commanders =
| ceremonial_chief = [[Subhas Chandra Bose]]
| motto =
| march =
| patron =
| colors =
| identification_symbol =
| battles =
| notable_commanders = [[Lakshmi Swaminathan]]<br>[[Janaki Davar|Janaki Devar]]
| decorations =
}}
The '''Rani Jhansi Regiment''' was the Women's Regiment of the [[Indian National Army]], the armed force formed by [[Indian independence movement|Indian nationalists]] in 1942 in Southeast Asia with the aim of overthrowing the [[British Raj]] in colonial [[British Raj|India]], with [[Imperial Japan|Japanese]] assistance. It was one of the all-female combat regiments of the Second World War on all sides. Led by Captain Lakshmi Swaminathan (better known as [[Lakshmi Sahgal]]),<ref name=hindu-revol>{{cite news|last1=Pradeep|first1=K.|title=A revolutionary and a singer|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/a-revolutionary-and-a-singer/article3682419.ece?ref=relatedNews|access-date=18 February 2015|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=25 July 2012}}</ref> the unit was raised in July 1943 with volunteers from the [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|expatriate Indian]] population in [[Southeast Asia]].<ref>Joyce Lebra, ''Women Against the Raj: The Rani Jhansi Regiment'' (2008) ch. 1–2</ref> The unit was named after the Rani Jhansi Regiment after [[Rani Lakshmibai|Lakshmibai, Rani of Jhansi]].<ref>Edwardes, Michael (1975) ''Red Year: the Indian Rebellion of 1857''. London: Sphere; p. 126</ref>

==Establishment==
Bose announced the formation of the Regiment on 12 July 1943.<ref name=nas-ina-break>{{cite web |title=Indian National Army: Women's Regiment: How It All Began |url=http://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/online_exhibit/indian_national_army/breaking.htm |website=www.nas.gov.sg |publisher=National Archives of Singapore |date=2003 |access-date=18 February 2015}}</ref> Most of the women were teenage volunteers of Indian descent from Malayan rubber estates; very few had ever been to India.<ref>Lebra, ch 2</ref> The initial nucleus of the force was established with its training camp in [[Singapore]]<ref name=nas-ina-camp/> with approximately a hundred and seventy cadets.{{citation needed|date=February 2015}} The cadets were given ranks of [[non-commissioned officer]] or [[sepoy]] (private) according to their education. Later, camps were established in [[Rangoon]] and [[Bangkok]] and by November 1943, the unit had more than three hundred cadets.<ref name=nas-ina-camp/>

==Training==

Training in Singapore began on 23 October 1943.<ref name=ndtv>{{cite news|last1=Sahgal|first1=Lakshmi|title=My days in the Indian National Army by Lakshmi Sahgal|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/my-days-in-the-indian-national-army-by-lakshmi-sahgal-493887|access-date=18 February 2015|publisher=NDTV-New Delhi Television|date=23 July 2012}}</ref> The recruits were divided into sections and platoons and were accorded ranks of Non-Commissioned Officers and Sepoys according to their educational qualifications. These cadets underwent military and combat training with drills, route marches as well as weapons training in rifles, hand grenades, and bayonet charges. Later, a number of the cadets were chosen for more advanced training in [[jungle warfare]] in [[Burma]].<ref name=nas-ina-camp/> The Regiment had its first [[passing out parade]] at the Singapore training camp of five hundred troops on 30 March 1944.<ref name=nas-ina-camp>{{cite web |title=Indian National Army: Women's Regiment: Life in camp |url=http://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/online_exhibit/indian_national_army/life.htm |website=www.nas.gov.sg |publisher=National Archives of Singapore |date=2003 |access-date=18 February 2015}}</ref>

Some 200 of the cadets were also chosen for nursing training, forming the Chand Bibi Nursing Corps.<ref>Meeta Deka, ''Women's agency and social change: Assam and beyond'' (2013) ch. 4</ref>

==Service==
During the INA's [[Imphal campaign]], an initial contingent of nearly a hundred of the Rani of Jhansi troops moved to [[Maymyo]], part of which was intended to form a vanguard unit to enter the [[Indo-Gangetic Plain|Gangetic]] plains of Bengal after the expected [[Battle of Imphal|fall of Imphal]]. A part of the unit also formed the nursing corps at the INA hospital at Maymyo.
Following the failure of the siege of Imphal and the INA's disastrous retreat, the Rani troops were tasked with coordinating the relief and care of the INA troops who arrived at [[Monywa]] and to Maymyo and were not used in combat.

==End of the regiment==
After the fall of Rangoon and the withdrawal of the [[Azad Hind government]] and [[Subhas Chandra Bose]] from the city and through Burma, the troops originally from Burma were allowed to disband, while the remainder of the regiment retreated along with the retreating Japanese forces on foot and, when available, on mechanised transport. During the retreat, it suffered some attacks both from Allied air attacks, as well as from the [[Anti-Fascist Organisation|Burmese resistance forces]]. The total number of casualties suffered is not known. The unit later disbanded.

==See also==
*[[Lakshmi Sahgal]]
*[[Indian National Army]]
*[[Janaky Athi Nahappan]]
*[[Women in the military]]

== Footnotes ==
{{reflist}}

== Sources ==
* {{cite journal|author1=Hills, Carol and | author2=Daniel C. Silverman |title= Nationalism and Feminism in Late Colonial India: The Rani of Jhansi Regiment |journal=[[Modern Asian Studies]] |url=http://web.calstatela.edu/faculty/swells2/hills-carol.pdf |volume= 27 |number=4 |date=October 1993 |pages=741–760 |issn=0026-749X |publisher=Cambridge University Press | doi=10.1017/S0026749X00001281 |via=Cal State LA}}
* {{cite book| author=Lebra, Joyce Chapman |title=Women Against the Raj: The Rani of Jhansi Regiment |year=2008 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fuw1Wt1-O7EC |publisher=Institute of Southeast Asian Studies |isbn=978-981-230-809-2 |via=Googlebooks}}
* {{cite book| author=Deka, Meeta |title=Women's agency and social change : Assam and beyond |year=2013 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pxdBDwAAQBAJ |publisher=SAGE Publishing India |isbn=978-935-150-784-0 |via=Googlebooks}}

==External links==
*[http://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/online_exhibit/indian_national_army/women.htm The Women's Regiment. National Archives of Singapore].
*[https://www2.nhk.or.jp/archives/shogenarchives/jpnews/movie.cgi?das_id=D0001300332_00000&seg_number=005 "Freedom To Us: Intensive training of the Women troops of the Indian National Army"], ''Nippon News'', No. 204. in the official website of [[NHK]].
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