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The '''Nehru Brigade''' or '''4th Guerrilla Regiment''' was a unit of the  [[Indian National Army]], that formed a part of the [[First INA]] and later part of the 1st Division after the INA's revival under Subhas Chandra Bose.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://zeenews.india.com/news/india/subhas-chandra-bose-had-named-ina-brigades-after-nehru-gandhi-not-savarkar_1849545.html|title = 'Subhas Chandra Bose had named INA brigades after Nehru, Gandhi not Savarkar'|date = 27 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/netaji-wasnt-indias-first-pm-he-was-the-second-and-he-was-no-hindu-pm/319069|title = Netaji Wasn't 'India's First PM', He Was the Second. And He Was No 'Hindu PM'}}</ref>  
The '''Nehru Brigade''' or '''4th Guerrilla Regiment''' was a unit of the  [[Indian National Army]], that formed a part of the [[First INA]] and later part of the 1st Division after the INA's revival under Subhas Chandra Bose.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://zeenews.india.com/news/india/subhas-chandra-bose-had-named-ina-brigades-after-nehru-gandhi-not-savarkar_1849545.html|title = 'Subhas Chandra Bose had named INA brigades after Nehru, Gandhi not Savarkar'|date = 27 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/netaji-wasnt-indias-first-pm-he-was-the-second-and-he-was-no-hindu-pm/319069|title = Netaji Wasn't 'India's First PM', He Was the Second. And He Was No 'Hindu PM'| date=14 February 2022 }}</ref>  


The unit did not participate in the INA's Imphal campaign, and was later transferred to the command of Lt. Col. [[Gurubaksh Singh Dhillon]] in 1944.  It fought against the Commonwealth forces during the [[Battle of Irrawaddy|Irrawaddy crossing]] and later in around Popa Hill.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/news-analysis/story/subhas-chandra-bose-mahatma-gandhi-nehru-admirers-or-adversaries-myth-buster-1639417-2020-01-23|title=Subhas Chandra Bose, Mahatma Gandhi and Nehru: Admirers or adversaries? A myth buster}}</ref>
The unit did not participate in the INA's Imphal campaign, and was later transferred to the command of Lt. Col. [[Gurubaksh Singh Dhillon]] in 1944.  It fought against the Commonwealth forces during the [[Battle of Irrawaddy|Irrawaddy crossing]] and later in around Popa Hill.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/news-analysis/story/subhas-chandra-bose-mahatma-gandhi-nehru-admirers-or-adversaries-myth-buster-1639417-2020-01-23|title=Subhas Chandra Bose, Mahatma Gandhi and Nehru: Admirers or adversaries? A myth buster}}</ref>

Latest revision as of 11:16, 17 October 2022


The Nehru Brigade or 4th Guerrilla Regiment was a unit of the Indian National Army, that formed a part of the First INA and later part of the 1st Division after the INA's revival under Subhas Chandra Bose.[1][2]

The unit did not participate in the INA's Imphal campaign, and was later transferred to the command of Lt. Col. Gurubaksh Singh Dhillon in 1944. It fought against the Commonwealth forces during the Irrawaddy crossing and later in around Popa Hill.[3]

References[edit]

  1. "'Subhas Chandra Bose had named INA brigades after Nehru, Gandhi not Savarkar'". 27 January 2016.
  2. "Netaji Wasn't 'India's First PM', He Was the Second. And He Was No 'Hindu PM'". 14 February 2022.
  3. "Subhas Chandra Bose, Mahatma Gandhi and Nehru: Admirers or adversaries? A myth buster".

Further reading[edit]

  • Fay, Peter W. (1993), The Forgotten Army: India's Armed Struggle for Independence, 1942-1945. Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press., ISBN 0-472-08342-2