The INA Trial and the Raj

Last days of India’s freedom struggle had many distinct features leading to the abolition of the Raj. Among the more important of them was the trial of the INA personnel, who had fought against the British under Subhas Chandra Bose in East Asia with the object of achieving the Indian independence. The author has made a sincere attempt to present British reaction towards the INA in general and towards the adventures of Shah Nawaz Khan, Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon and Prem Kumar Sahgal, in particular. The Trio under trial belonging to different religious communities became a symbol of communal unity and amity welded by a burning desire to free the country from foreign yoke. The book is an in-depth study of the INA trial. The author incorporates the national upsurge against the trial, which not only contributed to the release of the Trio, but also to the winning of Indian independence from the rule of British colonialism. The book, it is hoped, will be of great value for students, research scholars and teachers of modern Indian history. The legal points raised in the trial are of great interest for the lawyers. Common readers will also find the book interesting.