J.R. Bhonsle

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Lt Col Jaganath Rao Bhonsle (10 December 1907-1963) was an officer of the Indian National Army, a minister for armed forces in the Azad Hind Government, and later a minister in the post-independence Nehru Government in India.[1][2][3] Bhonsle graduated from Dehra Dun Military college in 1926 and from the Sandhurst academy in 1929, and enlisting in the 5th Maratha Light Infantry of the British Indian Army.[4] He was stationed at Singapore at the start of World War II, and was taken PoW after the Fall of Singapore. Bhonsle was one of the most senior officer to join the Indian National Army and was appointed the head of the Hindustan Field Force of the First INA. He was appointed the commander of the INA at the time Azad Hind was proclaimed[5][6] but later reverted his allegiances to turn spy for the Allies.[7] Assigned the code B1189, Bhonsle's intelligence was especially important in tracing the last movements of Subhas Bose in August 1945, following the collapse of Azad Hind. Following Indian independence in 1947, Bhonsle was appointed deputy minister for rehabillitation in the Nehru government, and was key in implementing the National Discipline Scheme.[8][9]

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  1. ^ Nehru 1982, p. 86
  2. ^ Sareen 1988, p. 378
  3. ^ Pan-Asia Newspaper Alliance, Hong Kong 1957, p. 143
  4. ^ Khan 1946, p. 279
  5. ^ Bose 2004, p. 276
  6. ^ Mercado 2002, p. 78
  7. ^ Bose 2004, p. 23,276
  8. ^ Ajgaonkar 1964
  9. ^ Butalia 2000, p. 220
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