Tmc Seeks Release Of Defence Ministry Guide On Azad Hind Fauj It was from these prisoners of war that the Japnese decided to create an auxiliary army which might struggle towards the British. Azad Hind was recognised by as many as eleven countries including Japan,Nanking China,Thailand,Burma,Italy,Germany and the Philippines. The authorities was given limited administrative jurisdiction over the Andaman and Nicobar Islands,captured by the Imperial Japanese Navy in the struggle. The authorities renamed the Islands"Shaheed"and"Swaraj",meaning"martyr"and"self-rule"respectively. Major General Arcot Doraiswamy Loganadan was made the Governor of the Islands. When these did not arrive,Mohan Singh resigned after ordering his army to disband;he anticipated to be sentenced to death. After Bose established Azad Hind,he tried to establish his political independence from the regime that supported him. Indeed,he had led protests in opposi