Giani Pritam Singh Dhillon was an
Indian freedom fighter
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and
Sikh missionary
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who, as a member of the
Ghadar Party, was instrumental in the planning of the failed
1915 Ghadar conspiracy in the
British Indian Army. Giani Pritam Singh Dhillon was a close friend of
Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon, famous Sikh
Indian independence movement
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The first nationalistic revolutionary movement for Indian independence emerged ...
leader and prominent member of the
Indian National Army. He was also close associate of
Subhas Chandra Bose. Pritam Singh is also remembered for reviving the same idea during
World War II
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by seeking Japanese support in the establishment of what came to be the
Indian National Army. Pritam Singh died in a plane crash in 1942.
See also
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Indian Independence League
The Indian Independence League (also known as IIL) was a political organisation operated from the 1920s to the 1940s to organise those living outside India into seeking the removal of British colonial rule over India. Founded by Indian national ...
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Indian National Army in Singapore
The Indian National Army (INA) was a Japanese sponsored Indian military wing in Southeast Asia during the World War II, particularly active in Singapore, that was officially formed in April 1942 and disbanded in August 1945. It was formed with the ...
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Mohan Singh (general), INA
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Japanese occupation of Malaya
The then British colony of Malaya was gradually occupied by the Japanese between 8 December 1941 and the Allied surrender at Singapore on 16 February 1942. The Japanese remained in occupation until their surrender to the Allies in 1945. The ...
References
Indian National Army in East Asia. Hindustan Times
Year of birth missing
Sikh missionaries
1942 deaths
Hindu–German Conspiracy
Ghadar Party
Indian independence movement
Indian revolutionaries
Indian National Army personnel
Indian Independence League
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