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* PersecutionFlip: After the Japanese occupation of Singapore, British POWs end up being guarded by members of the INA.

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* PersecutionFlip: After the Japanese occupation of Singapore, British POWs [=POWs=] end up being guarded by members of the INA.
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* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler: Rani, the granddaughter of Maya as Sodhi that she died, dashing his hopes of reuniting with her.]]
* DestroytheAbusiveHome: Rasammah burns down the home of her abusive plantation owner after he dies from a Japanese bullet after sexually abusing her.

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* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler: Rani, the granddaughter of Maya as informs Sodhi that she died, dashing his hopes of reuniting with her.]]
* DestroytheAbusiveHome: Rasammah burns down the home of her abusive plantation owner after he dies from a Japanese bullet after sexually abusing her.for sexual abuse.
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* Irony: Sodhi promises Maya to take her to the Red Fort in Delhi once India is liberated. [[spoiler:He is later among the INA soldiers forces to stand trial in the Red Fort.]]

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* Irony: Sodhi promises Maya to take her to the Red Fort in Delhi once India is liberated. [[spoiler:He is later among the INA soldiers forces to stand trial in the Red Fort.]]
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* Pre-ClimaxClimax: [[spoiler: Sodhi and Maya in a Burmese cave before a British plane strikes the INA camp.]]

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* Pre-ClimaxClimax: PreClimaxClimax: [[spoiler: Sodhi and Maya in a Burmese cave before a British plane strikes the INA camp.]]

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* Pre-ClimaxClimax: [[spoiler: Sodhi and Maya in a Burmese cave before a British plane strikes the INA camp.]]



** [[spoiler: second time to rally the remaining members of the INA for the final battle in Burma.]]

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** [[spoiler: The second time to rally the remaining members of the INA for the final battle in Burma.]]


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* TankGoodness: The British Indian Army uses Sherman Fireflies in their final battle with the INA.


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* WeatherOfWar: [[spoiler: The monsoon in Burma takes a toll in the INA entrenched in Imphal with malaria infections, and slowing down of the supply lines with mud causing hunger and worsening health conditions, forcing the Japanese to order a retreat to the INA.]]
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* TradingBarsForStripes: The POWs of the British Indian Army are offered the chance to join the INA, or remain captive with the British POWs. Sodhi and Arshad take the offer, and so do many others.

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* TradingBarsForStripes: The POWs imprisoned soldiers of the British Indian Army are offered the chance to join the INA, or remain captive with the British POWs. British. Sodhi and Arshad take the offer, and so do many others.other Indians.

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* Destroy the Abusive Home: Rasammah burns down the home of her abusive plantation owner after he dies from a Japanese bullet after sexually abusing her.

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* Destroy DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler: Rani, the Abusive Home: granddaughter of Maya as Sodhi that she died, dashing his hopes of reuniting with her.]]
* DestroytheAbusiveHome:
Rasammah burns down the home of her abusive plantation owner after he dies from a Japanese bullet after sexually abusing her.

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* ConnectedAllAlong: [[spoiler: Rani, Amar's Burmese friend is the granddaughter of Maya as Sodhi disocvered in Maya's school in Burma.]]



* Destroy the Abusive Home: Rasammah burns down the home of her abusive plantation owner after he dies from a Japanese bullet after sexually abusing her.



* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Subhas Chandra Bose and Lakshmi Swaminathan are real officers for the INA.

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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Mohan Singh, Subhas Chandra Bose and Lakshmi Swaminathan are real officers for the INA.



* HopelessSuitor: Sridhar, who Maya's parents want her to marry. Unfortunately for them, she loves Sodhi.
* Irony: Sodhi promises Maya to take her to the Red Fort in Delhi once India is liberated. [[spoiler:He is later among the INA soldiers forces to stand trial in the Red Fort.]]



* RousingSpeech: Twice by Sodhi:

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* RousingSpeech: Twice Once each by Mohan Singh and Bose, twice by Sodhi:


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* TradingBarsForStripes: The POWs of the British Indian Army are offered the chance to join the INA, or remain captive with the British POWs. Sodhi and Arshad take the offer, and so do many others.
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* TheCaptain: Of course, Captain Sodhi after joining the INA.


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* EthnicMenialLabor: Singapore during British rule employed Indians and mistreated in plantations, with Rasammah starting as one before joining the INA.


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* PersecutionFlip: After the Japanese occupation of Singapore, British POWs end up being guarded by members of the INA.
* RousingSpeech: Twice by Sodhi:
** First time when he was appointed the drill sergeant for the Rani of Jhansi Regiment, inspiring cadets with how his mother defied societal expectations and British oppression.
** [[spoiler: second time to rally the remaining members of the INA for the final battle in Burma.]]
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* BadassGrandpa: Sodhi, despite his age is able to fight off Burmese soldiers clearly younger than him.

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* BadassGrandpa: CoolOldGuy: Sodhi, despite his age is able to fight off Burmese soldiers clearly younger than him.
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* BadassGrandpa: Sodhi, despite his age is able to fight off Burmese soldiers clearly younger than him.

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* ActionGirl: Maya, and of course the Rani of Jhansi Regiment.
* AmazonBrigade: The all-female Rani of Jhansi Regiment for the INA.



* ForgoneConclusion:The Axis Powers lose World War II, making the INA's mission all for naught.

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* ForgoneConclusion:The ForegoneConclusion: The Axis Powers lose World War II, making the INA's mission all for naught.

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* FightingForAHomeland:The INA fighting for an India free from British rule.

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* FightingForAHomeland:The AllForNothing: Subverted as the INA was unable to free India, but India became independent after World War II.
* FightingForAHomeland: The
INA fighting for an India free from British rule.rule.
* ForgoneConclusion:The Axis Powers lose World War II, making the INA's mission all for naught.



* HeroicSacrifice:[[spoiler: Arshad saves Sodhi's life by throwing a grenade into a Sherman Firefly, destryoing it and killing him]].

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* HeroicSacrifice:[[spoiler: Arshad saves Sodhi's life by throwing a grenade into a Sherman Firefly, destryoing destroying it and killing him]].



* WrittenByTheWinners: [[spoiler:The INA, being part of the Axis Powers that the Brtish Raj fought against is condemned in history as traitors by the Allies who won the war, and the Indian government]].

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* TheQuisling: The Indian translator who translated for the Imperial Japanese Army.
* WrittenByTheWinners: [[spoiler:The The INA, being part of the Axis Powers that the Brtish Raj fought against is condemned in history as traitors by the Allies who won the war, and the Indian government]].government.

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The story focuses on Surinder Sodhi, a former Indian officer and his life in both the war between 1942 to 1944 and 1996. Initially visiting Singapore to visit his brother's family, he is reminded of the Battle of Singapore and the formation of the Indian National Army. After his nephew Amar decided to travel to Burma to film the anti-junta protests in hopes of finding employment in the BBC for his coverage, Sodhi chose to join him. When the junta nearly kills them and Arshad's contacts in Burma, Sodhi guides them through the Burmese jungle in hopes of escaping to the Indian border.

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The story focuses on Surinder Sodhi, a former Indian officer and his life in both the war between 1942 to 1944 and 1996. Initially visiting Singapore to visit his brother's sister's family, he is reminded of the Battle of Singapore and the formation of the Indian National Army. After his nephew Amar decided to travel to Burma to film the anti-junta protests in hopes of finding employment in the BBC for his coverage, Sodhi chose to join him. When the junta nearly kills them and Arshad's contacts in Burma, Burma at a student demonstration, Sodhi guides them through the Burmese jungle in hopes of escaping to the Indian border.



* HeroicSacrifice:[[spoiler:Arshad saves Sodhi's life by throwing a grenade into a Sherman Firefly]].

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* HeroicSacrifice:[[spoiler:Arshad [[spoiler:GhostReunionEnding: After his death, Sodhi reunites with Maya and the rest of the INA who died during the war]].
* HeroicSacrifice:[[spoiler: Arshad
saves Sodhi's life by throwing a grenade into a Sherman Firefly]].Firefly, destryoing it and killing him]].


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** [[UsefulNotes/MahatmaGandhi Gandhi]] and [[UsefulNotes/HidekiTojo Tojo]] are also mentioned by a Japanese soldier.

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* FightingForAHomeland:The INA fighting for an India free from British rule.



* UsefulNotes/KatanasOfTheRisingSun: They capture Sodhi and other Indian soldiers and recruit them to the INA.



* LesCollaborateurs: How the INA is to Britain [[spoiler:and later the independent India, who refused to accept former INA soldiers to the new military for India and deny pensions]].

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* LesCollaborateurs: How the INA is to Britain Britain, [[spoiler:and later the independent India, who refused to accept former INA soldiers to the new military for India and deny pensions]].pensions]].
* OffWithHisHead: Immediately after their capture, Sodhi and Arshad witness the Japanese decapitating Western soldiers.
* RunForTheBorder: After the Burmese military almost killed them, Sodhi leads Amar and his friends through the Burmese jungle to the Indian border.
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The story focuses on Surinder Sodhi, a former Indian officer and his life in both the war between 1942 to 1944 and 1996. Initially visiting Singapore to visit his brother's family, he is reminded of the Battle of Singapore and the formation of the Indian National Army. After his nephew decided to travel to Burma to film the anti-junta protests in hopes of finding employment in the BBC for his coverage, Sodhi chose to join him. When the junta nearly kills them and Arshad's contacts in Burma, Sodhi guides them through the Burmese jungle in hopes of escaping to the Indian border.

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The story focuses on Surinder Sodhi, a former Indian officer and his life in both the war between 1942 to 1944 and 1996. Initially visiting Singapore to visit his brother's family, he is reminded of the Battle of Singapore and the formation of the Indian National Army. After his nephew Amar decided to travel to Burma to film the anti-junta protests in hopes of finding employment in the BBC for his coverage, Sodhi chose to join him. When the junta nearly kills them and Arshad's contacts in Burma, Sodhi guides them through the Burmese jungle in hopes of escaping to the Indian border.



** [[spoiler:And Sodhi himself, holding off the advance of the Burmese military to allow Arshad and his friends to escape to the Indian border]].

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** [[spoiler:And **[[spoiler:And Sodhi himself, holding off the advance of the Burmese military to allow Arshad Amar and his friends to escape to the Indian border]].



* WrittenByWinners: [[spoiler:The INA, being part of the Axis Powers that the Brtish Raj fought against is condemned in history as traitors by the Allies who won the war, and the Indian government]].

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* WrittenByWinners: WrittenByTheWinners: [[spoiler:The INA, being part of the Axis Powers that the Brtish Raj fought against is condemned in history as traitors by the Allies who won the war, and the Indian government]].

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The story focuses on Surinder Sodhi, a former Indian officer and his life in both the war between 1942 to 1944 and 1996. Initially visiting Singapore to visit his brother's family, he is reminded of the Battle of Singapore and the formation of the Indian National Army. After his nephew Arshad decided to travel to Burma to film the anti-junta protests in hopes of finding employment in the BBC for his coverage, Sodhi chose to join him. When the junta nearly kills them and Arshad's contacts in Burma, Sodhi guides them through the Burmese jungle in hopes of escaping to the Indian border.

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The story focuses on Surinder Sodhi, a former Indian officer and his life in both the war between 1942 to 1944 and 1996. Initially visiting Singapore to visit his brother's family, he is reminded of the Battle of Singapore and the formation of the Indian National Army. After his nephew Arshad decided to travel to Burma to film the anti-junta protests in hopes of finding employment in the BBC for his coverage, Sodhi chose to join him. When the junta nearly kills them and Arshad's contacts in Burma, Sodhi guides them through the Burmese jungle in hopes of escaping to the Indian border.



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*HeroicSacrifice:[[spoiler:Arshad saves Sodhi's life by throwing a grenade into a Sherman Firefly]].
**[[spoiler:And Sodhi himself, holding off the advance of the Burmese military to allow Arshad and his friends to escape to the Indian border]].
*HistoricalDomainCharacter: Subhas Chandra Bose and Lakshmi Swaminathan are real officers for the INA.
*UsefulNotes/KiplingsFinest: Sodhi was originally a lieutenant in the British Indian Army until the fall of Singapore to the Japanese.
*LesCollaborateurs: How the INA is to Britain [[spoiler:and later the independent India, who refused to accept former INA soldiers to the new military for India and deny pensions]].
*WrittenByWinners: [[spoiler:The INA, being part of the Axis Powers that the Brtish Raj fought against is condemned in history as traitors by the Allies who won the war, and the Indian government]].

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The Forgotten Army - Azaadi Ke Liye is a television series that premiered on [[PrimeVideo Amazon Prime Video]]. The series focuses on the true story of the Indian National Army, an army recruited from captured Indian soldiers and local Indian recruits by the Japanese after the Fall of Singapore during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.

The story focuses on Surinder Sodhi, a former Indian officer and his life in both the war between 1942 to 1944 and 1996. Initially visiting Singapore to visit his brother's family, he is reminded of the Battle of Singapore and the formation of the Indian National Army. After his nephew Arshad decided to travel to Burma to film the anti-junta protests, Sodhi chose to join him. When the junta nearly kills them and Arshad's contacts in Burma, Sodhi guides them through the Burmese jungle in hopes of escaping to the Indian border.

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The Forgotten Army - Azaadi Ke Liye is a television series that premiered on [[PrimeVideo [[Creator/PrimeVideo Amazon Prime Video]]. The series focuses on the true story of the Indian National Army, an army recruited from captured Indian soldiers and local Indian recruits by the Japanese after the [[WorldWarII/WarInAsiaAndThePacific Fall of Singapore Singapore]] during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.

The story focuses on Surinder Sodhi, a former Indian officer and his life in both the war between 1942 to 1944 and 1996. Initially visiting Singapore to visit his brother's family, he is reminded of the Battle of Singapore and the formation of the Indian National Army. After his nephew Arshad decided to travel to Burma to film the anti-junta protests, protests in hopes of finding employment in the BBC for his coverage, Sodhi chose to join him. When the junta nearly kills them and Arshad's contacts in Burma, Sodhi guides them through the Burmese jungle in hopes of escaping to the Indian border.



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->''"Challo Delli!"''[[note]] means "[[BattleCry Let's go to Delhi!]]" in Hindi.[[/note]]

The Forgotten Army - Azaadi Ke Liye is a television series that premiered on [[PrimeVideo Amazon Prime Video]]. The series focuses on the true story of the Indian National Army, an army recruited from captured Indian soldiers and local Indian recruits by the Japanese after the Fall of Singapore during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.

The story focuses on Surinder Sodhi, a former Indian officer and his life in both the war between 1942 to 1944 and 1996. Initially visiting Singapore to visit his brother's family, he is reminded of the Battle of Singapore and the formation of the Indian National Army. After his nephew Arshad decided to travel to Burma to film the anti-junta protests, Sodhi chose to join him. When the junta nearly kills them and Arshad's contacts in Burma, Sodhi guides them through the Burmese jungle in hopes of escaping to the Indian border.

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