Chakras and Kundalini Logical Explanation

 

Anahata chakra is Heart whose element is Vayu (air) ,polarity balance is between surya and chandra when surya reaches anahata it is no longer gross fire its Tejas got transformed in to Love ,power refined to empathy and will converted to service.

Normally surya flow upward and chandra move downward ; Surya rises from manipura to anahata means Ego fire is purified by love at anahata surya is cooled by with vayu and chandra influence then surya descends not as fire but as creative wramth it reaches Svadhistana whose element is water which governs desires, creativity ,rasa (essence). Thus surya reaching svadhistana is the trasnformation of lust in to creativity ,desire in to devotion.

Surya is Conscious force and chandra is shakti regulating that force when balanced Manipura has no ego creation ,Anahata has no attachment and Svadhistana has no obsession.

Nava durga is not worshipping across nine days it is surya learning humility and chandra learning strength.Sakti does not move upward as one form rather she changes bhava at each chakra ,so she is not nine goddess but nine facets of kundalini shakti.

Manipura is the seat of Rudra and lakini seat of tejas ,Tejas without soma is poison there devi chandra ghantha plays the role of giving chandra or soma which is the cooling nectar which awakens the prana . She regulates the tejas in manipura.

when the fire of manipura reaches anahata it illuminates rather than burns , Tripura as Kama at root ,Bhuvaneswari at heart and Lalitha at crown .That which rises as fire must return as nectar. So Surya rises from manipura refined at anahata and descends as ojas and nourishes svadhsitana without lust.

Void is between Ajna and Sahasrara where ego collapses ; Kalaratri which is symbolized by rakta which is ego life force ,which is offered means surrendered ahamkara. Tantra is buried so deep that only prepared soul could feel it .

Surya does not create Ojas , Unrefined surya creates only Tejas which can burn you .Ojas is born only when surya is refined cooled and returned .At Manipura surya which is the digestive force creates tejas .Suryas  fire digests food ,impressions,ego. So tejas is potential it can get transform in to anger burnout lust and aggression.

When surya ascends to anahata fire becomes light , softens tejas removes ego introduce chandras influence. At the heart fire learns restraint it will produce suddha tejas and not Ojas.

Now Chandra 'When fire drinks moon light  nectar is born" At anahata surya and chandra fuse which prevents leekage of energy ,stops compulsive desires , stabilizes prana .Ojas is surya that has learned humility from chandra.

Surya Descends as Ojas which is stabilized life essence and not as fire .Ojas is the essence of all Dhatu whose primary seat id heart and brain.

Tejas is Fire /surya ; Heat ,Digestion ,Will ,Sexual Desire ,Ego force ,Action Energy.

Moonlight is cool ,soma ,Nectar, Emotional

Fire turn inward , and moon nourishes fire " Neither heat nor cold " creates third substance that is "LIFE ITSELF" which is OJAS . It is stable ,doesnt rush out ,nourishes body mind immunity and confidence .It make presence without aggression. Before you react chase explode or exhaust After fire drinks moon You respond choose act without loosing yourself.

Fire unchecked becomes Anger lust ambition restlessness burnout ; Moon unchecked becomes Laziness emotional flooding fantasy escapism when fire drinks moonlight then desires become creative force anger becomes clarity passion become steadiness. Fire always want release it is the impulse to consume if its not refined it becomes anger lust compulsive action and burn out. Moon light is not emotions it is the containment ,inner fullness satisfaction it does not acts it stabilizes.

Fire stops trying to escape , its action become capable for listening this is not supression.

Lets explain sexuality in this way

Fire = Sexual Heat

Moon = cool stabilizing rasa

when fire doesnt drinks moon light : energy ejaculates out(loss) and mind chases pleasure

When fire drinks moon light : Energy circulates and pleasure become depth compulsion become creation.

"The wise enjoys without spilling"

Fire is I do...... Moon is I Feel...... When fire drinks moon light Action absorbs awareness.

when fire drinks moon light power learns hot to stay alive without destroying itself.

active energy stops leaking outward and start being nourishing by awareness.

Prana fans Agni line oxygen to fire

Tejas = active refinement ;Ojas =stored refinement .Both depends on circulation of prana .Atman does not create prana ,prana does not reveal atman but when prana is still Atman is recognized.Prana arises from prakrti when illumined by atman.Prana arises from breath since oxygen conducts prana ,Food is gross prana ,water holds prana ,sunlight charges prana ,calmed ming conserves prana fear loss of prana and sleep restores depleted prana. Prana is the hand that gathers moonlight in to cup without it soma evaporates.

Kundalini stops prana leekage aligns prana with sushumna .Atman is the screen prana current and Mind/body is movie. While Iccha is the impulse to express to experience and to continue prana is the life force that ececutes iccha .Pure awarerness is siva which creates iccha ,prana shakti act as life force which helps mind,senses,body to execute it.

Mental focus strengthens prana since attention reduce leekage of prana .Normally prana leaks through sensory overload ,worry,desires inner dialogue when attention is focused fewer circuits are active ,breath naturally stops ,Prana stops scattering and begins to accumulate .Scattered attention is prana splits across nadis and focused attention means prana aligns in to one current.

Focus is less leakage where prana accumulates and stabilizes mind steadies and focus deepens.Focus is prana held still prana fuels focus.

Fear scatters prana becuase system prefer survival where energy is distributed for action this redistribution scatters your pranic energy.

Pranic energy provide coherence which means all systems are oscillating in shared rhythm. Prana cordinates and breath supports heart rhythm ,heart rhythm supports brain waves brain waves support attention attention supports intention now everthing flows easily and not stucked. Incoherent prana dominant is ida and pingala where energy rushes in to senses thoughts and muscles ,there are many competing loops and awareness feels scattered.

You cannot control prana directly can influence it through breath rhythm. Heart generates strong rhythm that makes prana coherent.

Attention rests on oneness in sensation ,mantra and feeling which accumulates prana while narration multiplies fear loops and prana splits.

When prana is coherent Nadis align naturally ,central channel become available ,intelligence awakens.

Paramsiva is beyond tattvas , cit with pure consciousness , All movements power experience belong to Sakti. Sadasiva is Cit with dominant I awareness only siva/cit is consciousness everything appears conscious because it reflects conscious because it reflects Cit. Jiva is Cit reflected through Malas "Limitations" (Anava ,Maaya,Karma).

Cit (siva) pure consciousness its reflection is Jiva who is the limited knower which operates through Mind energized by prana structured by chakras mobilized by kundalini giving organized movement whereas Sakti is movement.Kundalini never travels like prana ,prana always move but Kundalini reorganize the axis along which prana moves .

Ida is chitta linked prana which is memory emotions desire

Pingala is Kriya linked prana which is action heat projection

They are dual reactive and time bound they support limited Jeeva experience. Sushumna is not Nadi it is axis of non duality and will be inactive until duality dominates. Kundalini can only express when polarity is absent . Awareness stand still while movement reorganize it ,Kundalini is the principle of organization ,the axis of coherence when she rises axis will get activated and everything activates.

Ida is past , Pingala is Future and Sushumna is present means timeless. Prana moves because kundalini has reorganized the axis.

Rising of kundalini means removal of obstruction to manifestation means when distortions reduce reflections become clearer and jiva attains heightenend clarity ." the mirror is clearing not the light moving"

Anava mala is contraction of I-ness "I am small ,incomplete and seperate". When anava mala dominates Attention collapses in to body prana rushes in to ida and pingala ,kundalini cannot organize dual flow so she remains inactive "coiled".

Bindu nada kala are stages of contraction of cit in to manifestation.

Bindu is undivided potency undifferentiated shakti where all possibilities are held in perfect equillibrium there is no direction or polarity. "BINDU is SHAKTI before movement". It is the reservoir of Soma , the support of Ojas and Seed of "KUNDALINI".

NADA is the first tremor in equillibrium .intention without direction and vibration without duality ."NADA is iccha beginning to stir it is the tendency to express .NADA still not divide and has no direction.

Whereas KALA is power acquiring direction where time effort and causality begins . "Kala feeds prana ,kriya and manifestation".

Bindu ---Bindu visarga above ajna chakra

Nada --Hridaya sushumna interface

Kala --Nadi network Prana field.

Kundalini is bindu based shakti kala is prana based shakti.

Fear make violent nada ,explosive kala and bindu rupture and amrta doesnt form from bindu. Kundalini is Bindu oriented shakti it need bindu stability to respond whereas prana is kala oriented it can move endlessly.

With Bhakti

Nada become gentle Kala get restrained Bindu become stable soma will accumulate and prana get synchronized and kundalini will be unobstructed.

Anava mala is the cognition of incompleteness "lack means apurnata"

By recognizing of fullness anava mala is destroyed ,When bindu is unmoving it is the mark of siva shakti unity "Nischala" non agitation ,Nadas agitation destabilizes bindu.When fullness is present bindu spanda is undisturbed.

"Nada is the first expression from Kundalini when equillibrium is disturbed" she is para nada not vibrating nada she is the source of nada and supports all vibrations and it is the potential sound body of mantra.

" Kundalini contains NADA without expressing it which is PARA NADA " She is beyound NADA ,BINDU and KALA. Nada is the activation of shakti before action and nada is the shakti in action.

Anava mala is the sense of incompleteness , Incomplete feeling cause contraction which is nada agitation ,which will destabilizes bindu.

When completeness comes Spanda in Bindu is not disturbed and Bindu survives.  

" Kundalini is Sakti at rest "

"Nada is Shakti dsitributed"

"Kala is shakti directed"

" Prana is shakti expended"

Shakti is the power of manifestation (vimarsha) and cit is pure awareness (praksha)

"shakti is the power of the consciousness to appear act and express"

"Prana is kriya shakti ,vrithi Shakti ,Pravrithy (outgoing activity) prana belongs to anthahkarana -sharira system not to Cit itself.

Shakti unflods to Iccha,Jnana,Kriya ... Prana belongs to Kriya shakti.

In tantra outgoing activity means it fragments in to functions so prana becomes directional consumptive time bound dependent on fuelo soma and ojas it become expendible shakti.

Kundalini is Shakti in Equillibrium ,Nada is shakti beginning to stir ,Kala is shakti acquiring direction ,Prana is Shakti operational and expended. " Prana sustains body means it is constantly spent " Kundalini is not spent ,Bindu is not spent ,Prana is spent.

Soma/Ojas is condensed shakti

Prana is mobilized shakti ,Prana is consumer and not a reservoir.

Liberation means " Shakti withdrawn ,cit recognized ,Bindu stabilized".

With Pranayama you can purify prana which operates in our body its expendable nature can be reduced. Prana is not consciousness , not intelligence ,Prana is shakti functioning outwards ,consuming and sustaining form it can be redirected ,absorbed,dissolved.

Prana is outward Kinetic force (pravritti)

Nada is inward vibratory awareness (nivrithi)

When Prana is restrained without force its motion collapses but its energy remains that residual vibration is NADA.

Kumbaka without Bindu awareness is destructive tejas ,Kumbaka arrests prana ,it turns in to agni(energy) ,agni without soma burns ojas and turns in to destructive Tejas.

Mantra --Prana slowly refines ,mantra when heard inwardly prana is not consumed and it get converted in to densityn or awareness (Bindu).

Bindu+Stillness is Soma

Prana+motion is Exhaustion .

so NADA is meant to be listened(stabilizes) , Prana should transcended(absorbed) , Bindu should be protected (holds) .Kundalini is recognized when Prana falls silent.

Pongala Muladhara is the Earth and Pot it is Bhu tattva ,Muladhara chakra and dormant Sakhti. Earth contact is essential. Sakti rest in Muladhara. Manipura is Fire represents the digestive fire Manipura chakra and activation of Kundalini heat. Manipura heats kundalini and she will rise .Svadhsithana chakra sweetness balances excessive fire here rise and water creates flow prevents burnout and invokes soma tattva .When pongala boils over sakhti crosses the heart center which is the expansion of prana releasing compassion ,devotion .At Vishuddha  

it is silent focus during boiling breath naturally slows ,focusses awareness ,at Ajna Sankalpa is made which will direct prana with single point attention. At Sahasrar Grace flows downward .

Fire is pingala (solar) and Ida is sweet rise(lunar) ,Svadhsithana is where soma is stored ,circulated and made usable.

Kamakala is the desire before form, Vibration before sound will before action.Kama Kala is the subtlest vibration of divine desire ,Iccha jnana and Kriya shakthi these three together forms the kamakala triangle . From this triangle Nada ,Letter ,Mantras arises the SriChakra unfolds. Kamakala is the moment when the goddess decides to become the universe.

In Muladhara Kamakala is Downward facing triangle ,Yoni triangle of manifest shakti ,Here desire is projected outwards. This is creation bound by maya. At muladhara the seed has power but it is sleeping ,it wants food ,safety ,pleasure and survival.

In Shasrara it is an upward facing triangle having will to dissolve ,as the seed get water it sprouts grow upward and it purpose slowly changes, creation with desire projected inwards. Kamakala is one energy at the bottom it creates life and at the top it gives liberation.

What is Life ,Life is energy learning about itself.

Moon --wanting feeling and experiencing

Sun--- Knowing seeing and understanding

Kamakala ---the urge that says Let me Exist.

Energy feels a desire to experience and slowly learns to understand itself. Just live honestly, learn sincerely and soften slowly.

 

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ഭൂമിയെ  അഞ്ചു  തിണകൾ  ആയി തരംതിരിച്ചു 

ഐന്തനികൾ 

1  മരുതം  2  മുല്ലൈ  3 കുറിഞ്ഞി  4 പാലൈ   5 നെയ്തൽ 

1 മരുതം ഫലഭൂയിഷ്ടമായ നദി തീരങ്ങൾ ആയിരുന്നു, ഇവിടുള്ളവർ കർഷകർ ആയതു കൊണ്ട് അവരെ ഉഴവർ എന്ന് വിളിച്ചു .

2  മുല്ലൈ പുൽമേടുകളും കുറ്റിക്കാടുകളും ഉള്ള പ്രദേശം .ഇവിടെ കൃഷിക്ക് യോജിച്ച ഭൂമി അല്ലാത്തത് കാരണം ആടുമാടുകളെ മേയ്ച്ചു  ജീവിതവൃത്തി കഴിച്ചിരുന്നു.

3 കുറിഞ്ഞി മലകൾ നിറഞ്ഞ കാട്ടുപ്രദേശം കുറവർ ഏഴിനാർ വില്ലവർ തുടങ്ങിയ ജനവിഭാഗം ഇവിടെ  താമസിച്ചിരുന്നു .

4 പാലെനിലങ്ങൾ മഴകുറഞ്ഞ മരുപ്രദേശങ്ങൾ ,മഴവർ ,മറവർ തുടങ്ങിയ ജനവിഭാഗം കൃഷിയും കാലിവളർത്തലും അസാധ്യവുമായ ഇവിടെ കൊള്ളക്കാരും പിടിച്ചുപറിക്കാരും ആയി.

5 നെയ്തൽ സമുദ്രതീരം മീൻപിടിച്ചും ഉപ്പുണ്ടാക്കിയും ഇവിടെ ജനങ്ങൾ ജീവിച്ചിരുന്നു.

  

മുല്ലൈതിനയിലെ  ജനങ്ങളെ ആയന്മാർ എന്ന് വിളിച്ചിരുന്നു  ഇവരുടെ നാട്ടുകൂട്ടത്തലവന്മാരെ കുറുമ്പൊറൈ നാടൻ എന്ന് പേരുണ്ടായിരുന്നു. ചെറിയ കുന്നുകളോട് കൂടിയ മലയോരത്തിന്റെ രാജ്യത്തെ പാണ്ടിനാട്  എന്ന് വിളിച്ചിരുന്ന ഇവരുടെ തലസ്ഥാനം മുല്ലൈതിനയിൽ പെട്ട മധുരൈ ആയിരുന്നു.

മരുതംതിണൈ ജീവിച്ചിരുന്നവരെ വെള്ളാളന്മാരെന്നു വിളിച്ചിരുന്നു , നാട്ടുതലവനെ ഉഉരൽ  എന്നാണ് വിളിച്ചിരുന്നത് , വളമുള്ള നിലങ്ങളുടെ നായകൻ എന്ന അർഥത്തിൽ ചോഴൽ എന്ന പേര് വന്നു . ചോഴന്റെ ആസ്ഥാനം മരുതംതിണയിൽ ഉള്ള ഉറൈയുർ  (തിരുച്ചിറപ്പള്ളി)ആയിരുന്നു.

നെയ്തൽ പ്രദേശത്തെ മൂപ്പരായിരുന്നു ചേരന്മാർ , ചേർപ്പ് എന്നൊക്കെ നെയ്തലപ്രദേശത്തെ പറഞ്ഞിരുന്നു . ഭരതർ (പരവർ ) അന്ന് ഇവിടത്തെ ജനങ്ങൾ . വഞ്ചിമുരുർ  / കരൂർ ആയിരുന്നു തലസ്ഥാനം.മധ്യകേരളവും ,തമിഴ്‌നാട്ടിലെ കൊങ്കുനാടും ആയിരുന്നു ചേരസാമ്രാജ്യം .ഇവിടെ മുരുർ എന്നാൽ പഴയ നഗരം എന്ന്  കരുവൂര് എന്നാൽ പുതിയ നഗര എന്നും അർഥം ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു.

ചേര രാജാവിനെ പൊറയ്ൻ (ഇരുമ്പൊറയ്ൻ ) എന്ന് വിളിച്ചിരുന്നു , പൊറനാടുള്ള (പാലക്കാട്)രാജകുമാരിയെ വിവാഹം ചെയ്തത് കൊണ്ടാണ് ഇങ്ങനെ  പേര് വന്നത്..

ഉതിയൻ ചേരലാതൻ മരുതംതിണയിൽ പെട്ട  കേരളത്തിലെ പുരാതന തുറമുഖങ്ങളായിരുന്ന വയസ്ക്കര (കോട്ടയം ജില്ല) കടപ്ര (പത്തനംതിട്ട ജില്ല), വാഴപ്പള്ളി (ചങ്ങനാശ്ശേരിക്കു സമീപം) നക്കഡ ( തിരുവല്ലയ്ക്കു സമീപം) എന്നിവ ആക്രമിച്ചു കിഴടക്കി 

നെയ്തലിനോട് ചേർത്തു .

 സംഘകാലം : 'സംഘകൃതി'കളില്‍ നിന്നാണ് കേരളത്തിന്റെ ഗതകാലചരിത്രം അല്പമെങ്കിലും ലഭിക്കുന്നത്. ക്രിസ്തുവര്‍ഷത്തിന്റെ ആദ്യശതകത്തില്‍ (കാലത്തെപ്പറ്റി തര്‍ക്കം ഉണ്ട്) മധുര കേന്ദ്രമായി നിലനിന്നിരുന്ന കവിസദസ് ആണ് 'സംഘം'. ഈ കാലത്ത് രചിച്ച തോല്‍കാപ്പിയം, എടുത്തൊകൈ, പത്തുപാട്ട്, പതിറ്റുപ്പത്ത്, അകനാനൂറ്, പുറനാനൂറ് തുടങ്ങിയ കൃതികളില്‍ നിന്ന് കേരളത്തിന്റെ അന്നത്തെ സാമൂഹ്യരാഷ്ട്രീയ പശ്ചാത്തലം ലഭിക്കുന്നു. പാണ്ഡ്യ, ചോള, ചേരശക്തികളായിരുന്നു അന്നത്തെ പ്രബലര്‍ .

വേണാട്, കര്‍ക്കനാട്, കുട്ടനാട്, കൂടനാണ്, പുഴനാട് എന്നീ നാടുകളായിരുന്നു അന്നത്തെ കേരളം. ഇതില്‍ തെക്കന്‍ പ്രദേശങ്ങള്‍ 'ആയ്' രാജാക്കന്മാരും, വടക്കന്‍ പ്രദേശങ്ങള്‍ ഏഴിമല രാജാക്കന്മാരും, മധ്യഭാഗത്ത് 'ചേര'രാജാക്കന്മാരും ഭരിച്ചിരുന്നു. ക്രമേണ മറ്റ് രാജാക്കന്മാരെ തോല്പിച്ച് ചേരന്മാര്‍ സാമ്രാജ്യം സ്ഥാപിച്ചു.

വേണാട് (കൊല്ലം, കൊട്ടാരക്കര, ചിറയിന്‍കീഴ്, തിരുവനന്തപുരം, നെടുമങ്ങാട്), ഓടനാട് (കരുനാഗപ്പള്ളി, മാവേലിക്കര, കാര്‍ത്തികപ്പള്ളി), നന്‍ഷ്ടൈനാട് (ചങ്ങനാശ്ശേരി, തിരുവല്ല), മുത്തനാട് (കോട്ടയം), വെമ്പൊലിനാട് (വൈക്കം, മീനച്ചല്‍), കീഴ്മലൈനാട് (തൊടുപുഴമൂവാറ്റുപുഴ), കാല്‍ക്കരൈനാട് 

(തൃക്കാക്കരയും സമീപപ്രദേശങ്ങളും), നെടുംപുറൈയ്യൂര്‍നാട് (തലപ്പള്ളി,പാലക്കാട് ചിറ്റൂര്‍), വള്ളുവനാട് (പൊന്നാനി, പെരുന്തല്‍മണ്ണ, തിരൂര്‍), ഏറാള്‍നാട് (ഏറനാട് പ്രദേശങ്ങള്‍), പോളനാട് (കോഴിക്കോട്), കുറുംപുറൈനാട് അഥവാ കുറുമ്പ്രനാട് (കൊയിലാണ്ടിയും തെക്കന്‍ വയനാട്), കോലത്തുനാട് (കണ്ണൂര്‍, കാസര്‍ഗോഡ്), പുറൈകീഴാനാട് (വടക്കേ വയനാട് ഗൂഡല്ലൂര്‍) എന്നീ നാടുകളായിരുന്നു കുലശേഖര ഭരണത്തിലെ സ്ഥലങ്ങള്‍.

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Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and Unsung Patriots of Azad Hind Fauj

1857 British Consolidation states:

Sir John Seeley wrote: The mutiny was in great measure put down by turning races of India against each other. So long as this can be done the governance of India from England is possible .But if this were to change and should the population be molded in to a single nationality we would have to leave. The 1857 revolt had shaken the British .if all the diverse races caste and creed will unite in attempt to throw British out it will happen the British knows very well.

The British feared of the deep rooted Indian identities based on religion, they want to make sure the Indian society will remain desperate and fragmented and never ever come together again to stage a rebellion similar to 1857 uprising.

Ideological basis for foreign rule to persist in India and how Indians protect their Identity from 321 BCE to 1947 AD. 

Dr.Mithi Mukherjee writes: If the British empire had to survive in India it had to destroy and dismantle all sources of Indian unity identity cultural, political and historical facts and render the very idea of India as meaningless …Torn by internal conflicts, it was claimed that Indian was in desperate need of a neutral and impartial power at the helm of the state to secure justice and order. Given that Indian society was deeply divided in to communities in conflict with each other …only an alien foreign power could be trusted to be neutral and impartial. This was the ideological basis for foreign rule to persist in India.

After the political and military destruction of Hindu states in India from thirteen century on wards as a last way to protect its identity the Hindu states had fragmented themselves to over plus of localized caste and creeds with stringent systems thus preventing any attempt of  Proselytization from the invaders .Whenever any invaders tried to question and attack their localized systems they have united and reacted violently against the suppressors as mentioned in historical facts quoting the Sikh and marata revolt against Mughals.

 Azad Hind Fauj:

Rash Behari Bose

Indian National Army (INA): Rash Behari Bose participated in India’s struggle of Independence since he was the founder of INA. Singapore has been defeated by Japan and around 30,000 Indian soldiers who were working for british were taken as war prisoners by japan and was taken to Malaya .

Major Fujiwa who is charge of Japanese military over that area promised to Indians in Malaya and prisoners that if they give up their citizens ship they will give their support to fight against British peoples in India. In 1942 Rash Behari formed the Indian League of Independence to organize all expatriate Indians to fight for India’s freedom from outside India. Later he Invited Netaji to Bangkok to take leadership of Azad Hind Fauj to lead the freedom struggle .Around 60000 Indian soldiers who previously served for British army had joined INA. Netaji had accepted the Invitation and travelled to Tokyo from Germany and from there to Singapore .Later Rash Behari Retired from Army services and worked as an Advisor to INA.

Netaji's plans to free india which he shares with INC 

Bose and Jawaharlal Nehru

In 1938 Bose wrote to Jawaharlal Nehru “ What happened in Czechoslovakia is similar to Munich pact (The Munich Agreement or Munich Pact was an international agreement established in 1938 which was designed to avoid war between the powers of Europe by allowing Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler to annex the Sudetenland.) I have been telling Congress friends during the last six months, on the basis of information which I had been getting from Europe, that there will be a crisis in Europe in spring which would last till summer. I have therefore been pressing for a dynamic move from our side – for an ultimatum to the British Government demanding Purna Swaraj …there is no sign of any intention on your part to utilize the international situation for our benefit”. At the Tripura Congress session of 1939, he demanded giving the British Government a six-month deadline for granting independence and of launching a mass civil disobedience movement if it failed to do so.  Gandhi was not in agreement and shortly afterwards Bose resigned. After the failure of Crips mission(The Cripps Mission was a failed attempt in late March 1942 by the British government to secure full Indian cooperation and support for their efforts in World War II. The mission was headed by a senior minister Sir Stafford Cripps) Gandhiji has called for Quit India Mission in 1942 ,Bose had asked for the same 3 years before Quit India Movement in 1939 and he left congress and India in order gather International support to lead the war for freedom against British. 

Why Bose Left Indian National Congress

Indian National Congress (INC) session

Subhas Chandra Bose was elected as the President of the Indian National Congress (INC) in 1938. He sought re-election to the President ship of the party in 1939. Gandhi was supporting Pattabhi Sitaramayya for the Presidentship. However, due to the support given by radical elements within the party, Bose was re-elected as the president of the INC. Gandhi was not happy with his re-election and said that the defeat of Pattabhi Sitaramayya was his own defeat. Pained by Gandhi's agonies, 13 members of the Congress Working Committee resigned. At this time, several delegates who had supported Bose began supporting Gandhi. It was increasingly becoming difficult for Bose to work as the President and hence he resigned from the President ship in 1939. 

How Bose Escaped to Germany and what was his plans
In 1941 in disguise bose escaped from his Calcutta residence ,travelling via Kabul reached Moscow ,But Soviet’s response was disappointing. From their he flew to Germany and founded Indian League constituting 4500 Indian Soldiers who were taken as war prisoners from Rommels Afrika Korps under Britain in North Africa .He planned to train them under German standards for an Invasion in India via Afghanistan at the head of a combined force including USSR,Germany,Italian union .

Bose Meet Hitler for the first time

Hitler didnt give an appointment for the first one year and later when he met him, Hilter never give any assurance about backing Indian Independence .Later Hitler has mentioned in Mein kampf that he wanted India to be under British Domination.His Plans got ravaged when Hitler declared war on Soviet  . Bose waited till 1943 and then carefully evaluating the situation slipped secretly away aboard a submarine bound for Japan. Japan was nurturing the idea to raise an Indian army which would fight alongside the Japanese army.  Bose was able to mobilize, reorganize the army and organize massive support among the expatriate Indian population in south-east Asia.

The Epic Journey from Germany to Tokyo

Bose and his close aide Abid Hasan Safrani boarded a submarine, at the northern tip of Germany. Its mission was to deliver diplomatic mail for the German embassy in Tokyo, blueprints of jet engines and other technical material for the Japanese military.

Bose and his close aide Abid Hasan Safrani 

The Submarine crew had been briefed that their passengers were engineers headed for occupied Norway, to help build reinforced submarine docks. As a result, Bose and Safrani were permitted to sit up in the sunlight, in the conning tower, for as long as they were in German waters. The submarine set a course that took it  north along the Norwegian coast, then making a turn west towards the Faroe Islands.

The sea was rough, and the two Indians were often seasick. However, despite the airless confinement, it was an stimulating moment for Bose. He was on the move once again, working towards fulfilling his dream of one day arriving in free Delhi. At dawn on April 21, 1943, 400 miles southwest of Madagascar, the submarine met with a Japanese submarine and exchanged signals. As mountainous waves struck the German Submarine under dark and rolling skies, its captain emphatically advised Subhash Chandra Bose against leaving the vessel to board the Japanese submarine.

Disregarding the fact that he could not swim, Bose stepped into a raft with Safrani and crossed the stormy seas to board the Japanese vessel, anchored a 100 metres away to prevent the possibility of collision. The crossing was short, and only took minutes but it was a nautical feat without precedent in the war—the only sub-to-sub transfer of civilians in hostile waters.

Bose aboard Japanese Submarine 

Aboard Japanese Submarine the Japanese captain Teraoka gave his own cabin to the Indian guests; In the coming days, Bose would continue to Sabang on the tip of Sumatra, before moving to Singapore and finally to Tokyo. Here, he would take command of the Indian National Army.

Bose Meet Japanese PM at Tokyo

Bravery of Azad Hind Fauj and trials faced by INA Patriots:

Netaji's Address to INA soldiers.

"I assure you that I shall be with you in darkness and sunshine in sorrow and joy in suffering and victory for the present  I can offer you nothing except hunger ,thirst, want, forced marches and death .But if you follow me in life and death- as I am confident you will- I shall lead you to victory and freedom"

In the Provisional Govt.Bose was the head of the state ,the prime minister ,minister for war and foreign affairs ,Capt.Laxmi was the womens wing commander and S A Ayer headed the publicity and propoganda wing.

On Oct. 21, 1943, Bose proclaimed the establishment of a provisional independent Indian government, and his so-called Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj), alongside Japanese troops, advanced to Rangoon and thence overland into India, reaching Indian soil on March 18, 1944, and moving into Kohima and the plains of Imphal.

INA Kohima Camp

In a stubborn battle, the mixed Indian and Japanese forces, lacking Japanese air support, were defeated and forced to retreat. The two victories over the combined force of Japanese and INA were voted the winner of a contest run by the UK’s National Army Museum to identify “Britain’s Greatest Battle” in April 2013. In second place was D-Day and Normandy, in 1944 (25 per cent), ahead of Waterloo, in 1815, (22 per cent). This just shows the intensity of INA's fight.

Subhash Chandra Bose had to struggle a lot to get recruits in INA, and one of his primary successes were to get the Indians captured in war by the Germans motivated enough to fight for the county India under INA. After the Second world war the INA soldiers had been put in trial publicly at the Red fort for waging war against the King Emperor, Britishers did this to frighten the Indian army personnel but it got back fired entire country was enraged and riots broke out in all major cities in November 1945 with the help of local troops, which has shaken the roots of British empire The local soldiers come to know the patriotism of INA soldiers and realized they were on the wrong side.

Since the British troops are tired of the world war, around 2.5 million soldiers of Indian army who were being demobilized should have revolted against the British troops and their families in India around 90,000 Europeans and their families have been evacuated. 

Some of the Unsung Heroes of Azad Hind Fauj:

INA patriots who had faced legendary trials in Red Fort. 

Abid Hasan Safrani who escorted him on the submarine from Germany ,Shah Nawaz Khan, who, along with Dhillon and Prem Sehgal, faced the legendary INA trials at the Red Fort.

1.Capt.Amrik Singh Awarded Sardar e Jung ,Second highest gallentry award ,attained martyrdom in burma.

2.Capt.Krishna Bahadur Mukhiya 

3.Col.Gulzara Singh
4.Capt.Shangara singh mann : Netaji honored him with Sardar-e-jung and Vir-e-Hind for his valor in INA Assam war. 

Capt.Shangara singh mann

4.Major Shingara singh : Tried in court at Red fort ,later charges were dropped due to intervention from patriots all over India.His excerpts during the trial were famous it goes like this "My only crime is patriotism We were Indians ,one and all ,first and last".

Trials on INA soldiers infuriated Local Army Troops in India.

Royal Indian Navy Revolt

The event catalyzed the Royal Indian Navy Revolt that results in a total strike and subsequent revolt by Indian sailors on board ship and shore establishments at Bombay harbor on 18 February 1946 Mutiny broke out in the Royal Indian Navy, incorporating ships and shore establishments of the RIN throughout India from Karachi to Bombay and from Vizag to Calcutta.

The most significant if disconcerting factor for the Raj was the significant militant public support that it received. At some places, NCOs in the British Indian Army started ignoring orders from British superiors. In Madras and Pune, the British garrisons had to face revolts within the ranks of the British Indian Army.

Another Army mutiny took place at Jabalpur during the last week of February 1946, soon after the Navy mutiny at Bombay. This was suppressed by force, including the use of the bayonet by British troops. It lasted about two weeks. After the mutiny, about 45 persons were tried by court martial. 41 were sentenced to varying terms of imprisonment or dismissal. In addition, a large number were discharged on administrative grounds. While the participants of the Naval Mutiny were given the freedom fighters' pension, the Jabalpur mutineers got nothing. They even lost their service pension. 

Britain Decides to Leave India.

British weekly intelligence summary issued on 25 March 1946 admitted that the Indian army, navy and air force units were no longer trustworthy, and, for the army, "only day to day estimates of steadiness of decline could be made". The situation has thus been deemed the "Point of No Return."

Reflecting on the factors that guided the British decision to relinquish the Raj in India, Clement Attlee, the then British prime minister, cited several reasons, one of which was the INA activities of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, which weakened the Indian Army - the foundation of the British Empire in India - and the RIN Mutiny that made the British realize that the Indian armed forces could no longer be trusted to prop up the Raj. Although Britain had made, at the time of the Cripps' mission in 1942, a commitment to grant dominion status to India after the war this suggests that the INA and the revolts, mutinies, and the public resentment they germinated were an important factor in the complete withdrawal of the Raj from India.

Royal Indian Navy Mutiny:

February 1946 there erupted wide spread mutiny in Indian Navy,20,000 sailors and 79 ships took part ,the bruisers were forced to negotiate .The INA trials, the stories of Subhash Chandra Bose ("Netaji"), as well as the stories of INA's fight during the Siege of Imphal and in Burma were oozing into the blazing public-eye at the time. These, received through the wireless sets and the media, fed discontent and ultimately inspired the sailors to strike. Unfortunately power never went to the hands of Bose or INA but to the people who virtually collaborated with British. 

1946 Feb: Mutiny in Indian Navy

Aftermath of INA war How Independent India treated INA patriots and Veteran Soldiers who took part in India's freedom struggle:

Around 26000 INA soldiers lost their life during the war of independence even the repatriated INA soldiers who fought for Indian struggle has not been taken to Indian Army ,they were considered as traitors and there war time pensions have been blocked. They were not allowed to participate in Republic day parade.

If INA was integrated into the army, the story of Indian Nation Army would have compelled every Indian to think in terms of Nation rather than other ideas which is being destroying our integrity in our present scenario.

General J N Chaudhuri ,5th May 1973 wrote : The Indian National Army men were not reinstated and though some benefits were paid to them and a very few political appointments having no connection with the armed forces were made available to some of them, their treatment was in fact surprisingly cool after all the adulation they had received just one year earlier.

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Vision of India , What he might have done if INA succeed in bringing Independence for India:

No attempts have been made to homogenize Indian population and to maintain the cultural difference with purity. Govt has tried to encourage caste and creed coalition, they never tried to bring unity but to keep the diversity. Bose wanted to industrialize India and make it a major military power but congress wanted India to be demilitarized .The Indians were subjected to 10 centuries of defeat and humiliation still the ruling parties at that time want India to be without military as per their ideology police force will be enough to maintain security of the country, Remember just one century of humiliation make china second largest military power.

Bose's achievement in integrating women and men from all the regions and religions of India in the Indian National Army. Bose wanted to utilize the international situation in favor of Indian Independence and was not in a mood to let go the opportunity. Bose wanted freedom for India at the earliest opportunity, and to some extent, he didn't care who he had to approach for assistance.

Present Situation of INA Veteran Freedom Fighters:

Indian National Army monument in Singapore

Netaji had a memorial built in Singapore for those in the INA who had lost their lives, with the words: ‘Coming generations will remember and honor you for your sacrifice’. The edifice was destroyed following instructions from Lord Mountbatten, who did not want to leave any tinctures of the freedom struggle.

However, despite petitions and letters, the government refuses to give freedom fighters’ pension to the surviving INA members in Southeast Asia, there are a very small number of INA members left in Burma (Myanmar) who are without citizenship of either India or Myanmar and for other’s who fought for the freedom of India without having set a foot on the Indian soil – they are indeed stateless. Those Old Veteran Patriots expecting support from the nation whom they helped to make free  are left with no hopes of recognition and support over the years they are not having Indian citizenship and need monetary supports (pensions) , knowingly or unknowingly everyone had forget their unsung sacrifices. Their sufferings and martyrdom for India remain hidden intentionally. Remember they have lived their lives keeping the memories of the valor and endurance's they undergo during the struggle for freedom, Words from Netaji and National Anthem sung during those days still reverberates in their ears and hearts and that motive force enables them to raise their generations with honor. A country that cannot honor its freedom fighters might have no one left to fight for its freedom.    

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