The current National Army Marker was
put up in 1995 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of World War 2.
It was built on the site of a former memorial dedicated to an ‘ unknown
soldier’ of the Indian National Army (INA).
Former INA memorial
Subhas Chandra Bose, the co-founder
of the second INA, laid the foundation stone of
the former memorial on 8th July 1945. It
was built a few months before Japan’s surrender with the INA’s motto inscribed
on it: Unity (Etihaad), Faith (Etmad) and Sacrifice (Kurbani). When the British
returned to Singapore, Lord Mountbatten ordered for its demolition.
The aim of INA was to
free India from British rule. This army had the support of Japan. He managed to recruit many British Indian POW from Malaya, who were discontented with the British officers who had abandoned them during their retreat from Singapore.
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