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Tuesday, December 3, 2024




New Edition 2024 Paperback Rs 450/-

Earlier this book was released by Ms Zahida Ahsanuddin (from Lahore, Pakistan) daughter of Maj. Gen. M.Z. Kiani at Netaji Bhawan, Kolkata under Dr Sisir Kumar Bose in 1994



Maj. Gen. M Z Kiani was officer in 1st Battalion of Punjab Regiment under Britishers. He won Sword of Honour & Gold Medal for the most outstanding cadet in 1935 from Indian Military Academy, Dehradun. But he left all to join I.N.A. under Netaji. He was commanding No. 1 Division which was sent to fight in Burma in 1944. He had under him three Guerilla Brigades. It was this Division that fought in the Arakan, Haka-Falam,Tamu-Palel & Kohima during the operations in 1944. Kiani was generally looked upon as the best officer in the I.N.A


Author Standing behind Netaji



Sitting with Netaji




After Partition he settled in Pakistan, seen here with his wife
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#Bangla Edition also available 



India's Freedom Struggle and the Great I.N.A. by Maj Gen M Z Kiani translated to Bharoter Shadhinota Shongram ebong Mohan INA by Mr PK Mukhpadhyay was launched at 42nd Kolkata International Book Fair 2018. Maj Gen Kiani won the prestigious Sword of Honour & Gold Medal for the most Outstanding Cadet in 1935 from Indian Military Academy, Dehradun. Gen Kiani had a bright military career ahead of him. He was an officer in 1st Battalion 14th Punjab Regiment under the Britishers. But he resigned his commission to join the I.N.A under Netaji. He was Chief of General Staff under General Mohan Singh of I.N.A. Maj Gen Kiani chose to move to Pakistan after Partition in 1947. He wrote this book in Pakistan. The book was published after his death as a collaborative project between Maj. Gen. Chand Narain Das & Sh Sisir Kumar Bose. This is author's personal account of the INA Maj Gen Kiani . “GREAT" may sound pompous especially to those who are unfriendly or unsympathetically disposed either to author or to the I.N.A, but having seen it from close quarters the author considered the appellation as justified and filling...” But what, to my mind, makes the movement 'Great' is that it shook the core, the very foundations of the nearly two centuries old British Empire in India..









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