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India in 1945

Historical records for India in 1945, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

6Records
4Events
6Named people
2Places
3Categories

Historical records

March

March 1945INA Burma CampaignGurbaksh Singh Dhillon

Burma · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon serves as a senior INA officer during the final fighting and withdrawal in Burma.

April

April 1945INA Retreat from BurmaPrem Kumar Sahgal

Burma · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Prem Kumar Sahgal serves with INA forces during the retreat from Burma as the Allied advance breaks the Japanese-INA campaign.

June

1 June 1945Tata Institute of Fundamental ResearchHomi Jehangir Bhabha

Bombay · Science / Physics

Homi Bhabha founds the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research to build advanced research in physics and related sciences in India.

Other Events

1945Indian National CongressAsaf Ali

Politics / Indian National Congress

The committee declares the formation of the Congress defence team for the INA and includes famous lawyers of the time, including Bhulabhai Desai, Asaf Ali, Jawaharlal Nehru. INA Defence Committee, later INA Defence and Relief Committee, is established by the Indian National Congress to defend those officers of the Indian National Army who were to be charged during the INA trials

1945Indian National CongressBhulabhai Desai

Politics / Indian National Congress

The committee declares the formation of the Congress defence team for the INA and includes famous lawyers of the time, including Bhulabhai Desai, Asaf Ali, Jawaharlal Nehru. INA Defence Committee, later INA Defence and Relief Committee, is established by the Indian National Congress to defend those officers of the Indian National Army who were to be charged during the INA trials

1945Indian National CongressJawaharlal Nehru

Politics / Indian National Congress

The committee declares the formation of the Congress defence team for the INA and includes famous lawyers of the time, including Bhulabhai Desai, Asaf Ali, Jawaharlal Nehru. INA Defence Committee, later INA Defence and Relief Committee, is established by the Indian National Congress to defend those officers of the Indian National Army who were to be charged during the INA trials

Names involved

Asaf AliBhulabhai DesaiGurbaksh Singh DhillonHomi Jehangir BhabhaJawaharlal NehruPrem Kumar Sahgal

Places involved

BombayBurma

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.