The Gandhi Brigade or the 2nd Guerrilla regiment of the Indian National Army

Indian National Army

The Indian National Army or Azad Hind Fauj was an armed force formed by Indian nationalists in 1942 in Southeast Asia during World War II. The aim of the army was to overthrow the British Raj in colonial India, with Japanese assistance...

 formed a part of the First INA and later formed a part of the 1st Division after its revival under Subhas Chandra Bose.

Formed in September 1942, the unit later came under the command of Col. Inayat Kiani and consisted of two infantry battalions. It participated in the INA's disastrous Imphal Campaign. It later came under the command of Shah Nawaz Khan

Shah Nawaz Khan (general)

Shahnawaz Khan was an Indian soldier who is remembered as an officer who served in the Second Indian National Army during World War II and later came to be one of the three defendants in the first of the INA trials in 1946....

 in 1944 and fought around the Irrawaddy, against the successful Allied Burma Campaign

Burma Campaign

The Burma Campaign in the South-East Asian Theatre of World War II was fought primarily between British Commonwealth, Chinese and United States forces against the forces of the Empire of Japan, Thailand, and the Indian National Army. British Commonwealth land forces were drawn primarily from...

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See also

• Hindustan Field Force
  Hindustan Field Force
  The Hindustan Field Force was the first operational regiment of the Indian National Army that was formed in September 1942 under the first INA. Under the command of J.K...
  
  
• The INA's campaigns
• Battle of Irrawaddy