October 21st 1943 - the day on wwhich our first Prime Minister/President and the HEad to State took oath on behalf of an independent, popular, sovereign government that was recognized by atleast nine countries officially. The council of ministers was a diversified portfolio comprising of the best of the Indian Indepdence League. Not all of them remain committed and true to the cause in the end though. However, this is a proud moment for the whole of India and unfortunately we as a nation have totally forgotten this historic day. The Governments have deliberately erased the public memory. On this historic day Netaji gave his thrilling speech to a huge gathering and addressed a press conference. He wrote the speech all by himself on the night before, without a pause and never stooped to review. The speech was delivered in English and translated to Hindusthani and Tamil.
Members of the Cabinet:
S C Bose, Head of State, Prime Minister and MInister for War and Foreign Affairs
Lt Col A C Chatterjee, Minister of Finance
Dr (Capt) Lakshmi Sahgal, Minister of Women’s Organisation
Shri A M Sahay, Secretary with Ministerial Rank
Shri S A Ayer, Minister of Publicity and Propaganda
Lt Col J K Bhonsle, Representative of INA
Lt Col Loganathan, Representative of INA
Lt Col Ehsan Qadir, Representative of INA
Lt Col N S Bhagat, Representative of INA
Lt Col M Z Kiani, Representative of INA
Lt Col Aziz Ahmed, Representative of INA
Lt Col Shah Nawaz Khan, Representative of INA
Lt Col Gulzara Singh, Representative of INA
Rash Behari Bose, Supreme Advisor
Karim Giani, Advisor from Burma
Debnath Das, Advisor from Thail
Sardar Ishar Singh, Advisor from Thailand
D M Khan, Advisor from Hong Kong
A Yellappa, Advisor from Singapore
A N Sarkar, Advisor from Singapor
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