FORCE formed by Indian NATIONALISTS in 1942 in Southeast Asia with the AIM of overthrowing the British Raj in colonial INDIA, with Japanese assistance.The Azad Hind Fauj, also known as the Indian National Army (INA), the fighting unit that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose FAMOUSLY raised, had within it the Rani of Jhansi Regiment. The Indian National Army (Also known as the Azad Hind Fauj) was an armed force formed by Indian Nationalists in 1942, through the patronage of the Imperial Japanese Army, to secure the Independence of India.It was first formed in 1942 by Mohan Singh with Indian prisoners of war of the British Indian army captured by Japan in the Malayan campaign and in Singapore.INA was revived by Subhas Chandra Bose in 1943.