Indian National Army Ina Monument In Singapore Those repatriated passed through transit camps in Chittagong and Calcutta to be held at detention camps throughout India including Jhingergacha and Nilganj near Calcutta, Kirkee exterior Pune, Attock, Multan and at Bahadurgarh near Delhi. By November, round 12,000 INA prisoners had been held in these camps; they have been released based on the "colors". It has been argued that the fact that Azad Hind was aligned politically with Japan and the Axis Powers may have had more to do with what Bose saw as a realistic strategy to Indian independence. Disillusioned with Gandhi's philosophies of non-violence, Bose was clearly of the camp that supported exploiting British weakness to gain Indian independence. Explained: How The Azad Hind Fauj Changed Indias Freedom Struggle However, both historians observe that Indian civilians and former INA soldiers all cite the tremendous affect of Subhas Bose and his appeal to patriotism in re