considering this is a Socialist country that fought on the Axis side, i am not surprised. Some indian heroes like Subhas Chandra Bose are actually Nazi war criminals
Your ignorance is mindboggling. India was a slave of the British empire when the WW2 was happening. Hardly in a position to decide which country to ally with. And Subhash Chandra Bose was a freedom fighter with a single point agenda - to free India from British rule. To Indians who were enslaved by the British - the only enemy , the only fascists were the Brits. Any help to fight the Brits - whether it was from Roosevelt's US or Hitler's Germany was welcome. To call a great Indian freedom fighter like Subhash Chandra Bose - who is more loved and admired in India than even Gandhi - a nazi war criminal is absurd. He was just an Indian freedom fighter.
Also...hindu fundamentalists are the biggest fans of Israel and Jews in the world. They admire Israel and Jews for the way they deal with muslims.
Some elements opposed to hindus act as mischief mongers and spread the canard that they idolise Hitler. Nope. Hitler didn't kill any muslims , did he ? Hindu fanatics idolise Israel and the Jews and these days idolise Bush and the US. Not Hitler.
Willingly or unwillingly, India and Indian troops fought on the allied side. There were over a 100,000 Ghurkas in 40 battalions in World War II. Among other battles, they fought at Monte Cassino in Italy. India also hosted the western end of the supply lines into China, and was the base for operations into Burma. The 14th and 26th Indian Infantry Divisions moved into Burma in October, 1942. Other units fought there later.
It appears that you need to do a whole lot more reading and a whole lot less writing on this subject.
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• "The Gujarat State Higher Secondary Board, to which nearly 98 percent of schools in Gujarat belong, requires the use of certain textbooks in which Nazism is condoned. In the Standard 10 social studies textbook, the "charismatic personality" of "Hitler the Supremo" and the "achievements of Nazism" are described at length. The textbook does not acknowledge Nazi extermination policies or concentration camps except for a passing reference to "a policy of opposition towards the Jewish people and [advocacy for] the supremacy of the German race."
This was one item in a letter requesting the denial of a US Visa to Narendra Modi, Chief Minister of Gujarat, and signed, among others, by Nina Shea, Director, Center for Religious Freedom, Freedom House a Conservative think tank.
The volunteers for the British Army vastly outnumbered those for the INA. Their service was extremely brave and very much appreciated. This textbook is spitting on their sacrifice.
Regards, Ivan
Ya know, Hitler was an evil b@stard, but the Nazis did accomplish some stuff - getting out from under the Versailles Treaty, restoring their economy (somewhat), the Volkswagon, autobahns, to name a few.
Just 'cause they're evil, doesn't mean they're incompetent or unproductive.
Unfortunately.