Thursday 8 February 2018
Capt Janaky Devar


Malaysian born Indian National Army (INA) veteran Capt Janaky Devar was barely 17 years old when she first saw Netaji Bose; in 1943 when he came to Malaya and addressed a huge gathering at the Selangor Club to appeal for donations and volunteers for the fight for India's independance.

 The INAs Azad Hind Fauj - is comprised equally of Indian prisoners of war and Indian emigrants living in Southeast Asia.
She fought for the freedom of india and later for Malaysian independence in the land of her birth. In 1946, she became one of the co-founders of the Malaysian Indian Congress. Later she became a senator in the Malaysian parliament.

Janaky was the first Indian woman to donate her jewellery to raise funds for INA. She went on to join and become second in command for the rani of jhansi regiment, the world's first female army regiment.

When the regiment was instructed the regiment to break into groups of 150 and move out of Rangoon (now Yangon), the group that Devar was leading had a rough retreat as their train was bombed and the women had to walk to Bangkok which took 26 days of night marches braving bombs and machine guns firing at them.

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Posted by The Malaysian Indian women at 02:36
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