Prominent Officers of the Indian National Army

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In the context of Colonial India, Shah Nawaz Khan, Prem Kumar Sehgal and Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon are remembered as

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leaders of Swadeshi and Boycott Movement

members of the Interim Government in 1946

members of the Drafting Committee in the Constituent Assembly

officers of the Indian National Army

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Explanation

Colonel Shah Nawaz Khan, Colonel Prem Kumar Sahgal, and Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon were top officers of Subhas Chandra Bose's Indian National Army (INA). They became household names during the famous 1945 Red Fort Trials, where the Congress defense team, led by Bhulabhai Desai and Jawaharlal Nehru, defended them against treason charges by the British Crown. > The Red Fort trials of INA officers Shah Nawaz Khan, PK Sehgal, and GS Dhillon galvanized national anti-colonial sentiment. Answer: (d).