The INA was largely composed of

During early 1942 the Japanese conducted a campaign to persuade Indian prisoners of war in Hongkong, Shanghai, and Singapore that they should fight along with the Japanese for the “liberation” of India. In June 1942 the Japanese sponsored a conference in Bangkok at which the INA was formally launched, originally headed by Capt. Mohan Singh, and by November 1942 the Japanese claimed that the strength of the force was 16,000 troops.