386 Index
Simon, Sir John, 71
Simon Commission, 72, 75, 77, 80
Singapore, 204, 247; Bose in, 238, 244, 253;
Chinese population of, 264; Japanese cap-
ture and occupation of, 3, 213, 239, 241;
memorial to fallen INA soldiers, 299, 312,
324
Sinn Féin, 37, 46, 66, 78, 106, 173
Sinyetha [Poor Man’s party] (Burma), 248
Siraj-ud-daula, Nawab, 177, 180
Sircar, Nripendra Nath, 84
Sitaramayya, Pattabhi, 154, 155, 156
Slade, Miraben (Madeleine), 123
Slim, Gen. William, 276, 280, 283, 288, 294
Smith, Colonel J. H., 107
Socialism, 100, 131, 147–148, 326; fight
against imperialism and, 174; Indian form
of, 11, 81, 82; municipal socialism in Vi-
enna, 89
Soldiers, Indian, 202, 209, 292; Bose’s efforts
to recruit for Indian Legion, 225–226; Brit-
ish Empire defended by, 198, 213; Gandhi’s
call not to serve British and, 51; Japanese
forces and, 241–242; loyalty to cause of
freedom, 291; news of Bose’s death and,
310; religious communities of, 252; in
Southeast Asia, 239; unity of, 281–282;
women, 246–247. See also Indian National
Army (INA); Prisoners of war
Songkhram, Phibul, 247, 251
South Africa, 41
Southeast Asia, 6, 210; Indian civilians of, 4,
238, 239, 245; Japanese advance into, 213;
Western empires in, 263–264, 322
Soviet Union (Russia), 6, 37, 88, 99, 186; air-
space of, 229, 230; con flict with Western al-
lies anticipated by Bose, 286, 296; entry in
war on Japan, 297; escape of Bose from
British India and, 195–198; German inva-
sion of, 205, 211, 221; Indian Legion de-
ployment and, 227; Japanese relations with,
204; Japanese strategy in Second World War
and, 215, 216; offensive against Germany,
238–239; pact with Nazi Germany, 185,
195, 197, 201, 205; as planned destination
for Bose after war, 300, 301, 315, 320;
sphere of in flu ence, 202; Sta linist terror
in, 104
Spain, civil war in, 131
Special Operations Executive (SOE), British,
197, 208
Spender, J. A., 115
Sta lin, Joseph, 201, 221
Sta linism, 104
Stauffenberg, Claus von, 207
Stracey, Cyril John, 299, 312, 369n41
Subhas Fund, 168
Sudra caste, 22, 38
Sugiyama Hajime, General, 240, 261
Suhrawardy, Husain Shaheed, 53
Sukarno, Mohammad, 264
Sukhdev, 81
Sultan, A. M., 206, 225, 226
Sun Yat-sen, 262
Sun Yat-sen, Madame, 70
Sunderland, Reverend J. T., 87
Swadeshi (“Own Country”) movement, 20, 26,
29–30, 37, 46, 169
Swami, N. G., 232, 254, 278, 298, 301; Azad
School and, 265; commando training of,
209; concern for Indians in Germany, 206–
207; as intelligence chief, 292
Swaminathan, Lakshmi, 246, 247, 255, 267
Swaraj (self-rule), 40, 46, 47, 161, 178; com-
plete in de pen dence (purna swaraj), 73, 74,
77, 78, 192; death of Bose and, 310; Hindu–
Muslim unity and, 177; international diplo-
macy and, 98; methods for achieving, 55;
renewed struggle for, 159
Swaraj party, 52, 55, 87
Switzerland, 86, 178
Tada, Colonel, 306, 310
Tagore, Rabindranath, 24, 26, 109, 119, 135,
177, 285; on “Bande Mataram” song, 124–
125; on Bose as leader, 164–165; Bose’s es-
cape from British India and, 194, 199–200;
on Bose’s views of art, 62–63; criticism of
Gandhi’s policies, 46–47; in Germany, 91;
“great nation” idea and, 168–169; honorific
title of, 209; India’s national anthem written
by, 210, 257; poems of, 67, 76, 117; po lit i cal
advice for Bose, 162–163; on Presidency
College incident, 30; on Sikh police in
Shanghai, 263; in Southeast Asia, 239; sup-
port for Bose as Congress president, 153,
154, 155; “Unity of Culture” speech, 46–47;
university in Santiniketan, 90