The Fajar Trials
“The Fajar trial indicates how resentful and intolerant the reaction of British officials was towards anti-colonial ideas such as those entertained by the detainees. These ideas were freely expressed throrugh
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James Joseph Puthucheary (25 August 1922 – 3 April 2000)
Relief Welfare Ambulance Corps
Once in Calcutta, James enrolled in the Bengal Technical Institute at Jadavpur, Calcutta (now known as Jadavpur University) in 1946. He left his engineering studies a few months later to
Anti British League
“In 1951 thirty-four left wing and communist oriented leaders, some of whom belonged to the Anti-British League – a subsidiary organization of the Malayan Communist Party (“MCP”) – were detained.
Indian National Army
“Give me blood and I will give your freedom.” rallying cry of the Indian National Army (“INA”). James joined the INA in 1943 in Singapore. He held the rank of