Colonel Shaukat Ali Malik was an officer of the
Indian National Army
The Indian National Army (INA; ''Azad Hind Fauj'' ; 'Free Indian Army') was a collaborationist armed force formed by Indian collaborators and Imperial Japan on 1 September 1942 in Southeast Asia during World War II. Its aim was to secure In ...
notable for having led a unit of the
Bahadur Group
The Bahadur Group, or the Special Services Group as it was initially formed, was a Special Forces unit within the Indian National Army that was tasked with frontline intelligence as well as subversion and sabotage operations behind enemy lines. Th ...
in the capture of
Moirang
Moirang is a town in the Indian state of Manipur. It is situated approximately 45 km south of the state capital Imphal. It has an area of 269 km2 with a population of 62,187 in 67 villages. It is best known for the being the place of o ...
during the initial phases of the INA's
Imphal Campaign
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, partof = the Operation U-Go during the Burma Campaign in the South-East Asian theatre of World War II
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during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
. Moirang was the first territory within
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
to be captured by the INA and also the first place within the mainland of India to be held by the
Azad Hind Government
The Provisional Government of Free India (''Ārzī Hukūmat-e-Āzād Hind'') or, more simply, ''Azad Hind'', was an Indian provisional government established in Japanese occupation of Singapore, Japanese occupied Singapore during World War II ...
. Col. Malik Commander of the Intelligence (Bahadur) Group of INA, planted the Indian tricolor flag (with springing tiger) at the sacred place of Moirang Kangla on 14 April 1944 at about 5 pm, where he would also narrate the history of the Azad Hind Fauj. Malik was awarded the
Sardar-e-Jung for leading his troops into Moirang. Prior to joining the INA, Shaukat Malik fought in the Burma theatre as an officer in the
Bahawalpur State
Bahawalpur (Urdu, skr, ) was a princely state of British India, and later Dominion of Pakistan, that was a part of the Punjab States Agency. It existed as an autonomous state, within Pakistan from 1947 to 1955, when it was dissolved and merg ...
Forces.
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Indian National Army personnel
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Year of death missing