The Women's Auxiliary Corps (India) (WAC(I)) was created in March 1942, out of the Women's Auxiliary Service (Burma). By the end of the

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, it had recruited 11,500 women.

Personnel

Moina Imam Moina Lillian Imam, later Moina Furlong (9 April 1924 - 7 March 1988), was chief petty officer from Bihar Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th large ...

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from

Bihar Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West ...

, was among the first Indian girls to join the (WAC(I)) and became its poster girl.

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Field Marshal Auchinleck inspects Women's Auxiliary Corps (India) 1947.jpg, Inspection by Field Marshal

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Field Marshall Auchinleck inspects Women's Auxiliary Corps (India) 1946-1947.jpg, Inspection by Field Marshal Auchinleck File:The Women Auxiliary Corps (India) - 01.jpg, Women Auxiliary Corps (India) File:The Women Auxiliary Corps (India) - 02.jpg, Women Auxiliary Corps parade File:Training to become officers of the Indian Women's Auxiliary Corps.jpg, Indian Women's Auxiliary Corps at

Dagshai Dagshai, also known as Daagh-e-Shahi, is one of the oldest cantonment towns in the Solan district of Himachal Pradesh, India. It is situated on top of a 5,689-foot (1,734-m) high hillock that stands sphinx-like astride the Kalka-Shimla Highway ...

File:Private Begum Pasha Shah of the WAC (1) on duty in the Orderly Room of an RAF station in India, August 1943.jpg, Private Begum Pasha Shah

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