The Rani Jhansi Regiment, the Women's Regiment of the Azad Hind Fauj, was under whose command?

The Rani Jhansi Regiment was the all-women's unit of the Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj), established in 1943 by Subhas Chandra Bose [c1][t5]. The regiment was placed under the command of Captain Lakshmi Swaminathan, a medical doctor from Madras and daughter of Ammu Swaminathan [c1][c2]. Following her marriage to Prem Kumar Sahgal, she became widely known as Lakshmi Sehgal [c1][t2]. The regiment consisted primarily of Indian-origin volunteers from Malayan plantations who were trained as guerrilla infantry soldiers [t4][t5]. While other figures like Usha Mehta and Aruna Asaf Ali were prominent during the Quit India Movement, they were not associated with the INA's military command [t6]. Lakshmi Sehgal led the regiment until its dissolution in 1945 and was later captured by British forces in Burma [t1][t2].

Sources

1. [1] Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 22: Nationalist Response in the Wake of World War II > p. 432
2. [2] History , class XII (Tamilnadu state board 2024 ed.) > Chapter 7: Last Phase of Indian National Movement > Subash and INA > p. 89
3. [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rani_of_Jhansi_Regiment
4. [4] https://biblioasia.nlb.gov.sg/vol-14/issue-1/apr-jun-2018/warrior-women-rani/