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| Raja Habib ur Rahman Khan (source: Wikipedia) |
- He was born in a royal family which had served as Wazir or other capacities for the Chib Rajpoot Maharaja Pratap Singh. So that should make him loyal to his king and country, right? Wrong ...
- He joined the British Indian Army, got training at Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College, Dehradun, and fought the Japanese in the SEA. His exact role and battles he fought aren't clear, but he served King and Crown from 1933-42 as an Armyman. So that makes him loyal to King of England, right? Wrong ...
- In 1942 he defected to the INA while still in SEA, got deputed by the Japanese to help take charge of Indian POWs (possibly some people he was fighting with since there were many losses in the Brit-Jap SEA theater.) After WWII ended he was taken captive by the British and a famous trial was conducted in Red Fort, trying Rahman Khan among other INA officers. They were all found guilty and should have been either killed or imprisoned for life, and you can imagine the seriousness of a soldier defecting in the thick of a war, and conspiring against the Crown and King. Oddly their sentences were all remitted and they were all released. This made him a national hero for all Indians. So that makes him loyal to Bose's cause and a true patriot, right? Wrong ...
- To the great joy of Jinnah, Rahman Khan joined the Government of Pakistan, and voluntarily raised a Mujahid army to invade Kashmir, this was what established PoK. There he died in Bhimber, where he was born.
Now comes the funny part, a mere speculation, but you guys will have convince me this is wrong. I find it very odd that a trained Armyman of royal blood and good upbringing will suddenly defect to the enemy, be next to the enemy leader in a crash, survive the crash, surrender back to the Army, and then be let off without so much as a slap on the wrist!
I am inclined to believe that Rahman Khan was actually a British spy and agent planted in INA under the confusion of battles, retreats, and defections bang in the middle of WWII. His ultimate aim was assassination of Bose, and this he carried off. The Red Fort trial was mere eyewash, and he was never punished as per the judgment.
In Pakistan, again, he showed his flair for the extraordinary by raising a sizable army on the double and successfully invading enemy territory.
The only thing that's unclear to me now is whether or not he had a part to play in the crash at the directions of his Brit handlers? Or was he part of the conspiracy to help Bose escape, leading to the collapse of INA and a peaceful end to the independence struggle?
I am not much of a conspiracy theorist and accept most official version of events. I also know and factor in Hanlon's Razor, but there's no case for stupidity to be made here.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_Habib_ur_Rahman_Khan
The Justice Mukherjee commission too found Rahman Khan a slippery character:
http://www.mha.nic.in/hindi/sites/upload_files/mhahindi/files/pdf/jmci-I-eng.pdf
Another significant fact that raises a serious doubt about the truth of Netaji’s death in the plane crash is furnished by the unusual conduct of Habibur Rahman. As evinced by his non-communication of the above news. If Netaji had really died in the Manner as alleged it was expected that he (Habibur Rahman) would as the only surviving Member of INA immediately report about it, more so when it related to the death of his Supreme Commander, to his superiors in the army and his colleagues in Bangkok, Singapore, Saigon and Tokyo. His such conspicuous silence cannot be explained in any way except that he was playing a very vital role along with the Japanese army authorities in formulation and execution of Netaji’s escape plan.The Potsdam Declaration was made on July 26, 1945, and Netajji "killed" on Aug 18, 1945. It's possible that his life, and the existence of INA, was a pawn in the Jap-Allies negotiations.
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