--- title: Azad Hind, English edition, front page (Syonan/Singapore, 7 August 1945) url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/azad-hind-english-edition-1945-08-07/ description: Front page of the English Azad Hind, 7 August 1945. 'Nippon Garrison Holds Firm On Wewak Island; Enemy Thrusts Foiled' gives only Japanese-side results… section: Collection --- [Collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/) [![Azad Hind, English edition, front page (Syonan/Singapore, 7 August 1945)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/azad-hind-english-edition-1945-08-07.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/azad-hind-english-edition-1945-08-07.jpg) # Azad Hind, English edition, front page (Syonan/Singapore, 7 August 1945) Front page of the English Azad Hind, 7 August 1945. 'Nippon Garrison Holds Firm On Wewak Island; Enemy Thrusts Foiled' gives only Japanese-side results, 'Indonesian People To Attain Complete Independence Soon' offers independence as a coming fact, and a portrait headed 'Our Popular General' is captioned with the man's 'selfless devotion to duty'. ## Text on the object Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked ``` [handwritten, above masthead] 530 UNITY FAITH SACRIFICE AZAD HIND 161 & 163, Cecil St., Syonan. ENGLISH EDITION Tel. Nos. 3491 & 3492 Ext. 7 Organ of the Indian Independence League Headquarters. Vol. 2.—No. 185. TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 2605, SYOWA 20 25 Cents [left column] TODAY and TOMORROW India Office IT is certain that the policy of the British Government towards India will not materially change under the Labour Government, or, for that matter, under any party that comes into power. ... [headlines] Major Political Issues Not Solved At Potsdam Big-Three Conference Our Popular General [photo caption] By his selfless devotion to duty and his fatherly affection towards his subordinates, Major-General M. Z. Kiani has won the high regard of the Officers and men of the Azad Hind Fauj. Azad Hind Fauj Officers Promoted; S. C. Alagappan Becomes Major-General INDONESIAN PEOPLE TO ATTAIN COMPLETE INDEPENDENCE SOON Nippon Garrison Holds Firm On Wewak Island; Enemy Thrusts Foiled Responsible Govt. And Adult Franchise Urged For Kashmirians Viceroy Wavell To Be Recalled From India? Cholera Epidemic Breaks Out In Berar Province ``` Read from the 960 px page image. Only the masthead, the headlines and the opening words of selected items are transcribed; '...' marks omitted body text. Small print in the body columns is not reliably legible at this size. [← Atlanta Daily World, daily edition, front page (Atlanta, Georgia, August 7, 1945)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/atlanta-daily-world-1945-08-07/) [The Evening Star, daily edition, front page (Washington, D.C., August 7, 1945) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/evening-star-washington-1945-08-07/) ## Using the same techniques - [Fragments of the Abydos king list from Ramesses II's temple, in the British Museum: rows of royal cartouches](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/abydos-king-list-ramesses-ii-temple-british-museum/) (New Kingdom Egypt · 0000 · Card stacking, Transfer) - [Behistun (Bisotun) rock relief and trilingual inscription of Darius I: the king, two attendants and the bound rebel leaders beneath the winged figure of Ahuramazda](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/behistun-relief-darius-and-rebels-521bce/) (Achaemenid Empire · 0000 · Card stacking, Name-calling, Testimonial). 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