Netaji’s aide honoured posthumously
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Abid Hasan Safrani was instrumental in INA adopting the ‘Jai Hind’ salute
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Abid Hasan Safrani was instrumental in INA adopting the ‘Jai Hind’ salute
Nearly 67 years after she travelled with her uncle Abid Hasan Safrani to Bern to complete her education, Ismat Mehdi received the Netaji Award conferred on the latter by the Netaji Research Foundation.
“Netaji award 2021, posthumously offered by Netaji Research Bureau to Major Abid Hasan, Indian National Army, for his outstanding contribution to the freedom and unity of India under the leadership of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. Jai Hind,” reads the citation which was handed over to Ms Mehdi on Saturday.