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The Andaman and Nicobar islands were later occupied by Japan during World War II.

The islands were nominally put under the authority of the Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind ( Provisional Government of Free India ) headed by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.

Netaji visited the islands during the war, and renamed them as Shaheed ( Martyr ) & Swaraj ( Self-rule ).

On December 30, 1943, during the Japanese occupation, Subhas Chandra Bose, who was controversially allied with the Japanese, first raised the flag of Indian independence.

General Loganathan, of the Indian National Army, was Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, which had been annexed to the Provisional Government.

Before leaving the islands, the Japanese rounded up and executed 750 civilians.

After the end of the war the islands briefly returned to British control, before becoming part of the newly independent state of India.