Neera Arya

Neera Arya was a veteran of the Indian National Army (INA). She was a soldier in the Rani of Jhansi Regiment of the Indian Army.

Neera Arya at INA
Neera Arya with Saraswathi Rajamani in Indian National Army

Early life

Neera Arya was born in Khekra Nagar, Uttar Pradesh on the 5th of March 1902. Her father was an affluent businessman. She completed her early education in Calcutta.

Death of Husband

Neera Arya was married to Shrikant Jairanjan Das, who actively served the British investigative agency CID.[1] Realising Neera Arya had become part of the Rani Jhansi Regiment of the Indian National Army, Shrikant wanted Neera to assassinate Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. When Neera Arya refused, Shrikant Jairanjan Das wanted her to disclose Netaji's whereabouts, to assassinate Netaji himself. During a failed assassination attempt, Shrikant fired a shot towards Netaji. Netaji survived the shooting but his driver was shot down. Upon hearing this, Neera stabbed her husband Shrikant to death.[2][3] Neera Arya died on Sunday 26 July 1998 in Hyderabad.

After killing her husband

Neera's husband was a British soldier, she was sent for a trial for killing a loyal British soldier. After the trial she was sent for lifetime imprisonment to cellular jail on Andaman & Nicobar islands, popularly known as Kālā Pānī. There she was tortured to know the whereabouts of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.

After Life

Neera was released from jail after independence of India. She lived rest of her life in Hyderabad by selling flowers. She died on July 26, 1998.

Books and movies
  • Chinese Filmmaker Zhang Huihuang plans to make a biographical movie on Neera Arya.[4][5]
  • Neera Arya: First Lady Spy of INA, Madhu Dhama, Aryakhand Television Pvt. Ltd., Edition 2021
  • Mera Jeevan Sangharsh, Neera Arya, Aryakhand Television Pvt. Ltd., Edition 2021[6]

References
  1. Desk, TM News (2020-12-30). "Did you know a brave woman who let her "Breast" cutoff to protect Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose!". Telangana Mata. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  2. "Subhash Chandra Bose: आजाद हिंद फौज की पहली महिला जासूस नीरा आर्या...बचाई नेताजी की जान, पति को किया कुर्बान". Navbharat Times (in Hindi). Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  3. "एक वीरांगना: नेताजी सुभाष चंद्र बोस की जान बचाने के लिए जिसने कर दी थी पति की हत्या, अब पर्दे पर दिखेगी कहानी". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  4. "वीरांगना नीरा आर्य पर फिल्म बनाएंगी चीन की फिल्मकार". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  5. "Google Translate". translate.google.com. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  6. "पुस्तक समीक्षा : विमान दुर्घटना में बलिदान नहीं हुए थे नेताजी सुभाष चंद्र बोस".

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