Neera Arya is called India's first female spy. She was a soldier of Rani Jhansi Regiment in Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's Azad Hind Fauj. She spied on the British several times and was successful. She had such a strong will for the independence of the country that she killed her own husband, who worked for the British government, to save the brave freedom fighter Netaji Bose.
🔹Neera Arya became a soldier of Rani Jhansi Regiment in Azad Hind Fauj at a very young age. When she was a spy, she was instructed that if she gets caught by the British, she should shoot herself without thinking and attain martyrdom. She spoke Hindi, English and Bengali as well as other Indian languages. Her husband CID Inspector Srikant Jayaranjan Das worked for the British and was very loyal to the British.
🔹One day the British gave the responsibility of killing Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose to Shrikant Jayaranjan. Jayaranjan Das somehow reached Subhash Chandra Bose secretly. He was about to kill him when his wife Neera recognized him. Before he could kill Netaji with his bullet, Neera immediately stabbed her husband Jayaranjan Das in the stomach with a bayonet and killed him and Nira saved Netaji. Netaji was stunned to see Neera's bravery and sacrifice.
🔹After the surrender of Azad Hind Fauj, Neera was sentenced to black water for the murder of her husband. She was given severe torture there. Here she was kept in a small cell. She was kept tied in iron chains in a cell where even the rays of the sun could not reach. She was constantly mistreated.
🔹One day the jailer asked her, 'If you tell us where Netaji is, we will release you.' But she did not open her mouth under any circumstances. She was brutally tortured to get information about Netaji. Her body was branded with iron bars, but she kept enduring the torture!
🔹The news that Netaji had died in a plane crash had spread everywhere, yet the British did not believe that Netaji had died. The British were very afraid of Netaji, that is why the British used to ask Nira where Subhash Chandra Bose was hiding? Nira used to say that he had died in a plane crash, the whole world knows this. But the British government was not able to accept Netaji's death. Nira was even offered bail in exchange for giving information. But Nira never said anything in reference to Netaji or other comrades of the Azad Hind Fauj.
🔹When the British jailor repeatedly asked her, “Where is Netaji?”, Nira used to say that Netaji is in my heart. On hearing this, one day the jailor angrily said, “Okay, we will rip out your heart and see where Netaji is.”
Salute to this sister, this daughter.
Their courage, their bravery, their tolerance, their loyalty.
