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Red Fort Trials: Causes, Key Leaders and Significance | INA Trials 1945-46 | Modern History for UPSC Why were the INA trials held at Red Fort? Who were the key leaders? Why are Red Fort Trials a turning point in India's freedom struggle? In this video by Vajirao & Reddy Institute - India's Top Potential Training Institute for IAS, we explain the full story of the historic Red Fort Trials also known as INA Trials or Azad Hind Fauj Trials 1945-46. What you will learn for UPSC 2026: 1. What are Red Fort Trials? The trials of Indian National Army officers by British Government at Red Fort Delhi from November 1945 to May 1946. 2. Causes - Why British held trials? INA soldiers waged war against King, surrender after World War 2, British wanted to punish and set example. 3. Key Leaders on Trial - First and Most Famous Trial: Major General Shah Nawaz Khan, Colonel Prem Kumar Sehgal, Colonel Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon - The symbol of Hindu-Muslim-Sikh unity. Later trials of Abdul Rashid, Shahnawaz and others. 4. Defence Team - Who defended them? The historic INA Defence Committee formed by Congress - Led by Bhulabhai Desai, with Jawaharlal Nehru, Tej Bahadur Sapru, Asaf Ali, K N Katju. 5. Significance for Freedom Struggle - Massive upsurge across India - INA week, RIN Mutiny 1946, Public sentiment against British, Congress support, British realized they cannot trust Indian soldiers anymore, accelerated transfer of power. 6. UPSC Angle - Why Red Fort chosen? Link with Subhash Chandra Bose and Azad Hind Fauj, Modern History Prelims and Mains GS1. Highly important for UPSC Prelims 2026 Modern History, GS1 Post-Independence, Freedom Struggle. We provide daily The Hindu, Indian Express, PIB analysis for UPSC. Subscribe for Modern History for UPSC. #RedFortTrials #INATrials #AzadHindFauj #IndianNationalArmy #ShahNawazKhan #PremKumarSehgal #GurbakshSinghDhillon #SubhashChandraBose #ModernHistoryUPSC #FreedomStruggle #UPSC2026 #BhulabhaiDesai #RINMutiny1946 #VajiraoAndReddyInstitute #HistoryForUPSC