Qualla: Homfreyganj Massacre https://qualla.com/homfreyganj-massacre en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:36 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/w/4/1/f/homfreyganj-massacre-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Homfreyganj Massacre https://qualla.com/homfreyganj-massacre Homfreyganj Massacre: Introduction https://qualla.com/homfreyganj-massacre/ Photo credit edited by M.Minderhoud, Public domain. The cruelest betrayals are the ones wrapped in promises of liberation. When Japan occupied the Andaman Islands in March 1942, they presented themselves as allies of Indian independence, handing nominal control to Subhas Chandra Bose's Azad Hind government and renaming the islands with patriotic titles. Behind this performance, the Japanese military retained absolute power, and the people they claimed to be freeing became their victims. On January 30, 1944, at the settlement of Homfreyganj near Port Blair, that contradiction reached its starkest expression: 44 Indian civilians, most of them members of the Indian Independence League, were lined up and shot dead at point-blank range, accused of spying for the British.

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]]> Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/4/1/f/homfreyganj-massacre-wp/w41f-homfreyganj-massacre-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Homfreyganj Massacre: An Indefensible Paradise https://qualla.com/homfreyganj-massacre/ Photo credit edited by M.Minderhoud, Public domain. By early 1942, the Andaman Islands held a population of roughly 40,000 people -- between 3,000 and 5,000 indigenous inhabitants, several hundred Europeans, and a large Indian majority. The British had recognized the islands' strategic value. Sitting on the eastern edge of the Ind...

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]]> Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/4/1/f/homfreyganj-massacre-wp/w41f-homfreyganj-massacre-occupation-without-mercy.mp3 0:06 3 full Homfreyganj Massacre: Thirty Seconds at Homfreyganj https://qualla.com/homfreyganj-massacre/ Photo credit edited by M.Minderhoud, Public domain. On January 30, 1944, the accumulating paranoia of an occupying force far from home reached its breaking point. Forty-four Indian civilians were accused of espionage -- of passing information to the British about Japanese military positions and movements. The majority were members...

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