There was countrywide protest when the three INA heroes [Sehgal, Shah Nawaz and Dhillon] were put on the docks in the historic Red Fort of Delhi. There were meetings and processions in different parts of the country. Agitators called for immediate release of INA prisoners. The development in Calcutta, however surpassed all other places and turned the city into storm. There was a strike call to protest on 11 February 1946 against the sentence of 7 years imprisonment passed on Rashid Ali of I.N.A. forced by popular agitation the Government finally gave up all trials of INA personnel.
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