World War II: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azad_Hind" id="mwlg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Azad Hind">Provisional Government of Free India</a> is formally established in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_occupation_of_Singapore" id="mwlw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Japanese occupation of Singapore">Japanese-occupied Singapore</a>.