Indian Legion

Indian volunteer unit in Nazi Germany
Organization military_unit Q706802
Indian Legion
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Indian Legion

Summary

Indian Legion is a military unit[1]. It ranks in the top 0.76% of military_unit entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (592 views/month, #38 of 4,978).[2]

Key Facts

  • Indian Legion is in the country of Nazi Germany[3].
  • Indian Legion's image is recorded as Colour for the Free India Legion 1942-1945.svg[4].
  • Indian Legion's instance of is recorded as military unit[5].
  • Indian Legion's instance of is recorded as infantry regiment[6].
  • Indian Legion's instance of is recorded as Freiwilligen Legion[7].
  • Indian Legion's founder is recorded as Subhas Chandra Bose[8].
  • Indian Legion's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 159671347[9].
  • Indian Legion's GND ID is recorded as 4261855-1[10].
  • Indian Legion's military branch is recorded as German Army[11].
  • Indian Legion's military branch is recorded as Waffen-SS[12].
  • Indian Legion's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2008030440[13].
  • Indian Legion's location is recorded as Netherlands[14].
  • Indian Legion's part of is recorded as Waffen-SS[15].
  • Indian Legion's Commons category is recorded as Legion "Freies Indien"[16].
  • +1941-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Indian Legion[17].
  • Indian Legion was dissolved in +1945-00-00T00:00:00Z[18].
  • Indian Legion's participated in conflict is recorded as World War II[19].
  • Indian Legion's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0gd3pk[20].
  • Indian Legion's Yale LUX ID is recorded as group/84da4876-2c8b-469d-8390-1b46afe63502[21].

Body

Founding

Indian Legion's founder is recorded as Subhas Chandra Bose[8]. +1941-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it[17].

Identity

Indian Legion's part of is recorded as Waffen-SS[15].

Dissolution

Indian Legion was dissolved in +1945-00-00T00:00:00Z[18].

Why It Matters

Indian Legion ranks in the top 0.76% of military_unit entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (592 views/month, #38 of 4,978).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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