In which of the famous Indian buildings did the 1945 Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj) trials take place?

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The Indian National Army trials, also called as the Red Fort trials were conducted at Red Fort Delhi between November 1945 and May 1946 against the soldiers of the Indian National Army on the charges of treason, torture, murder and abetment to murder during World War II.

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Colonel Prem Sahgal, Colonel Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon, and Major General Shah Nawaz Khan were the first ones to be tried.
All the accused had fought alongside the Japanese Army against the British Empire.
Bhulabhai Desai, Asaf Ali, Jawaharlal Nehru, Tej Bahadur Sapru and Kailash Nath Katju were the defendants for the accused.
Sir Naushirwan P. Engineer was appointed the counsel for Prosecution.
There were two trials, in the first one Shah Nawaz Khan, Gurubaksh Singh Dhillon and Prem Sahgal were tried and in the other Abdul Rashid, Shinghara Singh, Fateh Khan and Captain Munawar Khan.
The trials led to a surge in patriotic fervour, with mass protests breaking out in the country.
It led to the famous Royal Navy Mutiny in Mumbai in 1946.