India During World War 2

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  • Governor-Generals Of India During World War 2

    Governor-Generals Of India During World War 2
    Unrest of labour and the peasants dominated the Indian scenario. Lord Linlithgow was the Governor General of India between 1936-1944 and he was followed by Lord Wavel, who was the Governor General till 1947. Thus when the Second World War started in 1939, Linlithgow was the Governor General and when the Second World War ended in 1945, Wavel was the Governor General. Before the war started, the Indian National Congress formed ministries with absolute majority in Madras, Bihar, Orissa, central pro

  • Tripuri Crisis

    Tripuri Crisis
    The Tripuri crisis or open conflict between Subhas Chandra Bose and Gandhi followers openly erupted, signi­fying opposition to the Gandhian policy of non-violence. Bose’s action was not liked by Gandhi camp and Bose was debarred from holding any office. In such a situation, Linlithgow, the then Governor General, unilaterally associated India with the declaration of joining the Second World War against Germany on 3 September, 1939.

  • Day Of Deliverance!

    Day Of Deliverance!
    In 1939 the Congress ministries tried to implement Gandhian socio-economic reforms, yet Ambedkar and Jinnah joined together and celebrated ‘the day of deliverance’ when the Congress ministries resigned.

  • August Offer

    August Offer
    In this offer, Linlithgow assured the Muslims that complete protection would be provided to them in case of any settlement taking place between Britain and India. The August offer held out the promise of dominion status for India with the assurance that after the end of the war a representative body would be set up to devise a framework of the new consti­tution. This offer of August 1940 was rejected by the Congress as well as the Muslim League.

  • Cripps Mission

    Cripps Mission
    In 1942 on March 11, the British government announced the dispatch of Sir Stafford Cripps with proposals to India. This offer caused great excitement in India and everyone looked with great expec­tation for the arrival of the Cripps Mission.

  • Quit India Movement

    Quit India Movement
    Gandhi launched Quit India movement which was opposed by the League. Even before the Quit India movement was formally launched, in the early hours of 9, August, the British government arrested all the worthwhile leaders of the movement.

  • Bengal Famine

    Bengal Famine
    Seventy years ago, at least 3 million people died from starvation and malnutrition during a famine in the Indian province of Bengal -- a partly man-made disaster that has been largely forgotten by the world beyond northeastern India.

  • INA

    INA
    Subhas Chandra Bose, who left India during this period continued his efforts of achieving independence to India by starting Indian Legion in Berlin in 1941. But he left Germany in 1943 by giving his famous call ‘Delhi Chalo’ and formed Azad Hind Government and the Indian National Army on 21 October 1943. Subhas Chandra Bose sought the blessings of Mahatma for all his efforts.

  • The Struggle Would Finally Bear Fruit!

    The Struggle Would Finally Bear Fruit!
    By 1945, the realization of the dream of the Indians to attain independence was only a foot away with a certainty of the unhappy division of India on communal lines.