WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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As in World War I, the Congress Party and nationalist leaders such as Gandhi led popular rallies in favor of the British war effort.
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Congress opposed the war effort and its leaders were jailed, but the Muslim league rallied to the British cause.
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Nationalist leaders of all parties opposed the war effort.
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At first, both parties opposed the war, but after the Battle of Britain both parties agreed to support the war.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Congress planned an antiwar campaign of civil disobedience, but the British arrested its leaders before the campaign started. Between 1940 and 1942, the Congress launched two abortive agitations against the British, and 60, 000 Congress members were arrested, including Gandhi and Nehru.
Detailed explanation-2: -The sympathetic attitude of the British Government changed later when the Congress began to demand more rights for the people and also when they saw the growth of Nationalism. The Britishers began to criticise the Congress leaders and branded them as ‘Disloyal Babus, Seditious Brahmins and Violent Villians. ‘
Detailed explanation-3: -The Congress declared that the country was prepared to cooperate with the British for World War II, but on the condition that there be an immediate declaration by Britain, granting India complete independence. It also demanded the establishment of a national government.
Detailed explanation-4: -Indian National Congress wished to speak for all the people of India, irrespective of class, color, caste, creed, language, or gender. It stated that India, its resources and systems were not of any one class or community of India, but of all the different communities of India.