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Question
The Second World War was fought between 1939 and 1945. What events were unfolding in India during this period?
Solution
From 1939 to 1945, the following developments took place in India.
- November 1939 - Congress Cabinets in provinces resign to protest British war policy.
- March 1940 - The proposal for the creation of Pakistan was accepted at the Lahore Conference of the Muslim League.
- August 1940 - Viceroy Linlithgow makes the August Proclamation.
- Since the October 1940-August Declaration did not include provisions for India's independence, M. On the orders of Gandhi, the individual satyagraha movement was started. Among them, Vinoba Bhave was the first satyagrahi.
- January 1941 - Subhash Chandra Bose secretly escaped from British custody and reached Germany.
- March 1942 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill sent the "Cripps Mission" to India under the leadership of Indian Minister Sir Strafford Cripps to grant colonial status to India.
- In August 1942 'Chalejav' movement started.
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