National Movement: 1939-1942
On September 1, 1939, Germany attacked Poland – the action that led to the Second World War. On September 3, 1939, Government of India declared India’s support for the war without consulting Indian opinion. In India the nationalists had, since 1936, been declaring from public platforms and at meetings that they would not support Britain in a second European war.
India offered to cooperate in the war effort but under two basic conditions:
- A constituent assembly to determine political structure of free India should be convened by the government post the Second World War
- As soon as possible, some ....
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