Congress Ministries’ Resign

During the Second World War (1939–1945), Viceroy Linlithgow declared India at war with Germany, without consultations with Indian politicians.

Indians' Attitude towards War

  • Congress’s Position: Congress decided to support the War effort on two conditions –
  1. a constituent assembly should be convened to determine the political structure of a free India after the war, and
  2. the immediate establishment of a responsible government at the centre.

However, the government rejected this.

  • Socialist Response: Socialist leaders such as Subhash Chandra Bose, Acharya Narendra Dev and Jayaprakash Narayan did not support Britain in the war efforts; instead, they advocated for a civil disobedience movement, seeking the ....
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