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India · 1939India drawn into World War II; Congress provincial ministries resign in protest

On 3 September 1939 Viceroy Linlithgow declared India to be at war with Germany without consulting Indian representatives; Congress provincial ministries resigned in protest. The year also saw the Tripuri crisis, Subhas Chandra Bose's resignation as Congress President, and his founding of the Forward Bloc.

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Key figures

Subhas Chandra Bose — re-elected Congress President, resigned after the Tripuri crisis, and founded the Forward Bloc in Mahatma Gandhi — backed Pattabhi Sitaramayya and led the Working Committee majority during the Tripuri crisis.Lord Linlithgow — Viceroy who declared India at war without consultation on 3 September 1939 and issued the 17 October 1Jawaharlal Nehru — chaired the National Planning Committee and was elected president of the All India States' People's CM.A. Jinnah — Muslim League leader associated with the 'Day of Deliverance' on 22 December 1939.Rajendra Prasad — succeeded Bose as Congress President in 1939.

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