Indian Independence League
Topic: The National Movement: Gandhian Era · NCERT: Beyond NCERT
Meaning
The Indian Independence League was an organisation of Indians living in South-East Asia, led by Rash Behari Bose from 1942. It worked with Japan during the Second World War. Its aim was to free India from British rule by force. It was the political base, or support structure, behind the Indian National Army (INA).
Example
In 1942 conferences of Indians in Tokyo and Bangkok set up the League under Rash Behari Bose. In 1943 Subhas Chandra Bose reached South-East Asia and took over its leadership in Singapore, along with command of the INA.
Don't confuse with
- Indian National Army: this was the armed force that did the fighting. The Independence League was the political organisation that supported and guided it.
- Rash Behari Bose vs Subhas Chandra Bose: Rash Behari Bose was an older revolutionary who founded and first led the League. Subhas Chandra Bose took charge later, in 1943.
Related concepts
- Provincial elections of 1937
- Congress ministries 1937-39
- Wardha scheme of basic education
- Congress Socialist Party
- Haripura session 1938
- Tripuri crisis 1939
- Forward Bloc
- Second World War
- Lord Linlithgow
- Resignation of Congress ministries