Indian independence · TURNING POINT ·
Tamluk parallel government (1942–44)
On the Indian independence map as “Tamluk — a parallel government”
Dec 1942–44 — In Midnapore district, Quit India rebels run a full parallel administration — courts, relief, a women’s militia — for nearly two years, through cyclone and famine, until Gandhi himself asks them to stand down.
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- Quit India and the Bengal famine (chapter 11 of Indian independence)
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- Indian Independence & Partition, 1857–1964
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