Telegram from the Commander-in-Chief in India concerning the riots in India (18 August 1942)
Text On 18 August 1942, the Commander-in-Chief in India, Sir Archibald Wavell, sends a telegram to the War Office in London in which he reports on the riots in India, which broke out after the famous ‘Quit India’ appeal launched by Gandhi in July–August 1942. Gandhi encouraged the Indian people to pursue non-violent civil disobedience against the British authorities. However, not all the demonstrations were peaceful and the United Kingdom immediately responded by making mass arrests.
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Source: [Telegram from Commander-in-Chief in India to War Office (18 August 1942)]. 18-08-1942. No 19842/I. Kept in: The National Archives of the UK (TNA). Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General, and related bodies. War Office: Directorate of Military Operations and Intelligence, and Directorate of Military Intelligence; Ministry of Defence, Defence Intelligence Staff: Files. India. Internal situation: political, economic and administrative reports and notes, mainly from Commander-in-Chief to War Office. 01/05/1939-30/06/1946, WO 208/761A.
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