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INDIA,1941
A TIME
OF TURMOIL
AN ERA
OF CONTRAST
Mahatma Gandhi
Adolf Hitler
Indian soldiers
holding a Nazi
flag which they
had captured at
Libyan Omar,
December 1941.
Courtesy of:
Imperial War
Museum (E 6940)
India, 1941
A nation fighting nonviolently for its
independence…
A world engaged in deadly
war…
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An Indian infantry
section of the 2nd
Battalion, 7th Rajput
Regiment about to go
on patrol on the Arakan
front, Burma 1943.
Courtesy of: Imperial
War Museum (IND
2917)
Ahimsa (nonviolence)
The British Indian contingent
…became the largest
all-volunteer force in WWII
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India at that time
included Pakistan,
Bangladesh, and parts
of other modern nations
Two crew members of a
Sherman tank of the
Scinde Horse, part of
the Indian 31st
Armoured Division in
Iraq, March 1944.
Courtesy of: Imperial
War Museum (K 6697)
What is the right path?
Jawaharlal Nehru,
1st
Prime Minister of
India
What would you choose? Why?
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The British commander
and Indian crew of a
Sherman tank of the 9th
Royal Deccan Horse,
255th Indian Tank
Brigade, encounter a
newly liberated
elephant on the road to
Meiktila, Burma 1945.
Courtesy of: Imperial
War Museum (SE
3640)
Families torn apart by the
tumult of the times
Gandhiji
with
Pandit
Nehru’s
daughter
Unsung heroes
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Subadar (1st
Lieutenant)
Subramanian served
with the Queen
Victoria’s Own Madras
Sappers and Miners of
the Indian Army and
became the first Indian
to receive the George
Cross. He died on 24th
June 1944 when he
selflessly threw himself
over a mine to protect
others from the blast.
Courtesy of: National
Archives
Unsung heroes
(and heroines)
• Sarojini
Naidu
•Indian
woman
nationalist,
feminist
and poet
Many questions are as relevant in our
nation today as they were in India in
1941….
Does nonviolence always work? Is war
ever justifiable? When, if ever, should a
nation go to war? Can we achieve world
peace? What does nonviolence mean to
you?
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A week before the
German surrender in
Italy, sappers of 136
Indian Railway
Maintenance Company
set about repairing
some of the extensive
damage in the rail yards
of Bologna, Italy.
Courtesy of: Imperial
War Museum (K 9874)
WWII in the colonies
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Two Lives by Vikram Seth
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An eye for an eye leaves
the whole world blind
The end does not justify
the means
Mahatma
Gandhi
Faith
is
taking
the first step
even
when you can’t
see
the staircase
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.