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So in 1939, members of the Congress informed Viceroy Lord Linlithgow-the highest-ranking British official in India-they would only support the war effort if Indian independence lay at the end of it. Much as the Indian National Congress (the largely Hindu public assembly that had some governmental functions) sympathized with defeating fascism, they balked at seeing their country further pillaged for resources. The nation would go on to provide 2.3 million soldiers for an army as well as food and other goods to help the Allies defeat the Axis Powers. From the East India Company levying taxes starting in the 18th century to Britain instituting direct rule over two-thirds of the country in the mid-19th century, India had been extorted for centuries-and with the start of World War II, India was declared to be at war with Germany without any Indian political leaders actually being consulted. For more than 200 years, Britain had asserted its iron will over India.
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