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Tamluk parallel government (1942–44)

On the Indian independence map as “Tamluk — a parallel government”

Dec 1942–44 — Quit India rebels established a parallel administration in Midnapore district, with courts, relief, and a women’s militia. It continued for nearly two years through cyclone and famine, until Gandhi himself asked its leaders to stand down.

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Turning point
Chapter
Quit India and the Bengal famine (chapter 11 of Indian independence)
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Indian Independence & Partition, 1857–1964
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TURNING POINT · INDIAN INDEPENDENCE & PARTITION, 1857–1964

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