British India (HM6)

"The Jewel in the British Crown", India (also known as British Raj) under viceroy Victor Alexander John Hope (2nd Marquess of Linlithgow) has to deal with various groups demanding independence - the strong of and ; the Muslim League of which already dared to declare the independence of in the Lahore Resolution; and the leftist All India Forward Bloc under .
Still, in 1939 it was peaceful enough that a peacetime strength of 200,000 men seemed sufficient for the British Indian Army. In May 1940 however, agreement was reached between the British and Indian governments over the formation of another five infantry and one armoured divisions. These new divisions were intended to be used in the defence of Malaya and . Even before, in March, two divisions had been sent to .
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