1940s in British India

British Army general and Viceroy of India

British politician, agriculturalist and colonial administrator (1887-1952)

political movement in the first half of the 20th century that aimed for and succeeded in the creation of the Dominion of Pakistan from the Muslim-majority areas of British India

Formal political statement adopted by the All-India Muslim League in Lahore, Pakistan (1940)

involvement of India in World War II

Communal riots occurred in Bihar from 24 October to 11 November 1946,