<P> Government of India through the Ministry of Home Affairs has later notified 38 movements / struggles across Indian territories as the ones that led to the country gaining self - rule and ending the British Raj . The Kallara - Pangode Struggle is one of these 39 agitations . </P> <P> In 1937, provincial elections were held and the Congress came to power in seven of the eleven provinces . This was a strong indicator of the Indian people's support for complete self - rule . </P> <P> When the Second World War started, Viceroy Linlithgow unilaterally declared India a belligerent on the side of Britain, without consulting the elected Indian representatives . In opposition to Linlithgow's action, the entire Congress leadership resigned from the provincial and local governments . The Muslims and Sikhs, by contrast, strongly supported the war effort and gained enormous stature in London . Defying Congress, millions of Indians supported the war effort, and indeed the British Indian Army became the largest volunteer force, numbering 2,500,000 men during the war . </P> <P> Especially during the Battle of Britain in 1940, Gandhi resisted calls for massive civil disobedience movements that came from within as well as outside his party, stating he did not seek India's self - rule out of the ashes of a destroyed Britain . In 1942, the Congress launched the Quit India movement . There was some violence but the Raj cracked down and arrested tens of thousands of Congress leaders, including all the main national and provincial figures . They were not released until the end of the war was in sight in 1945 . </P>

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