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India faces clash over self rule as new Viceroy arrives
The piece examines Britain's plan to grant partial self government to India and the looming crisis as Congress leaders Nehru and Gandhi shift strategy. It contrasts Lord Linlithgow, the incoming viceroy, with Jawaharlal Nehru, the rising Congress leader, amid a heated political backdrop in 1936 India.
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India
Britain
Indian Congress Party
Gandhi
Mahatma
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Nehru
Congress Party
Government of India
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England
Victor Hope
Earl of
Hopetoun
Marquess of Linlithgow
Lord Linlithgow
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Royal Commission On Agriculture
Mahatma Gandhi
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Congress Movement
Bombay
Lord Irwin
Jawaharlal Nehru
Lady Linlithgow
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