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The '''India Defence League''' was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[pressure group]] founded in June 1933 dedicated to keeping [[India]] within the [[British Empire]]. |
The '''India Defence League''' was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[pressure group]] founded in June 1933 dedicated to keeping [[India]] within the [[British Empire]]. |
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It grew from the parliamentary India Defence Committee and was founded with the support of |
It grew from the parliamentary India Defence Committee and was founded with the support of 10 [[Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council|Privy Councillors]], 28 [[peerage|peers]], 57 [[Member of Parliament|MP]]s, 2 former Governors and 3 former Lieutenant-Governors of Indian provinces and including members of the [[British Armed Forces|armed forces]] and the [[judiciary of the United Kingdom|judiciary]].<ref>Graham Stewart, ''Burying Caesar. Churchill, Chamberlain and the Battle for the Tory Party'' (Phoenix, 1999), p. 164.</ref> [[John Hamilton, 1st Viscount Sumner|Viscount Sumner]] was its Honorary President, with [[Edward Carson|Lord Carson]], [[Rudyard Kipling]], [[Winston Churchill]], Sir [[Henry Page-Croft]], the [[Edward Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire|Marquess of Hartington]], and [[Edmund FitzAlan-Howard, 1st Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent|Viscount FitzAlan]] holding the Vice-Presidencies.<ref>Stewart, p. 164.</ref> It eventually had over 100 peers as members.<ref>Stewart, p. 183.</ref> |
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In the IDL also helped [[Roger Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes|Admiral Keyes]] win the [[Portsmouth North by-election, 1934|Portsmouth North by-election]] in 1934.<ref>Maurice Cowling, ''The Impact of Hitler. British Politics and British Policy. 1933–1940'' (Chicago University Press, 1977), p. 247.</ref> |
In the IDL also helped [[Roger Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes|Admiral Keyes]] win the [[Portsmouth North by-election, 1934|Portsmouth North by-election]] in 1934.<ref>Maurice Cowling, ''The Impact of Hitler. British Politics and British Policy. 1933–1940'' (Chicago University Press, 1977), p. 247.</ref> |
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Revision as of 03:51, 7 May 2010
The India Defence League was a British pressure group founded in June 1933 dedicated to keeping India within the British Empire.
It grew from the parliamentary India Defence Committee and was founded with the support of 10 Privy Councillors, 28 peers, 57 MPs, 2 former Governors and 3 former Lieutenant-Governors of Indian provinces and including members of the armed forces and the judiciary.[1] Viscount Sumner was its Honorary President, with Lord Carson, Rudyard Kipling, Winston Churchill, Sir Henry Page-Croft, the Marquess of Hartington, and Viscount FitzAlan holding the Vice-Presidencies.[2] It eventually had over 100 peers as members.[3]
In the IDL also helped Admiral Keyes win the Portsmouth North by-election in 1934.[4]