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...... The Congress Party was an anti-colonial mass democratic party () enjoyed significant popular support (Riley, 2007, 829). The Congress Party became after the First World War the main actor and the most successful in its efforts because its main adversaries, the left, were contained by the British rule, and due to its growing number of members. The party had a great deal of influence and power, not only from the number of supporters and members, but also due to its non-violent ideology. According to Riley, central to Gandhis program was non-violence as a tactic [with] a fine balance between restraint and radicalism following a compromise-struggle-compromise strategy (Riley, 2007, 831), using both official negotiations but also civil disobedience and mass protests. Therefore, a violent confrontation on a large scale with the British administration was more reduced
Demands for independence became more frequent before the beginning of World War Two. After the British Empire declared war on Germany in September 1939, India automatically entered war. Reactions in India were obviously negative. The Amendment of India Act of 1935, introduced in September 1939 with opposition from Indian politicians, stated that the country would, in case of war, be under direct and immediate

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