Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c4.s2.127

v1.c4.s2.127

In the first half of the 20ᵗʰ century CE, the pace of nationalist and anti-imperialist movements in both India and China picked up. China and Chinese political leaders provided a haven in this period to several exiled Indian political activists and nationalist organisations. One of the most prominent of these was the Hindustani Ghadar Party whose activities in China spanned the years from World War I to the 1930s. In turn, the Ghadar Party actively did mobilisation work among Indian soldiers and policemen in the service of the British in China, urging them not to turn their guns against the Chinese. Their work had some impact among Indian forces in China in the period from 1925 to 1927 when the Nationalist Revolution in China was reaching a peak.