Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c14.s3.t7.1

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Indian Independence League (IIL) was a prominent Indian political organisation that was active in various parts of East and Southeast Asia in the later years of World War II. Its primary objective was the freedom of India from British colonial rule. It had several branches in China and enrolled a significant number of Indians in China as its members. It claimed to follow the ideals and objectives of the Indian National Congress in India, but differed sharply from the Congress on the issue of using military force to achieve the overthrow of British rule in India and on the strategy of allying with an expansionist Japan.