WWI Patriotic Postcard on India

It's almost a month since I updated the blog. Well, I see that my IndiBlogger rating has also gone down to 48 :-( The month has been unusually hectic. I have been traveling almost every week, from official tour to leisure trip. A good excuse, right? I am good at coming with excuses. Let's keep some of them for future and concentrate on today's topic.

It is related to a WWI patriotic postcard which was used from UK to Argentina. I had bought this one sometime in 2008 and it has been lying in my collection since like that.

Shown above is front side of used WWI patriotic postcard. It mentions on the left side:

FLAGS OF THE EMPIRE.
THE "CLASSIC" ALL BRITISH SERIES - No 16.
Published by W.N. Sharpe Ltd, Bradford, & London.

The envelope was sent from Camberwell, London to Rosario, Argentina on 16th August 1915.

Reverse side shows the occupied India flag with a poem praising Indian soldiers and war effort in WWI. It mentions:

Our Indian Warriors,
staunch and true,
have proved their
worth to all;
To guard the flag,
they dare and do -
At England's battle-call!

I have been looking for all such patriotic and propaganda postcards of WWI and WWII on India but getting them in used condition is very difficult. If any of my readers have such postcards and willing to offer me then let me know.

Compromise With Britain Means Suicide - WW2 Anti-British Propaganda Leaflet

As I said earlier, you will see more often me posting war propaganda leaflets than other items :-) Here I am again with another of WW2 propaganda leaflet. This one was issued by Indian Independence League against British Government of India.

Shown above is front side of leaflet coded 5508. It carries text in English on one side while Urdu on reverse.

The text in English reads:

C O M P R O M I S E

WITH BRITAIN

MEANS SUICIDE

Crafty Britain will set traps all around you.
Beware of these death traps. Have nothing to do
with Britain or her talks of compromise. Go on
with the fight and abandon all thoughts of settle-
-ment with Britain.

Remember that compromise with Britain means
the betrayal of India. It will also mean untold
suffering for India's millions and centuries of
foreign exploitation.

Rise all over India

Drive out the British

INDIAN INDEPENDENCE LEAGUE
IN EAST ASIA.

Shown above is reverse side of same leaflet with text in Urdu. Definitely, this was meant for normal people of India who were fighting for freedom and independence of India. The leaflet encourages them to follow what historians say Garam Path (path of violent struggle) by fighting British not mere protesting. It also warns people from getting into talks of compromise with Britain.

When war broke out and Britain declared India also into war then there were violent protests by all sections of society why India was pulled into WW2. After lots of negotiations with Congress and other political parties, Britain had compromised formula where they offered India independence after the war. The negotiations continued for long time and finally India got freedom on 15th August, 1947 after the war/surrender of Japan was finally over in 1946.