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The Indian National Congress formed; Met for the first time in the following December. This gave Indians a sense of nationalism even though they were being colonized by the British.
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The British partitioned the state of Bengal. This caused huge protests and uproar in India
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The National Congess was joined on the scene by the Muslim League. Indian Muslims wanted a forum where their voices would be heard.
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The Muslim League called for a separate Muslim state in India. There was a growing rift between the two main religion groups in India, the Hindus and the Muslims.
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-November 22, Indian troops were on the Western Front by the winter and fought at the first battle in Ypres
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The troops were taken out of the rested in early 1915. They were given a small break.
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-October 18 1915, The Indians again took heavy losses at the Battle of Loos in September
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The two Indian infantry divisions were withdrawn from France in December, and sent to Mesopotamia. The Indian troops were good support for the British.
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Two Indian cavalry divisions remained on the Western Front until March, when they were transferred to Palestine to take part in the offensive against the Turks
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By November, some 827,000 Indians had enlisted as combatants, in addition to those already serving in August 1914
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Britain passed the Rowlatt Acts. Both Hindu and Muslim leaders protested these acts.
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