American sailors in liberty boat pull in to steps of Gateway to India. They get on buses. Buildings along sides of street. An Indian tells fortune to a sailor. Sailors in boats come at the steps. They disembark from the boat. They come upstairs. Indian men watch them. Sailors on a horse-cart on the street. They stand outside a store of foreign money exchange. They watch a snake charmer. The snake charmer plays tricks with the snakes.
Working Committee of Muslim League meets in India. Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan opens the session and addresses the other members. He reads a document. Sir Sikander Hyat-Khan, Premier Punjab, reviews documents as he smokes cigarette. Mohammad Ali Jinnah, President of Muslim League seated at table presides and addresses the meeting.
Freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar at his villa in Dadar, India. He sits with other dignitaries. Savarkar at work in his house dictates. Exterior of his villa. A board on a wall reads: 'Hindu Mahasabha Presidential Office'.
Exterior of Anand Bhawan, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's house in Allahabad, India. Congressmen arrive to see Pandit Nehru. Pandit Nehru comes onto verandah to talk with villagers. Village woman touches Nehru's feet. Nehru talks to them. People walk outside the house after meeting. The Congress flag on the roof of Nehru's house.
Meeting of the Allahabad Congress Party in Allahabad, India. The meeting is held to welcome Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru after his release from 13 months in prison. A banner at the meeting reads: 'City Congress Committee Allahabad'. Nehru arrives at the meeting. Mrs Nehru and Nehru's sister garland him before his address. Nehru addresses people. Congress flag and a Chinese flag in the background. Trees in the background. Congressmen listen to Nehru. (World War II period).
The United Kingdom shapes a new policy for withdrawing its colonial power from India and Egypt. Skyline of London, United Kingdom. The Palace of Westminster, serving as the meeting place of the British Parliament, seen from the River Thames (Parliament Square, London, SW1A 0AA). British Prime Minister Clement Attlee talking with other members of the British Parliament. British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin, looking down, with Prime Minister Attlee behind him. View of Simla, India. Sign in English and Indian says “SIMLA Height above sea 6848”. View of the Simla Viceregal Lodge, now known as the Rashtrapati Niwas (Boileauganj, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh 171005), the venue of the Simla Conference. Viceroy of India Lord Archibald Percival Wavell and British Indian politicians of the Indian National Congress and All-India Muslim League parties meet for the Simla Conference to discuss a plan for Indian self-government. A crowd of Muslim Indians, Sikhs, and Hindu Indians outside the Viceregal Lodge. Kalam Azad, the Indian National Congress Party President, arrives in the Viceregal Lodge by rickshaw. Jawaharlal “Pandit” Nehru, an Indian National Congress Party activist leader and future first Prime Minister of India, rides a piebald pony to the conference. The All-India Muslim League leader and future founder of Pakistan, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, arrives by car. Lord William Wedgwood Benn, the Viscount Stansgate and British Labour Party politician, and the British delegation meet with Egyptian Prime Minister Ismail Sidky Pasha and other politicians. Viscount Stansgate reads the announcement of British preparation to leave Egypt. Indians crowd outside the Viceregal Lodge in Simla, India. Rickshaw drivers sit near parked rickshaws. Indian leaders of the National Congress Party and the All-India Muslim League walk outside the Viceregal Lodge. Jawaharlal Nehru meets supporters. Indians showing support for Jawaharlal Nehru outside the Viceregal Lodge after the Simla Conference.
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