Is massive Native Rebellion possible in India during WW2?

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With a pod no earlier than 1939, is it possible for India to break out in revolution during WW2?
 
Define 'revolution'. Could Bose or someone attempt a coordinated uprising across India? Probably. Could the 'uprising' be big enough to require more than police forces to put down? Probably not.
 
You could probably spark something major albeit local over say the Bengal famine?

I doubt that you can manage a national uprising though.
 
Keep in mind the massive ethnic and religious differences between people across British India. I think that a huge civil war across the country would've been more likely than any single united insurgency against the British Empire.
 
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What if the legion and ina planned a combined offensive in late 43? With the bengal famine discontent might spread.
 
What if the legion and ina planned a combined offensive in late 43? With the bengal famine discontent might spread.

The Indian Legion was part of the German military, so they would be too busy in Europe to even be relevant here. The INA was likewise part of the Japanese army, so it would really depend on Japan's ability to invade India (which of course wasn't very successful in real life).

For Britain to lose control of India, I think that a fairly large segment of the British Indian Army would have to mutiny and defect to Japan, followed by various ethnic/religious nationalist insurgencies forming. The resulting conflict would probably be UK and loyal Indians, vs. Japan and Indian collaborators, vs. rival factions that would likely fight amongst themselves as well (Hindu/Muslim/Sikh/Buddhist/Christian/etc.)

Regardless of who wins WW2 in Asia, India would probably be partitioned/balkanized into even more smaller countries than it was in real life.
 
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