Indian Civil War (Triangles and Crosses)

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Indian Civil War
An uprising in Calcutta against British forces, in 1946.
Date August 1, 1931 – December 2, 1954 (23 years, 4 months, 1 day) Place British India Indian Ocean Result Indian Coalition victory Proclamation of the People's Republic of India. Proclamation of the Union of Burma. Small pockets of anti-communist insurgency continued through the 1960s. Indian and Burmese Independence Act 1955 Territorial changes People's Republic of India established in mainland India. Tensions and clashes between India and China. Recognition of Burmese independence.
Belligerents
1931–1943 Communist Party of India Indian National Congress Supported by: Germany (1937–42) China (1931–40) 1949–1954 India People's State of Dravidia (from 1952) Burma (from 1948) Supported by: Germany (from 1951)	1931–1943 United Commonwealth India Burma Portugal Portuguese India Mysore 1949–1954 United Commonwealth Portugal Dominion of India (until 1953) Republic of Dravidia (1951–53) Supported by: China (until 1953)
Commanders and leaders
P. C. Joshi B. T. Ranadive Muzaffar Ahmed and others...	Lord Irwin (1926–1941) Marquess of Linlithgow (1926–1946) Lord Mountbatten (1946–1949)

The Indian Civil War was a civil war in India fought between the British and Portuguese Rajes and loyalist forces and the Communist Party of India (CPI), Indian and Burmese nationalists, lasting between 1931 and 1954. The war is generally divided into two phases, the First Phase (1931–1942) with the victory of the British Army, and the Second Phase (1949–1954), with the British retreat, and eventual victory of the Communist Party of India and the independence of India. The Indian Civil War was one of the bloodiest events in Indian history, causing famine and civil disorder throughout and after the war.

In 1947, the Communists gained control of British India establishing the People's Republic of India, eventually invading the Portuguese territory and overthrowing the local government. In 1948, India recognized the independence of Burma, who didn't join the union. A portion of the Indian National Congress, who formed part of the Dominion of India, was exiled while another part joined the Communist Party, setting up a Transitional Committee. The United Kingdom recognized the Indian and Burmese independence in 1951.

After the war and throughout the 1950s, the Indian government would start a campaign of purging remnants of capitalist and traditional Indian and Western elements from the Indian society, such as abolishing and punishing the Caste system and its beneficiaries. The campaign became known as the Cultural Revolution, lasting until the early 1970s. In the following decade, spontaneous uprisings would emerge in Muslim regions, especially in Northeastern regions such as Pakistan.