EVENT INFORMATION

18
Febrüari
1946

Royal Indian Navy ratings strike against colonial conditions

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📅 18 Febrüari 1946 📍 India

Ratings at the HMIS Talwar signal school in Bombay stopped work over poor conditions and discriminatory treatment. The strike spread to ships and shore establishments, joining service grievances with the wider demand for independence. A brief confrontation ended after political leaders urged surrender, but the revolt alarmed British authorities and showed that colonial control of the armed forces was weakening.

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Royal Indian Navy ratings

Jawaharlal Nehru

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Organisashonnan den e Evento aki

Royal Indian Navy

British Raj