India Defence League
The India Defence League was a British
pressure group founded in June 1933 dedicated to keeping India within the British Empire
.
It grew from the parliamentary India Defence Committee and was founded with the support of 10
Henry Page-Croft, the Marquess of Hartington, and Viscount FitzAlan holding the Vice-Presidencies.[1] It eventually had over 100 peers as members.[2]
The IDL also helped Admiral Keyes win the Portsmouth North by-election in 1934.[3]
See also
Notes
- ^ a b Stewart 1999, p. 164.
- ^ Stewart 1999, p. 183.
- ^ Cowling 2005, p. 247.
References
- Stewart, Graham (1999). Burying Caesar: Churchill, Chamberlain and the Battle for the Tory Party. Phoenix. ISBN 978-0753810606.
- Cowling, Maurice (2005-09-08). The Impact of Hitler: British Politics and British Policy 1933-1940. ISBN 978-0521019293.
