Japanese anti-British propaganda leaflet air dropped into Assam, India, 1944 circa (litho)

Japanese anti-British propaganda leaflet air dropped into Assam, India, 1944 circa. It is written in Hindi and Bengali, and titled ‘Glorious Freedom. Revenge for our blood-bathed history’. The leaflet illustrates an Indian pointing dramatically to the viewer with the shadow of death and decay in the background. The text outlines the repression India has endured for the past 300 years under British rule and gained nothing in return. It encourages Indians to take revenge and makes reference of the Battle of Plassey ( 1757), the Indian Mutiny (1857-1859), World War One (1914-1918) and the Amritsar Massacre (1919).