National Liberation Primary Sources

ASIA (Collection covers both India and Vietnam)

Primary Source Collections:

• Decolonization Resource Center - Asia
  • Has primary source collections listed along with stand-alone documents on India and Vietnam

VIETNAM

Primary Source Collections:

• East Asian History Source Book - Fordham University
• Decolonization of French Indo-China - University of Luxembourg

Individual Primary Source Documents:

• Declaration of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam; Author: Ho Chi Minh
• Letter from Ho Chi Minh to President Truman
• Letter from Ho Chi Minh to Secretary of State
• Buddhist Monk Set Himself on Fire [Image]
• April 8, 1965, President Johnson Speech on Ending the War in Vietnam [Newsreel]
• Conference Between France and Vietnam - Paris, March 1946 [Image]
• Cartoon by Lang on the War in Indo-China - February 2, 1950 [Cartoon]

Secondary Sources

• Encyclopedia of Western Colonialism: French Indochina
• Gale World History Online Collection: French Indochina

INDIA

Primary Source Collections:

• Indian History Sourcebook - Fordham University
• Decolonization of British India - University of Luxembourg
• British Library - Indian Independence
  • Select any of the links below "About the Collection" to access the primary source documents
• UK National Archives - Road to Partition
• The Quit India Speeches

Individual Primary Source Documents:

• "To Every Englishman in India;" Author: Mohandas Gandhi
• Presidential Address by Muhammed Ali Jinnah to the Muslim League
• Lord Wavell's Note on the Results for the British Commonwealth of the Transfer of Political Power in India (13 July, 1946)
• Excerpts from Gandhi, Hind Swaraj
• Gandhi, Ahmedabad Speech
• Gandhi, Satyagraha Speech
• Gandhi - Dandi March [Image]
• Conference on the Partition of India - June 3, 1947 [Image]
• Indian Independence - August 15, 1947 [Image]

Secondary Sources:

• Encyclopedia of Western Colonialism: British India and the Middle East
• Milestone Events Throughout History: India Gains Independence from Great Britain
• Historic World Events: India Gains Independence