Provisional Government of India

This article is about the organisation formed during World War I in Kabul. For the Japanese puppet state during World War II, see Azad Hind. For the body created in 1946, see Interim Government of India.
Provisional Government of India
1915–1919
Flag of India
Territory claimed by the Provisional Government of India shown in dark green
Territory claimed by the Provisional Government of India shown in dark green
StatusGovernment in exile
CapitalNew Delhi (claimed)
Capital-in-exileKabul
Demonym(s)Indian
President 
• 1915–1919
Mahendra Pratap
Prime Ministerc 
• 1915–1919
Maulana Barkatullah
Historical eraWorld War I · Interwar Period
• Established
1 December 1915
• Disestablished
January 1919
CurrencyAfghan rupee (de facto)
ISO 3166 codeIN

The Provisional Government of India was a government-in-exile established in Kabul (Afghan capital) on December 1, 1915 by the Indian Independence Committee during World War I with support from the Central Powers. Its purpose was to enrol support from the Afghan Emir as well as Russia, China, and Japan for the Indian nationalist movement. Established at the conclusion of the Kabul Mission composed of members of the Berlin Committee, German and Turkish delegates, the provisional government was composed of Mahendra Pratap[1] as President, Maulana Barkatullah as Prime Minister, Deobandi Maulavi Ubaidullah Sindhi as Home Minister, Deobandi Maulavi Bashir as Minister of War, and Champakraman Pillai as Foreign Minister. The provisional government found significant support from the internal administration of the Afghan government, although the Emir refused to declare open support, and ultimately, under British pressure it was forced to withdraw from Afghanistan in 1919.

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