<prompt> Ngo-1938, uhulumeni waseFrance wamqoka njengombusi waseFrench India, ikoloni elalihlukumezeka ngenxa yeziyaluyalu ezimbonini zezindwangu. Ngesikhathi sokwehlulwa kwezempi zaseFrance phakathi neMpi Yezwe II, uBonvin wathumela ucingo kuhulumeni waseFrance ngaleso sikhathi eBordeaux ngomhlaka 20 Juni 1940, ememezela intando yabantu baseFrance India yokuqhubeka nempi ohlangothini lwama-Allies. Nokho, ngemva kokusayinwa kweSivumelwano Sokuqedwa Kokuvukela Kwempi sango-June 22, 1940  <response>: , ngokushesha waqaphela uhulumeni kaMarshal Pétain. Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, ngaphansi kwengcindezi kaColonel Schomberg, ummeli waseBrithani ePondicherry, owamxwayisa ngokuthi iButho LaseBrithani LaseNdiya lalizothatha leli koloni uma engazange amemezele ukuthi usekela uJenene de Gaulle, wasishintsha isinqumo sakhe. Enkulumweni ayenza kubantu ngoJuni 27, 1940, uBonvin wamemezela ukuthi umbuso wamakoloni waseFrance futhi ngenxa yalokho izikhungo zaseFrance eNdiya zizohlala ngasohlangothini lwamaBrithani kuze kube ukunqoba kokugcina. NgoJulayi 12, umbusi uBonvin, esebenzisa abaseBrithani, waqinisekisa uDe Gaulle ngokubambisana neFrench India. 