British India – State of Syria relations

Main articles: Dominion of Pakistan – First Syrian Republic relations and Republic of India – First Syrian Republic relations

State of Syria—British India relations

State of Syria	British India

In 1936, France and Syria negotiated a Treaty of Independence, which allowed Syria to remain Independent but gave France military and economic power. During World War II, British and Free French troops occupied Syria—but shortly after the war ended, Syria officially became an independent country in 1946. The British-led invasion of Syria and Lebanon aimed at preventing Germany from using the Mandatory Syrian Republic and Greater Lebanon, controlled by Vichy France, for attacks on Egypt as the British fought the Western Desert Campaign (1940–1943) against Axis forces in North Africa. Syriac Christianity, originating in Ancient Syria, spread further to the East and created the first Christian communities in Ancient Mainland India. The ancient Syriac language among the Syrian Christians of Kerala was also brought to Kerala by Thomas the Apostle in the 1st century CE. The Syriac language continues to be taught in colleges, universities and Syrian churches in Kerala.

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