N'afọ 1938, gọọmenti France họpụtara ya ka ọ bụrụ gọvanọ French India, bụ́ ógbè nke ọgba aghara ndị dị n'ụlọ ọrụ ndị na-emepụta ákwà na-eme ka ọ maa jijiji. N'oge agha ndị agha France n'oge Agha IIwa nke Abụọ, Bonvin zigara gọọmentị France (mgbe ahụ na Bordeaux) na June 20, 1940, na-ekwupụta uche nke ndị French India ịga n'ihu agha n'akụkụ ndị Allies. Otú ọ dị, ka e mesịrị, mgbe a bịanyesịrị aka n'akwụkwọ nkwekọrịta nkwekọrịta agha nke June 22, 1940
, ọ nabatara ọchịchị Marshal Pétain ozugbo. N'oge na-adịghị anya mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, n'okpuru nrụgide sitere n'aka Colonel Schomberg, onye nnọchi anya ndị Britain na Pondicherry, onye dọrọ ya aka ná ntị na ndị agha British Indian ga-eweghara ógbè ahụ ma ọ bụrụ na o kwupụtaghị maka General de Gaulle, ọ gbanwere mkpebi ya. Na arịrịọ a rịọrọ ndị mmadụ na June 27, 1940, Bonvin kwupụtara na alaeze ukwu French (yabụ French Establishments na India) "ga-anọgide n'akụkụ ndị Britain ruo mgbe mmeri ikpeazụ". Na July 12, Gọvanọ Bonvin, site n'aka ndị Britain, mesiri de Gaulle obi ike na French India ga-akwado ya.