The Third World is the name given to the part of the world that was not part of the industrialized world at the start of the Cold War. The First World was America while the Second World was the Soviet Union. The developing world represents much of Asia, Africa and Latin America. Once most of these countries became independent of Western influence and reliance, their infrastructure began to collapse. The United States and the Soviet Union used their allies to obtain raw materials and markets, which played an important role in the Cold War. India being a non-aligned country, the two superpowers did not pay much attention to its internal conflicts. Until the Indo-Pakistani war, the United States and the USSR did not want to get involved in the country's internal struggles. During the Cold War, almost all developing countries, including India, were influenced by the two major superpowers in political and economic fields. At the start of World War II in 1939, India had its own internal problems because it was a British colony. India did not like the way the British ruled because they felt like second-class citizens in their own country due to segregation. Indians also made very little money from their products as they were exported and traded through Britain. Mohandas K. Gandhi is a man of great importance in Indian history. He believed in and promoted peaceful revolution and he believed that non-violence was the only way to get the British to leave India. In 1942, the Indian National Congress demanded that the British leave India. The British response to this action was to imprison the INC's most prominent leaders. Gandhi was one of these leaders and was imprisoned for two years, before finally being released from prison in 1944. I...... middle of paper...... The Vietnamese Union in 1991 left the Second World in ruins, creating Russia and many other countries in the region. The three worlds were created and may disappear because they were just classifications of a world that had completely changed by the end of the Cold War. The term First World has taken on a whole new meaning, moving away from developing countries ranking countries whose material well-being is substandard. Works cited1. Kort, Michael. The Cold War. Brookfield, CT: Millbrook, 1994. Print2. Gaddis, John Lewis. The Cold War: A New History. Penguin Group, 2005. Print.3. Ganguly, Sumit. India, emerging power. London: Frank Cass, 2003. Print.4. “India – Russia.” Country studies. Internet. May 18, 2011. .5. “India – United States.” Country studies. Internet. May 18 2011. .