Explanation:

• Parallel Governments were established at many places:
• Ballia (in August, 1942, for a week): Under Chittu Pandey. He got many Congress leaders released.
• Tamluk (Midnapore, from December, 1942, to September, 1944): Jatiya Sarkar undertook the cyclone relief work, sanctioned grants to schools, supplied paddy from the rich to the poor, organized Vidyut Vahinis, etc.
• Satara (mid-1943 to 1945): Named Prati Sarkar, was organized under leaders like Y.B. Chavan, Nana Patil, etc. Village libraries and Nyayadan Mandals were organized, prohibition campaigns were carried on and =Gandhi marriages‘ were organized.
• Active help was provided by the businessmen (through donations, shelter and material help), students (acting as couriers), simple villagers (by refusing information to the authorities), pilots and train drivers (by delivering bombs and other material) and government officials, including the police (who passed on secret information to the activists).