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Ep 262: Nehru's Debates

The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma

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There is a school of thought that holds that regardless of the entire freedom struggle, colonialism would have ended anyway. So what is your take on that? i think you're completely right. I meani colonialism was going to collapse, but crucially, it was going to end any way. From the 19 thirties, the british had openly declared their actually dominion status was was the end. If not now, there may be, if not in 19 forty seven, maybe t would have taken another ten years. The hold up even to the government of india act wasn't because the britishes didn't want a central legislature,. It was because the indians couldn't agree

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