Macj Posted October 17, 2013 Posted October 17, 2013 No ' date=' it because of peoples' revolt. Carib people didn't voice their revolt earlier. We got a lot of international press exposure because of Gandhi and the freedom movement which did speed up the process of independence. Are you a 'chaddi' dhari ? They teach this kind of history to kids at a very young age.[/quote'] Britain was also worried many of the countries it ruled would fall under the Communist yoke, therefore preferring to retain them in her sphere of influence as a concession after granting independence.
The Outsider Posted October 17, 2013 Author Posted October 17, 2013 In the worlds of Attlee, "the cost of squeezing the Brown man for more money costs more than the extract itself" If there was not such a strong freedom movement in India, do you think the cost of squeezing the Brown man would have exceeded the economical benefits from India?
Detonator Posted October 17, 2013 Posted October 17, 2013 The freedom movement not only bought us the freedom, but it gave us the united India as we know it now. If not for the leaders (mainly Gandhiji), India would have been split into many countries like Madras, Bombay, Bengal, etc.,
Brainfade Posted October 18, 2013 Posted October 18, 2013 It may have just been timing: Aug 15, 1947 - Independence Jan 30, 1948 - Gandhiji assassinated They don't give Nobels posthumously unless the person dies after the announcement has been made. No opportunity for Nobel Committee to consider him. From the Nobel website: Examples of Nominated Individuals Who Did Not Receive the Nobel Peace Prize (1901-1950) The three most common searches on individuals in the Nobel Peace Prize nomination database, are Adolf Hitler, Mahatma Gandhi and Joseph Stalin. Joseph Stalin, the Secretary General of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922-1953), was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1945 and 1948 for his efforts to end World War II. Mahatma Gandhi, one of the strongest symbols of non-violence in the 20th century, was nominated in 1937, 1938, 1939, 1947 and, finally, shortly before he was assassinated in January 1948. Although Gandhi was not awarded the Prize (a posthumous award is not allowed by the statutes), the Norwegian Nobel Committee decided to make no award that year on the grounds that "there was no suitable living candidate". http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/facts/peace/
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