Chapter 190:

Chapter 190:

Chapter 190

British India was vast.

The Indian Empire encompassed a huge land that included Burma, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and parts of modern Afghanistan.

Its population of 400 million was larger than that of Europe, excluding the Soviet Union, and its vast area of 4.5 million square kilometers was also wider than Europe, excluding the Soviet Union.

To rule this vast land, Britain used all kinds of tricks.

It stirred up conflicts between ethnicities and religions, while also projecting its massive capital power.

But Britains power gradually declined.

Its national strength, which had been shaken by the First World War, was finally broken by its archenemy Germany, who trampled on its homeland in the Second World War.

Release the Congress! Release them!

Britain, get out! Get out!

Taking advantage of this gap, the Indian National Congress, led by Gandhi and Nehru, launched the Quit India movement in 1942. But this movement, which demanded a orderly withdrawal of Britain from the Indian subcontinent, was quickly crushed by the British authorities who ruled India.

After Gandhis Quit India speech, the members of the Indian National Congress were swiftly arrested by the Imperial Police and the British troops stationed in India.

The Congress leaders, who were arrested without warrants under the pretext of banning migration during the war, were still in prison even after the war officially ended with the defeat of the Axis.

Release them! Release them!

Get out! Get out of India!

The Indian capitalists, who had made huge profits from the enormous war expenditures and had enjoyed the spoils of imperialism, supported Britains war and took the lead in suppressing the Indian independence movement.

But even after the war ended, the Congress leaders did not expect to be released, and Britain, which was suffering from a budget deficit, was in economic distress.

After the war, the British, who had promised to grant independence, now plundered the Indian subcontinent to fill their homelands poverty and devoted themselves to taxation and extortion.

We cant starve any longer! My child is dying!

India wants independence! Britain, the plunderer, get out!

Charge!!!

The Imperial Police, who saw the angry crowds rushing in, drew their swords and raised their dark sabers toward the protesters.

Damn it Why dont they just keep fighting with non-violence and non-resistance

Then they would have been swept away sooner.

Gandhis Satyagraha (non-violence and non-resistance) movement never resorted to any violence, not even guns or trivial stones, against the British.

The British felt a sublime fear when they saw them being trampled or dragged as they pleased.

But now they were afraid for a different reason.

My brothers, my body is falling apart, but my spirit is with you. Until the day of Indias independence

Oh, Mahatma!

My God

Mahatma Gandhi was now in prison, refusing all food and fasting again.

Nehru, Gandhi, and other top leaders were afraid of influencing the outside world even in prison, so their letters and visits were all banned, but the damned rats seemed to have smuggled out Gandhis letter.

The police, who gritted their teeth and said they had to punish the guards, looked at the protesters who were getting more and more angry and excited.

My fast is now approaching two weeks. In fact, I have no more attachment to this land. My wife, Kasturba, died of fasting for me. My longtime comrade and secretary, Mahadev, also died. Im starting to get a fever again. When my consciousness becomes blurred, I cant hold a pen anymore. My brothers, the brothers of India

The young speaker, who was reading Gandhis letter, could not read any more and started to cry, and the crowd also burst into tears.

Wasnt it because they closed their doors and sucked the colonies dry during the Great Depression that the second war broke out?

From the perspective of the U.S., which had no significant colonies, the dismantling of the British colonial empire meant opening up new markets.

And since they interpreted that protectionism caused the Second World War, Roosevelt wanted to see the colonial empires collapse somehow.

In addition, if the Soviet Union, the largest country in the world, joined the U.S.-led market, the world would never be able to wage such a terrible war again because of mutual dependence! Not a few State Department officials sympathized with Roosevelts plan.

The Soviet Union, sensing this intention, imported a large amount of U.S. goods and exported massive natural resources and gold, becoming increasingly entangled with the U.S. in trade.

But now Britain was turning the tables!

If they cant give India independence, at least try to get the Indian National Congress out of prison. Were talking about defending freedom and democracy, but the so-called allies are locking people up in solitary confinement for years without warrants. How does that make sense?

That also has the potential for internal interference

Weve given them so much money, and now theyre talking nonsense! Damn Tommy bastards!

But the U.S. was also having a hard time doing anything decisive to Britain.

At the moment, the only allies left in Europe for the U.S. were bad students.

Phew Franco, this bastard, I told him to release the political prisoners, but hes already executed them all and theres no one left to release. South Italy is so rotten that theyre doing all kinds of crap. And Britain in the meantime

The only allies that could be said to be in the U.S. hands were Spain, Portugal, South Italy and Benelux, and Britain.

Among the four Nordic countries, Finland was virtually incorporated into the Soviet sphere of influence after being trampled by the Red Army for invading the Soviet Union, and Norway, Sweden, and Denmark declared strict neutrality.

But what if Britain also split over the colonial issue? It was no different from being expelled from Europe.

Troublesome bastards The State Department was grinding its teeth and wondering how to deal with them.

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India for Indians! Indian land for Indian farmers! <The Voice of India> will inform you of the position of the Indian National Congress on land distribution after Indias independence today.

The basement of a shabby building in Calcutta. This place, which looked like it would collapse soon, had various radio broadcasting equipment in the basement.

There were surprisingly many foreigners in this secret hideout of the Indian independence activists who broadcasted <The Voice of India>. And that

Why is the Soviet Union giving such full support?

Its simple. In fact, the question should be the opposite.

Bhimrao Ambedkar, who was sitting in his seat and looking at the Soviet adviser with a displeased eye, changed his expression again at the vague words of the Soviet adviser.

What do you mean by that?

Our Soviet Union has been working hard to achieve the independence of the colonized peoples and the resolution of the class problem since its founding. Even if we cooperated with Britain for a while against the common enemy Germany the colonial empire and the Soviet Union are actually incompatible.

The Soviet adviser smiled faintly and spoke in fluent English.

He offered a huge amount of gold from the Kremlin to support the Indian independence movement. He even provided equipment to broadcast.

Of course, when someone showed such kindness, one had to doubt their intentions. But in the midst of the worlds silence, this help was even touching.

Ambedkar, who was born as an untouchable (Dalit), received education and rose to prominence under British rule.

He was discriminated against by either the Hindu Indians of the upper caste who had oppressed him, or the British who discriminated against the Indians in every way.

So he opposed Gandhi, who was a devout Hindu and discriminated against the untouchables, even though he followed Gandhis line of Satyagraha and led the untouchables in his hometown.

What was the point of independence if the untouchables still remained untouchables after India was liberated! He argued against his compatriots who criticized him for working as an adviser to the Viceroy of India. The British, at least, were willing to discuss giving the untouchables a constituency and representation.

But now a new ally appeared. One who spoke of liberation from colonialism and class discrimination.

Why did you come now