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The independence of India was not a result of a forced expulsion of the Empire, as desired by the Quit India Movement; it was rather a confluence of domestic politics and global circumstances.

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India gained independence in 1947 after a long end a ordeal of struggle for freedom against the exploitative British Raj. Quit India movement in 1942 acted as a flashpoint for the British withdrawal to India but the reasons for British withdrawal are multidimensional. The tenacious British rule did not only end because of Quit India movement but may domestic and global factor acted in confluence to bring the end of empire in India,

Domestic Reasons:

1Quit India Movement - Quit India never 1942 was fundamentally different from earlier pm-independence movement. It was led by masses, spontaneous and highlighted by the inabiliti of British to crush low in order

In many parts of India !

2INA mutiny - INA mutiny in feb 1946 was the 5 groundrule impact indicator of loss of trust between Indian people and British record. INA mutiny led economy by entities by army units in various places like Ambala, Karachi, Singapore, Muzzafarpur etc at

3Brand Hindu tribes - Against INA others led to combined resilience from masses, becauseracy and even public making British realize the debacle held they had on the (away).

4Communal conflict - Rising essentialness of Muslim league for pakistan led to xph and communal tension holding it difficult for British to administer properly.

5Breakdown of Bureaucracy - Bureaucracy was skeletal frame of empire but it was indoctrinated & sympathetic for Indian rights

Global Circumstances

1End of WW2 - Britain was exhausted after the WW2 and was in precarious financial landscape, it owed 1.2 billion pounds to India and found it difficult to maintain the empire as reverse from India declined.

2Liberal agenda of USA & USSR - USA and USSR were forcing Britain to give independence to colonies as war was fought on the basis of liberation vs fascism etc.

3Decline of UK hegemony - After the bombing of Hiroshima USA became the nuclear power and on the basis of its rule in WW2, took a secondary position to USA in global politics.

4Change of government in UK - Labour government of Attlee was more inclined to give UK independence to colonies

All these factors helped the enormous scarce made by Indian people and result in Independence in 1947)

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Good contextualization of independence in 1947
Acknowledges multidimensional factors
References Quit India Movement of 1942
Attempts to analyze both domestic and global factors

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BEHERE SHUBHAM SHARAD

AIR 2262025

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Modern Indian History from about the middle of the eighteenth century until the present

Independence of India and Quit India Movement

Confluence of Domestic and Global Factors

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374

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Historical and analytical

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