why did the British leave india?ans in detail?

Answer 1

The british exhausted almost al the resources of the country. Most of the weathy belongings of India (including kohinoor) had already been shipped to britain. besides, Indians were not ready to share any more of their resources with the british. They opposed tazes levied by the british, they opposed to buy british products, etc. Had british stayed any longer in India, they would have faced an economical imbalance in their own country. They were already spending a lot to control the agitation against them in the country. They were left with no other option but to leave India...

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Answer 2

The period after 1945 when the second world war ended was called a period of Decolonisation. The second world war severely weakened the tight political and military control that major European empires had on their colonial possessions. Not only the British but the Dutch, the French, and the United States.

After the Second world war, Britian was drained - militarily, economically, socially. Britain needed long periods of peace to recover from the war. Already over-extended, the war revealed that Britain was unable to defend her global colonial possessions. That fact was evident at Singapore in 1942.

Independence movements after 1945 engulfed much of what remained of the European empires. Not only Gandi, but Sukarno in Indonesia, and South East Asia all took advantage of the weakness of colonial empires and demanded their independence.

Another reason was that neither the United States or any of Britains other major allies or dominions were willing to support any colonial power from holding on to their colonies. After the war ended, many saw colonialism as white slavery. The United States also saw colonialism as one of the prime causes for the outbreak of the first and second world war.

While the British were reluctant to give up India, holding on to a country so vast and populated was impossible militarily. This fact was also demonstrated by the British loss by the Suez Canal and the independence declared by Egypt in 1952. If Britain could not hold Egypt, how could she have possibly held India.

Answer 3

The Quit India Movement in 1942 rocked the british empire in India. They learnt that it is not possible to rule anymore in India. They were mentaly set to leave india if needed but tried their best to stick here but failed and had to quit. M.K Gandhi was the most powerful influence.

Answer 4

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They got weak by fighting WWII. Some suggest that most of British Army from India who fought in WWII were Muslim soldiers and Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Pakistan's founder) threatened to use his influence on them by turning them against British if they did not leave.

PS: The independence movement started long before M.K. Gandhi's birth. He came to India after making lots of enemies in South Africa where he started his political career.

Answer 5

They got weak by fighting WWII. Some suggest that most of British Army from India who fought in WWII were Muslim soldiers and Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Pakistan's founder) threatened to use his influence on them by turning them against British if they did not leave.

PS: The independence movement started long before M.K. Gandhi's birth. He came to India after making lots of enemies in South Africa where he started his political career.

Answer 6

British left India because they knew that India is now more powerful than British.

Answer 7

they were under a lotta pressure from their homeland other democratic nations and of course from india itself..they realised they cudnt rule over india for longer. theyre exit did not happen overnight. it was set in motion ever since the establishment of indian national congress. as people in india became more educated the harder it became for the brits to keep their hold. if they hadnt educated indians they probably cud have ruled a lil while longer. and also their resources were depleted. from world war 2

Answer 8

last straw on British camel was S.Bose military non cooperation plus M.Gandhi's all movements which made English shivering from spine but i still admire that British united india also breaking Pakistan plus burma from us which we should again capture in future ,without british it was not possible to build hugr railways all overindia st that time of 1920-1930 because all poticians of same party would have eaten all money,so no progress would hhave been possible of india,so thanks to Biratish one way.

Answer 9

Because İndia Wake up.

Answer 10

quite simply india was costing the british tax payer to much money to try to ward off poverty and coruption was rife(and still is) the more wealthy indians were not interested in helping their own ,so to put it bluntly india was a basket case and still is to this day,