Dear Brethren,
Who was responsible for Decolonization /
Freedom of India (and 100+ 3rd World Countries) – Adolf Hitler, Subash Chander
Bose or Mohandas K Gandhi.
As India enters 65th year of its
‘independence’ from Britain, it is time to pause and reflect as what caused 300
years old British Empire to dissolve and crumble within 20 years of the end of
World War 2.
Who can be called father of India or 100+
Third World Countries or De-Colonization?
Lies being taught;
Congress Party under leadership of Mohandasss
Gandhi and Jawahar Lal Nehru by their non violent Quit India movement got India
its Independence.
Now the truth;
Let us examine the role of Neville Chamberlain,
Winston Churchill and Adolf Hitler or Clement Atlee, in India’s freedom in the
light of events preceding Indian Independence in 1947;
Under World War 2 Treaty of Versailles,
Germany was cut in several pieces and gifted to other nations. Since 1935, some
of these several pieces i.e. Saar region, Rhineland, Austria, Sudetenland by
the movements of their own citizens gradually rejoined their fatherland –
Germany without a single shot being fired.
Danzig and German Corridor was last of such
places with 98% German Population. From March 1939, Poland began programme of
extermination of Germans in this city and murdered more than 45,000 Germans. On
August 10, 1939; Albert Forster,
Gauleiter for Danzig, addressed a crowd of 100,000 in Danzig and invited Adolf
Hitler to free them from tyranny of Polish communists. On August 25, 1939,
Germany asks for plebiscite in this area to allow Freedom to people of this
city to choose their own destiny. Poland/England refused to allow Plebiscite or
freedom to people to choose their own destiny. On September 1, 1939, Germany
enters German city Dangiz (under illegal Polish Possession) to protect German
citizens from further massacre. On September 3, 1939, England and France
declare war on Germany thus beginning World War 2. See here for causes of world
war-2
who is responsible for WW2
After end of 6 years, 72 million had died,
Europe and Britain lay in ruins and communist Russia took over half of Europe
including Poland and that small German city of Danzig (part of Germany in 1918
whose citizens were denied Freedom by England) over which England and France
declared War on Germany thus beginning World War 2. Neville chamberlain refused
to allow plebiscite in Danzig and declared war on Germany, Winston Churchill
twice declined peace offer by Hitler once when Germany allowed besieged English
forces to escape from Dunkirk and second when France fell. Churchill continued
on his path of England’s destruction. Churchill's War
Even if Indians had wanted England to stay
and built remaining railways, airports, dams, roads, bridges laying down of
electric cables and water pipes etc (which incidentally have not been built
even after 60 years by corrupt Congress regime - but blueprints prepared by
English are still available), Britain would have left India in 1947 purely for
its own military and economic insolvency back home.
Before Hitler, England and France had
attacked and enslaved more than 100 countries and 100s of billions of its
citizens in Africa, Asia, America including Canada, and Australia, New Zealand
etc. England and France were like a big bully of your school snatching away
candy of small children the 3rd world countries. America got its independence
from England with the help of French Army. France helped because of contest
with England and France over world domination. In 1939, Before WW-2, Britain
occupied 25% of total land area on earth and 25% of world population.
Then came Hitler. Son of a customs official
it took tremendous ability to rise from an obscure background of a corporal in
1919 to mastery of a nation in 1933 that had long been governed by aristocratic
elites. And it took greater ability still to elevate that nation in a mere 5
years from demoralization and bankruptcy to mastery of a continent. England and
France then attacked Germany. But this time they took on more than they could
chew. France was overrun in a matter of 2 weeks; England lay in ruins and became
insolvent. From a zero in 1933, Hitler took Germany to such heights by 1939
that it took the might of all powers America, Britain, China, Russia, France
and 116 other nations etc to defeat Germany. His defeat was mainly due because
his enemies (US, USSR, England, France, China and 116 other nations) had far
more resources to prevail. Adolf didn't. Hitler had also banned atomic and
chemical weapons. See here for details.
Within 20 years of the end of WW2 Britain was
back to its small hole in Atlantic. After WWII, Britain left not only India but
nearly all its other holdings, including Jordan in 1946, Palestine in 1947, Sri
Lanka in 1948, Myanmar in 1948, and Egypt in 1952 and 50 other nations within
years thereafter. For the same reason, France also had to grant independence to
Laos in 1949 and Cambodia in 1953, and had to leave Vietnam in 1954 and other
30 nations within years thereafter. None of the other nations whether under
England or French Colonialism had Mohandass K Gandhi, or Subash Chander Bose
yet all countries got their independence.
Hitler thus takes the credit for an action
that freed 100+ countries and billions of people from slavery and tyranny of
Britain and France. Every one of these countries had their own freedom
fighters, People like Subash Chander Bose, Bhagat Singh, Chander Shekhar Azad,
Gandhi etc but they were only ‘also ran’ category and were not critical or even
main players in Independence of 100+ nations.
Thanks to Hitler, those 100+ nations who were
like small children whose candies were being snatched by big bullies like
England and France for their desire of world domination got their freedom from
these tyrants. Has any other person does so much for freedom of the 100s of the
billions of the humans of world?
In fact if the Second World War had not taken
place; England may have never left India. Maybe the 21st century would have
dawned with England still owning its colonies and sun never setting on English
empire. But for Hitler several billion people in 70+ colonies of England might
still be singing ‘God Save the Queen’. This is not an airy statement but one
very plausible. The credit for reducing Great Britain to this dire strait thus
must go to Hitler who financially and militarily destroyed England, where
holding on to colonies became impossible or impracticable. The following are
the details of destruction and losses suffered by England because of Hitler;
Military losses;
England suffered loss of approx 5,000,000 men
(including civilians), several million more lay injured and incapacitated or
disabled. It affected almost 8% of entire population on England before start of
war. Its naval supremacy came to no use. Air supremacy ruled. Most of its
cities and industries lay in ruins. In India, England had greatly inducted Hindus
in its army for use in World War 2. Now the Hindus had nowhere else to fight.
They greatly outnumbered English force. The strength of Hindus in the English
army had increased from 200,000 to 2,500,000 Hindus. England manpower stood at
same levels at less than 70,000 men. For England to maintain its hold over
India it required at least one Englishman against three locals. They required
800,000 more men. England had no more forces to commit, rather it required its
own manpower back in England to rebuild it as most of its cities and industries
lay in ruins.
Economic conditions;
Within 1 year of war, England had spent all
it gold and dollar reserves. England’s Treasury was empty. During the war it
was dependent on lend lease from United States which US ended after War on
September 2nd, 1945. Under the lend lease, a total of $31.4 billion (at 1939
prices) aid was given by US to Britain, Now it may be worth 100 billion. In the 1945 General Election Attlee led the
Labor Party to triumph at the polls. People of England had realized that
Winston Churchill was a war monger and for his personal excitement in seeing
death had led them to an unnecessary war, Churchill Quotes, killing 72 million including 500,000 of its
own citizens. People of England were angry with huge extravaganza of war over a
small German city of Danzig and horrendous conclusions when Danzig along with
whole of Poland and half of Europe was gifted to arch enemy Russia. England
became insolvent. England begged more funds from Washington. To stave off
Insolvency of England, US provided a low interest loan of $3.75 billion in
1946, followed by Marshall Plan ("European Recovery Program") grants
of $3 billion (which was 25% of total plan outlay under Marshall Plan). It had
no money to pay for large Indian workforce of several million. Both the
manpower and money were essentially needed at home to rebuild its destroyed
cities and industries.
Food shortages;
England suffered food shortages. Food rationing
was introduced. In 1945 rationing levels were (All figures per person per
week); Bacon & Ham was limited to 113 g, sugar 227 g, tea 57 g, meat 57 g,
cheese 28 g, butter 57 g, sweets 340 g even biscuits and cereals all rationed.
Food rationing increased after the War. Bread, was rationed from 1946 to 1948;
potato rationing began in 1947.
Reason for Independence as given during
debate in England’s House of Commons;
“We have recruited our workers for the war;
they have been demobilized after the war. They are required to repair the
factories damaged by Hitler’s bombers. Moreover, they want to join their kith
and kin after five and a half years of separation. Their kith and kin also want
to join them. In these conditions if we have to rule India for a long time, we
have to keep a permanent British army for a long time in a vast country of four
hundred millions. We have no such army….” Sir Stafford Cripps, intervening in
the debate on the motion to grant Indian Independence in the British House of
Commons in 1947 quoted in ‘The Freedom Struggle and the Dravidian Movement’ by
P. Ramamurti, Orient Longman, 1987.
Role of Subash Chander Bose in India’s
freedom;
Many of my friends have called for role of
Subash Chander Bose. Their arguments are ; Gandhi, launched the “Quit India”
movement in August 1942, demanding the immediate withdrawal of the British from
India or face nationwide civil disobedience. Along with all other Congress
leaders, Gandhi was immediately imprisoned, and the country erupted in small
violent demonstrations. The large war- time British Army presence in India led
to most of the movement being crushed in a little more than six weeks;
With Congress leaders in jail after quit
India movement, attention turned to Subhas Bose, who had been ousted from the
Congress in 1939 Bose turned to the Axis powers for help with liberating India
by force. With Japanese support, he organized the Indian National Army,
composed largely of Indian soldiers of the British Indian army who had been
captured at Singapore by the Japanese. Provisional Government of Azad Hind
(Free India), presided by Bose, was short lived; after the reverses of 1944,
the reinforced British Indian Army in 1945 first halted and then reversed the
Japanese offensive, beginning the successful part of the Burma Campaign. Bose's
Indian National Army surrendered with the recapture of Singapore.
When Japan Surrendered, the British charged
20,000 men with treason. They decided to hold the Trial in Public at the red
fort in Delhi. The first three of Bose's men to be charged were a Hindu, a
Muslim and a Sikh. On November 21 and 23, 1945 a mass demonstration took place
in Kolkota (Calcutta). Police shot more than 200 people of whom 33 died. Then
the British decided to put on trial only those men INA men who were charged
with committing murder or brutality against other POW's. However, Kolkata
(Calcutta) simply exploded when in February 1946, Abdul Rashid Khan of INA was
given seven years imprisonment for murder. Unrest began with Muslims and soon
joined by students. Both the Police and Army were called to put down the
'almost revolution'. This time nearly 400 hundred people were shot down out of
whom nearly 100 were killed. Khan's trial gave thousands of Indian's an excuse
to revolt. revolt started with Sailor's mutiny it spread from Karachi to Bombay
and from Vizag to Calcutta involving 78 ships, 20 shore establishments and
20,000 men/sailors. British forbade BBC from broadcasting the revolt.
This sailor's revolt / mutiny spurred the new
Labour government in Britain to action, leading to the Cabinet Mission to India
led by the Secretary of State for India, Lord Pethick Lawrence, including Sir
Stafford Cripps, who had visited four years earlier. The Labour government in
Britain, its cities at home in ruins, its exchequer insolvent by World War II,
and conscious that it did not have the mandate at home, decided to end British
rule of India, and in early 1947 Britain announced its intention of
transferring power no later than June 1948.
Points to ponder:
With all respect to people of India and
particularly to those of Bengal I have a few questions?
1. INA (Indian national Army) was made up of
Indian POWS captured by Japan in WW2, If there was no WW2 there would have been
no INA.
2. If
Japan was not at war with England in WW2, Japan would not have supported INA?
3.
If there was no INA, there would be no trials. No trials - No mutiny -
No riots.
4. WW2 strength of natives in English army would
have remained at 200,000 and ratio unaffected.
Even Subash Chander Bose knew that Key to
billions of people around the World from tyranny of England and France lay with
Adolf Hitler, and so he decided to meet him.
Subash Chander Bose with Adolf Hitler
So we go back to answering the question -
what led to India’s and 100 other countries to freedom within 20 years of end
of World War 2 and financial and military destruction of England in World War
2? There is only one Answer - Adolf Hitler or Neville Chamberlain who declared
World war-2 or Winston Churchill who twice refused cease fire / peace offer by
Hitler.
Role of Mohandass K Gandhi In India’s
freedom;
Gandhi and the Congress Party opted for a
“Quit India Movement” against the British in 1942 and he spread the slogan “Do
or Die,” which in fact Subhas Chander Bose had proposed in 1938. The British
government arrested all the top Congress Party leaders. The movement fizzled
out entirely within a matter of six weeks. In fact as they had hanged Bhagat
Singh they could have easily done away with Gandhi or imprisoned him in a far
away island like they imprisoned Napoleon at St. Helena in the South Atlantic.
British had propped up Gandhi for harmless fun secure in their knowledge that
its non-violent movement had no effect on them.
Chief Justice P.B. Chakrabarty of Calcutta
High Court, who had also served as the acting Governor of West Bengal in India,
disclosed the following in a letter addressed to the publisher of Dr. R.C.
Majumdar’s book A History of Bengal:
“You have fulfilled a noble task by
persuading Dr. Majumdar to write this history of Bengal and publishing it … In
the preface of the book Dr. Majumdar has written that he could not accept the
thesis that Indian independence was brought about solely or predominantly by
the non-violent civil disobedience movement of Gandhi. When I was the acting
Governor, Lord Atlee, who had given us independence by withdrawing the British
rule from India, spent two days in the Governor’s palace at Calcutta during his
tour of India. At that time I had a prolonged discussion with him regarding the
real factors that had led the British to quit India. My direct question to him
was that since Gandhi’s “Quit India” movement had tapered off quite some time
ago and in 1947 no such new compelling situation had arisen that would
necessitate a hasty British departure, why did they have to leave? In his reply
Atlee cited several reasons, the principal among them being the erosion of
loyalty to the British Crown among the Indian army and navy personnel as a result
of the military activities of Netaji [Subhash Chandra Bose]. Toward the end of
our discussion, I asked Atlee what was the extent of Gandhi’s influence upon
the British decision, to quit India? Hearing this question, Atlee's lips became
twisted in a sarcastic smile, as he slowly chewed out the word,
"m-i-n-i-m-a-l!" ”
It was Clement Atlee’s training as Political
Diplomat that he did not use the word “n-o-n-e”.
Worshiping false Gods. Many have made a trade
of delusions and false propaganda, deceiving the stupid multitude. Blinding
Ignorance does mislead us. O wretched mortals, open your eyes!
KAPIL DEV AGGARWAL
