The Indian political situation - Clement Attlee (1942) - To what extent does India's independence impose itself on the British political powers?

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[...] To what extent, then, does India's independence impose itself on the British political powers? I. India's historical situation is undergoing a breakthrough A. The decline in European influence The author begins his speech by recalling that India is a country that is undergoing profound change and transformation under the influence of the countries around it. Indeed, Japan, China but also the USSR, have experienced strong growth and asserted their respective power. Indeed, drawing in particular on the conclusions of the Simon Report, Clement Attlee notes that India's political situation has been transformed, notably following the defeat of Russia by Japan: a country close to India. [...]

[...] However, this union must necessarily go through the unity of Indian political leaders; in pore to a real war of religion between the Hindu community and the Muslim community. Thus, it is under condition that India must be free and out of the British Empire. The statesman notes that these conditions are necessary in order to allow a state of peace in a country which is in the grip of internal difficulties, but also in view of the situation of the countries around India which are gaining in power: especially Japan. [...]

[...] According to the British statesman Clement Attlee, this autonomy can be explained by India's important contribution to the war. Thus, based on the words of the Secretary of State, Clement Attlee notes that the constitutional problems inherent in India's situation in the Empire are also problematized by the contribution of Indians in the war. Indeed, if India had fought for the sovereignty and freedom of the United Kingdom, it was legitimate for it to fight for its own sovereignty and freedom as well. [...]

[...] The Indian political situation - Clement Attlee (1942) - To what extent does India's independence impose itself on the British political powers? Clement Richard Attlee, a member of the Labour Party, was a British statesman who served as British Prime Minister at the end of the Second World War and subsequently from 1945 to 1951. Attlee held a number of posts, including First Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom - after joining Winston Churchill's War Cabinet in 1940. During the Second World War, he had extensive powers in the domestic sphere, including leading the British economy when Churchill presided over foreign relations and war-related issues. [...]

[...] From then on, Clement Attlee proposes a new reading of the policy of the British colonies. In fact, based on the words of the Viceroy, he recalled that the British occupation of Indian territories had led to "great achievements". In particular, we can cite the fact that the presence of the British in the Indian colonies led to an increase in education, principles of justice and freedom by the Indians. Paradoxically, Clement Attlee notes that it was through the presence of the British that Indians were able to become aware of the notion of sovereignty and freedom and then to seek it. [...]