was loyal to the British
and he helped install a pro British government. I don't know what the proposed
better alternative is. The British was ruling the country for the better part
of 4 centuries by then, and changing it to something else would take years of
effort. Combine this with different princely states not wanting to be part of
independent India, the economic realities, and the looming threat from China -
you have a recipe for a failed state. I would have preferred India not
colonized at all, but there was no better alternative than this for India to
become independent from the British.

Armed uprisings were few and far in-between in India. Subash Chandra Bose was
the only one that came any close to having a successful army but even if he
was more successful than heperson as he
aged. He worked in South Africa as a young(er) man, his views on Black people
changed as he grew older.

Regardless, Gandhi's writings about Black people have been taken out of
context in many places, and it would be a good idea to read entire
letters/articles written by him before jumping to conclusions.

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gremlinsinc
Gandhi's cool, but I'd have picked Freddie Mercury.

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person_of_color
He was an anglophile to the point of Stockholm Syndrome.

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encom
Well, good! That's the kind of person you'd want on your currency. Why pick
someone who hates their country?

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tasogare
This is very odd for a country to celebrate in this way a foreigner that lead
a revolution which concluded in huge territorial loss.

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IfOnlyYouKnew
Gandhi was a British citizen, with a law degree from Oxford IIRC.

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blaser-waffle
A law degree does not mean you can't lead rebellions, and being