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"And how were the British kicked out of India? Well, by none other than some pacifist self-sacrificing guy named Mohandas Gandhi."

Eh, no - Gandhi had little to do with the actual 'end game' of Indian independence. The main drivers were unrest within the Indian army and a lack of focus and drive of the British empire to spend money and effort on keeping control of India after the very taxing second World War. It's unclear what real effects, if any, Gandhi's action in the decades before the 1940's really had.



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