A new controversy has opened its fold that has not been popular with everyone. 'Why did the British leave India in 1947? Who was responsible for such a drastic change in the British Royal minds?'
An extract from a letter written by Mr. P.V. Chakaborthy, former chief justice of Calcutta High COurt on MArch 30, 1976:
'When I was acting as Governor of Bengal in 1956, lord Clement Atlee, who was the British Prime Minister in post war years and who was responsible for India's freedom, visited India and stayed in Raj Bhavan Calcutta for two days. I put it straight to him, "The Quit India Movement of Gandhi practically died out long before 1947 and there was nothing in the Indian hands at that time, which was in a way responsible for the British to leave India in a hurry. Why then did they do so?"
In reply, Atlee cited several reasons, the most important of which were the I.N.A activities of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, in the year of 1945, which weakened the very foundation of the British empire in India. When asked about the extent to which Mahatma Gandhi influenced the British decision on leaving India, Mr. Atlee's lips widened in smile of disdain and he uttered slowly, "Minimal".
Source: The Tribune of Sunday, February 12 2006, 'Spectrum', p.11
An extract from a letter written by Mr. P.V. Chakaborthy, former chief justice of Calcutta High COurt on MArch 30, 1976:
'When I was acting as Governor of Bengal in 1956, lord Clement Atlee, who was the British Prime Minister in post war years and who was responsible for India's freedom, visited India and stayed in Raj Bhavan Calcutta for two days. I put it straight to him, "The Quit India Movement of Gandhi practically died out long before 1947 and there was nothing in the Indian hands at that time, which was in a way responsible for the British to leave India in a hurry. Why then did they do so?"
In reply, Atlee cited several reasons, the most important of which were the I.N.A activities of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, in the year of 1945, which weakened the very foundation of the British empire in India. When asked about the extent to which Mahatma Gandhi influenced the British decision on leaving India, Mr. Atlee's lips widened in smile of disdain and he uttered slowly, "Minimal".
Source: The Tribune of Sunday, February 12 2006, 'Spectrum', p.11
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