he British period 1757-1947 is called 'the Dark Age of Indian History'. Other Europeans call the British 'perfidious Albion'. The British themselves have tried to minimise the role of greed and such other vices by saying that their Indian Empire came into being 'almost unbeknownst to themselves' and it was created in 'a fit of absent mindedness'.
This, as is obvious, is palpable untruth. Their entry, establishment, as well as exit from India were as disgraceful acts as any in recorded history. Limitations of space allow us to only focus on the exit. Lest we be accused of prejudice, we quote from what Winston Churchill had to say when the British announced their intention to quit. The original proposal was to leave by June 1948, in 14 month's time from the date of announcement. The record of the debate in the British Parliament on 6 March, 1947 says, "Was this merely to be 'Operation Scuttle'? Churchill asked. 'The Government by their 14 month's time limit, have put an end to all prospects of Indian unity... How can one suppose that the thousand year gulf* which yawns between Muslim and Hindu will be bridged in 14 months?... It is astounding." *History is witness to the fact that in 1857 there was no 'gulf' between Hindus and Muslims.
Churchill called the time limit 'a kind of guillotine' designed to cut all the long united services and to fragment, not merely partition, all of India. "How can we walk out of India and leave behind a war between 90 million Muslims and 200 million caste Hindus....? Will it not be a terrible disgrace to our name if we allow one fifth of the population of the globe... to fall into chaos and carnage? Would it not be a world (class) crime...that would stain... our name for ever?
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Churchill went on to warn, 'We must face the evils that are coming upon us', his voice almost breaking as he added, 'and that we are powerless to avert.' 'We must do our best in all circumstances—but, at least, let us not add, by shameful flight, by a premature hurried scuttle to the pangs of sorrow so many of us feel, the tint and smear of shame.'
Despite this eloquent and passionate plea, Attlee's 'quit India quick' proposal won by a majority of 337 votes to 185. The date of June 1948 was moved forward to August 1947 because of the personal agenda of the new Viceroy, Lord Louis Mountbatten. He was impatient to return to the Royal Navy as he wanted to rise to be the First Lord of the Admiralty, a post his father had held until the anti-German feelings generated by the World War I caused him to resign.