Australia wasn't always supportive of India becoming independent. But 75 years on, relations have thawed
- Written by: Amitabh Mattoo, Honorary Professor of International Relations, The University of Melbourne
Mohandas Gandhi, who led India's fight for independence, talks to a crowd in Ahmedabad, India in 1931. APOn this day 75 years ago, after a long battle for self-government, Great Britain finally withdrew from the subcontinent – allowing independence for India and Pakistan.
Once described as the “jewel in the crown”, the British...
