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    olivea765 Posts: 10, Reputation: 1
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    Dec 10, 2007, 07:00 PM
    British in India
    Hello.
    I am doing a project about India's fight for democracy. Any information would be much appreciated :)

    Why did the British decide to leave India in 1947?

    I know that the British decided to divide India into Pakistan and the Republic of India due to problems with comprimising between Hindus and Muslims. But I can't seem to find out why they left in the first place...


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    Dec 11, 2007, 12:29 PM
    Suffice it to say that Britain had been pretty beat up after WWII . They did not have the strength or desire to hold onto an empire ;especially against a large determined population on the Indian sub-continent that had caught the independence fever .
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