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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
Australia wasn't always supportive of India becoming independent. But 75 years on, relations have thawedMohandas Gandhi, who led India's fight for independence, talks to a crowd in Ahmedabad, India in 1931. AP

On 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...

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