Mohandas Gandhi, who led India’s fight for independence, talks to a crowd in Ahmedabad, India in 1931.
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India celebrates its 75th anniversary of independence today. As a fellow member of the Commonwealth, Australia wasn’t always supportive of India’s ambitions for self-determination.
Saad Mohammad Al-Husainy, a student in Birmingham, marries Colette O'Neill in 1954.
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For some, the forced movement and brutalities of partition in 1947 led to new opportunities for women and migration to Britain.
Luxury in the British Raj: Calcutta’s memorial to Queen Victoria, 1921.
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How one member of the Indian Civil Service coped with being a colonial usurper.
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Intellectuals of the time saw the British Empire as the heir to the civilising influence of ancient Rome.
Mahatma Gandhi with Lord and Lady Mountbatten, 1947.
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As the British Empire became an unaffordable burden, planning for India’s independence quickly ran into trouble.