Wednesday, September 7, 2022

 


Winston Churchill

                                              Winston Churchill a former prime minister of  England is considered to be the war hero of England because he was one of the leaders who made it possible to win the second world war. It was also surprising that he was thrown out of power after the war. Besides that, he was a perfect colonist and was prejudiced against India and Indians who fought for freedom. One he called Mahatma Gandhi 'Naked Fakir of India' in the context of his dress.  He was also against giving independence to India, which was considered Jewell among British colonies.



                                                Churchill said he hates Indians. They are beastly people with a beastly Religion. He once went further and commented very severely on the Bengal famine.  He said it was their own fault for breeding like rabbits. It was reported that once he also commented that  'Those  40 crores Indians (i.e. then) should not be given freedom. They will foolishly tax on everything including air'. Mahatma Gandhi reacted very severely to said comment and retorted  ' Let be Chaos but the British must leave India immediately. ' 




                                               He was very stiff regarding his colonial view.  He said if welsh are striking over hunger we must fill their bellies with lead.  We sent troops in to crush striking miners in Tonypandy. 



                                              Afghan war of 1897 he said ' There who resisted were killed. We proceeded village to village, destroyed houses, wells,  towns, trees, and burned crops.' All these views reflect that he was drunk with  Supreme English colonial power.



                                             It was Atlee a former British labor Prime Minister who gave freedom to India as by then England knew very well that it was difficult to maintain control over India.

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