![]() ![]() So, Gandhi asked Winston Churchill for a guarantee that, if Indians fought on their side, India would gain its independence after the end of the war.Ĭhurchill refused: “I did not become the Prime Minister of England,” he said, “in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire.” India was under British rule during the Second World War. Well, it all started even before India’s independence with someone you undoubtedly know: Mahatma Gandhi. And, yet, it’s been independent for just seven decades. ![]() India is the second-most populous country in the world. He has also authored three plays and a novel. A former “Times of India” columnist and CEO of Procter & Gamble (Indian subdivision), he graduated from Harvard and went on to write some of the most critically acclaimed books on India and its history. Gurcharan Das is an Indian writer and public intellectual. ![]() Or, better yet, from his own birth to his old age. In “ India Unbound,” Gurcharan Das follows its rise from its independence to this day. India is the world’s sixth largest economy by nominal GDP and the third largest by PPP. 4 min read ⌚ From Independence to the Global Information Age ![]()
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