- Title Pages
- Preface
- List of Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Churchill and the Pitfalls of Family Piety
- 2 Churchill and Germany
- 3 Churchill and France
- 4 Churchill and Social Reform
- 5 Churchill’s Economic Ideas, 1900–1930
- 6 Churchill and Lloyd George
- 7 Churchill and the Labour Movement
- 8 Churchill and the First World War
- 9 Churchill and Zionism
- 10 Churchill and the British Empire
- 11 Churchill and the Monarchy
- 12 Churchill and Appeasement
- 13 Churchill, Radio, and Cinema
- 14 Churchill in 1940: The Worst and Finest Hour
- 15 How Churchill Became Prime Minister
- 16 Churchill, Japan, and British Security in the Pacific 1904–1942
- 17 Wheel Within a Wheel: Churchill, Roosevelt, and the Special Relationship
- 18 Churchill and Stalin
- 19 Churchill’s Strategy
- 20 Churchill and the Defence Chiefs
- 21 Churchill and the Navy
- 22 Churchill and Eisenhower in the Second World War
- 23 Churchill and the Use of Special Intelligence
- 24 Churchill and Science
- 25 Churchill and Europe
- 26 Churchill and India
- 27 Churchill and Egypt 1946–1956
- 28 Churchill: The Government of 1951–1955
- 29 Churchill the Parliamentarian, Orator, and Statesman
- Index
Churchill and India
Churchill and India
- Chapter:
- (p.457) 26 Churchill and India
- Source:
- Churchill
- Author(s):
Sarvepalli Gopal
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
During the ten months he spent in India as a young army officer, Winston Churchill saw little of the country except military barracks, polo grounds, and government houses. However, the views he formed of India then remained the basis of his policies throughout his political career. Britain was doing great work in India, and the Empire could last for ever with the Indian people having no right to think of freedom while they had the good fortune of living under British administration. He got to like Jawaharlal Nehru personally and made the best of a bad job in maintaining good relations with a free India, even if this was contrary to his set views. Churchill strongly believed that unless Mahatma Gandhi and his movement were crushed, India would be lost and the downfall of the British Empire consummated, just as he was convinced that the national interests of Britain required the removal of Stanley Baldwin. For Churchill, the loss of India would mean famine in Britain and the final ruin of Lancashire.
Keywords: Winston Churchill, Britain, India, Jawaharlal Nehru, British Empire, Mahatma Gandhi, Stanley Baldwin
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- Title Pages
- Preface
- List of Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Churchill and the Pitfalls of Family Piety
- 2 Churchill and Germany
- 3 Churchill and France
- 4 Churchill and Social Reform
- 5 Churchill’s Economic Ideas, 1900–1930
- 6 Churchill and Lloyd George
- 7 Churchill and the Labour Movement
- 8 Churchill and the First World War
- 9 Churchill and Zionism
- 10 Churchill and the British Empire
- 11 Churchill and the Monarchy
- 12 Churchill and Appeasement
- 13 Churchill, Radio, and Cinema
- 14 Churchill in 1940: The Worst and Finest Hour
- 15 How Churchill Became Prime Minister
- 16 Churchill, Japan, and British Security in the Pacific 1904–1942
- 17 Wheel Within a Wheel: Churchill, Roosevelt, and the Special Relationship
- 18 Churchill and Stalin
- 19 Churchill’s Strategy
- 20 Churchill and the Defence Chiefs
- 21 Churchill and the Navy
- 22 Churchill and Eisenhower in the Second World War
- 23 Churchill and the Use of Special Intelligence
- 24 Churchill and Science
- 25 Churchill and Europe
- 26 Churchill and India
- 27 Churchill and Egypt 1946–1956
- 28 Churchill: The Government of 1951–1955
- 29 Churchill the Parliamentarian, Orator, and Statesman
- Index
