Mihir Bose-Legacy of the Raj
April 28, 2009
As last viceroy, Lord Mountbatten (in white dress uniform, centre right) handed over to Jawaharlal Nehru (far right). It was Nehru’s work that made secular democracy thrive in India
Mihir Bose writes in The New Statesman on democracy in India and the attitude of the Raj to India and Hindus as compared to Pakistan and Muslims. Bose contrasts for example the postion the Raj took regarding Muslims as compared to views today.
An interesting read.
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In this article, Mihir Bose reiterates –
Partition, the foreign secretary Ernest Bevin told the Labour party conference that year (1947), “would help to consolidate Britain in the Middle East”
However, in today’s world with the bizarre help of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Williams, who having previously in early 2008 set the context for the broader issue of religious and legal pluralism as a desirable development for the UK –
Partition of the UK, “would help to consolidate the Middle East in Britain”