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samdung ◴[] No.42163414[source]
The British committed more atrocities (going by body count) in the 20 odd years of India's "peaceful freedom movement" headed by MKG.

1919 - Jallianwala Bagh massacre (over 1500 shot dead in a few minutes). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jallianwala_Bagh_massacre

1943 - Bengal famine of 1943 (over 3 million dead). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_famine_of_1943

1947 - Partition of India (2 million deaths) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_of_India

Indian school text books just gloss over British brutality in India.

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aguaviva ◴[] No.42164866[source]
So all the death and carnage that happened during the Partition was simply "committed" by the British - with no agency at all within the local populace?

Seems to be a rather dehumanizing and belittling view of the latter.

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1. BriggyDwiggs42 ◴[] No.42165915[source]
This is a parody right