Well you were proven wrong since they did give you independence. The Quit India movement were locked up, the UK won the war and India gained independence.
For an Irish, you're quite a weasel aren't you. From declaring earlier that at the on set of WW-2, the British promised independence only to be called out by Indian members on your falsehoods and British perfidy with proper references to back up our statements, you subtly attempt to weasel in your argument that you gave us independence.
You didn't have any choice in the matter except to bolt as quickly as you could other wise you were certain time face a French Dien Bien Phu + Battle of Algiers raised to the power of 10.
You know, in that regard, I respect the British. They knew when to press home their advantage and when to quit. It's not for nothing were they known as a nation of shopkeepers. Their pragmatism shines through. OTOH, were we subjects of the Irish ( since you're so fond of alternative history) , I'm sure it'd be something similar to how French occupation of their colonies ended. There's something about the Gaelic. Pragmatism and common sense not being their strong points. I often wondered how did the Irish take 7 centuries to throw off their colonial yoke without doing so earlier yet not being subsumed under the English / Scottish. It's both credit to the obduracy of the Irish & their lack of ingenuity - both characteristics of the Irish. It took me sometime to realise that ethnic jokes while offensive and politically incorrect contain more than a grain of truth in them. Hence, Irish jokes, paddy.
To recapitulate - The British promised dominion status way back in WW-1 too to gain support from the resistance in India for it's war efforts only to back off at the end of WW-1. Ditto for WW-2. Only this time, the Indian leadership were wiser from the last experience.
You chose Hitler and Tojo to win WWII and the USSR to win the Cold War. I hope gambling is against the Hindu religion, because you guys suck at picking a winner.
We won our freedom struggle due to our own efforts and a variety of geopolitical events which worked to our advantage. When the Germans couldn't hold on to Russia & the Japanese couldn't move beyond Eastern & Northern China, what makes you think they could conquer India and keep it subjugated. Incidentally, both the US under FDR & the USSR under Stalin were opposed to colonialism.
As I remarked earlier, history, geopolitics, strategy isn't as simple as math. 2+2 can have different outcomes in these subjects as opposed to math. I understand you would be bewildered by it. But given your lineage, it comes as no surprise to us, where as your constant probing, bewildered as you, is understandable. We'd treat you as a special child from now on. Not that there's much difference between special children & Irish, as far as I know. But that's only as far as I know.
The alliance with the USSR served us well.Particularly in 1971 in the war which led to the birth of Bangladesh. Read up on Indo USSR relationship.
Gambling is considered a social evil but not a vice unlike the Abrahamic cult you follow. You see, eternal damnation is a semitic concept. Hell & Heaven too. We always reincarnate. Hell, there's a way out of that too. No, it doesn't involve salvation thru JC. I know this would surprise you.You need to read up more on Hindu eschatology and Hindu society apart from Hindu religion.
