Churchill's views on India

• India was the most important to Britain of the territories in the empire -> The Jewel in the Crown
• Britain arrived in India in the 1700s. It was highly populated and had complex governments and states, so British rule developed through military force and alliances with Indian rulers
• 1800s - British rule in India was strong. Tiny number of British soldiers and administrators in India. Indian civil servants did majority of day to day work
• Late 1800s, thousands of middle class Indians who worked in the administration- spoke english and had english education
• Churchill had english to be part of their education
• Churchill was furious of India wanting to become a domain status and wanting to govern itself
• Churchill believed giving India its free status would weaken the Empire
• Churchill was against Gandhi
• Churchill believed that Indians weren't trustworthy