> India was the land which economically justified a lot (but not all) of the whole imperial undertaking.
The Empire was a moneylosing operation for Britain.
I suspect it's not so much that losing India caused the Empire to go down, but that a general (relative) decline in Britain expressed itself via the loss of India and the other declines you see.
The Empire was a moneylosing operation for Britain.
I suspect it's not so much that losing India caused the Empire to go down, but that a general (relative) decline in Britain expressed itself via the loss of India and the other declines you see.