Reblogged from Quick Take - As It Happens:
By 1945, British imperial leadership had taken on air of defeatism and resignation - going by cartoons and documents of the era..
As Indian Independence struggle resonated across the world, the Raj found itself isolated. An embattled British Raj, saw ghosts under every bed - and an enemy in every Indian.
More than 5,000 documents and files dated from 1930 to 1991 have been declassified and made accessible as part of a public archive inaugurated last week at Raj Bhavan.


