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“The Royal Indian Navy Revolt was seen as an event which marked the end of the British rule almost as finally as Independence Day.” Explain.

  • UPSC 2015
  • Rise of Gandhi and the Gandhian Era

The RIN Revolt (February 1946) is read as marking the practical end of British rule because it demonstrated, for the first time, that the loyalty of the armed forces — the ultimate prop of colonial authority — could no longer be relied upon.

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  • The Revolt: Course of Events
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