The Second World War was undoubtedly the most important factor leading to Indian independence in 1947. Although India could have achieved independence within a decade after 1947 had it not been for war; The war was the catalyst that led to the election of the Labor government in 1945 and the fulfillment of Labour's 1941 promise that they would give India independence if they were able to form a government in the years to come. Regardless of the war, many other factors demonstrated that it no longer made sense for Britain to continue the "civilizing mission" in India after 1947, such as the fact that India was no longer profitable for Britain, the growing presence of popular Indian nationalism with figures such as Ghandi and Nehru leading the movement and the dilution of the British army and administration in India. These factors added to the national and international sense that Britain could no longer continue to occupy India, especially given the hypocrisy that Britain still had an imperialist empire after fighting Germany for five years, partly against the principle of imperialism. The imperialist view that Britain left India with the idea that the “civilising mission” had been completed is largely incorrect. The English left because staying no longer made moral sense, but above all financial sense; mainly due to the short and long term effects of World War II. The first major manifestation of dissatisfaction was the Indian Mutiny of 1857. Although the riots were not widespread, with many provinces remaining loyal to British rule, it demonstrated that there was discontent among some groups in India. The mutiny occurred due to many factors, most of which were due to British greed and disrespect towards… middle of paper… decisive which “exploded the myth that the real Indians were indifferent to the call of nationalism." In fact, Congress was so effective that “the British could not seriously question the competence of Congress to govern for them.” The idea that Indians were capable of self-government was new to the English: Indians had previously been thought to be incapable of forming an effective and coherent government; however the Government of India law had two main effects; he proved that the British were no longer needed to rule India and united Indian nationalists under the Congress banner. The desired effect of “tying India to Britain” could not have been further from reality. However, even during the most extreme periods of civil disobedience, the Congress had never come close to overthrowing the Raj. The Raj managed to stop