The end of WWII left Britain exhausted and financially broken. The Royal Indian Navy Mutiny of 1946 signaled that the Indian armed forces could no longer be relied upon. It was clear that British rule was untenable.
Tamil Nadu played a pioneering role, with pre-1857 rebellions, literary figures like Subramania Bharati inspiring nationalism, and active participation in all major all-India movements. history of indian freedom struggle by g venkatesan pdf free