Question

Explain the following statement with reason.

Deprivation began

Answer 1

1. In the first half of the twentieth-century decolonisation did not take very long, in many of the Asian and African countries.
2. The process of decolonisation was accelerated in a short time because of the conflicts among European coloniser countries, the occurrence of the First and Second World Wars and the anti-colonial movements in the colonies.
3. The European countries could not have reasoned out colonisation and the exploitation of colonies from the intellectual platforms. The Indian freedom movement had reached a culminating point, under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi.
4. Under the situation, England had become aware of the reality of their diminishing power. This resulted in gradually introducing the system of internal autonomy in some of the colonies.
5. Germany and Turkey were defeated in the First World War. To manage the administration of the colonies which were under the control of Germany and Turkey, the ‘League of Nations’ introduced the system of trustees. England and France were entrusted with the role of trustees.
6. Later, India, Cyprus and Malta successively gained their independence. In 1971 England withdrew its army from the Gulf of Iran. After that, England released its hold on Singapore.
7. Indo-China, Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria were under French domination. These countries became independent. By the end of the twentieth-century South Africa also gained independence.
8. Colonialism came to an end and gradually the process of decolonisation was completed. ‘United Nations’ was largely responsible for facilitating this process.