The Naval Mutiny of 1946: The Last Nail in the Coffin of British Colonial Aspirations in India
The Royal Indian Navy (RIN) Mutiny of February 1946—often sidelined in mainstream narratives—remains one of the most decisive yet underappreciated events that accelerated the end of British colonial rule in India. Occurring in the twilight years of the empire, the uprising demonstrated a complete collapse of loyalty within the very institutions the British relied upon…