It was never a question of whether but rather of one when a British of Indian extraction would lead Britain.
How did that happen, and could Kenya be next? At the height of the British Empire, India was the jewel of the British crown, demonstrating how important it was to its agenda.
It was by then a combination of principalities, including what's now Bangladesh and Pakistan, a vast country by all standards. Like other "complicated" colonies, Britons used indirect rule to govern the country.
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