Chapter 1340 Indian Iron Lady

"The death of Prime Minister Shastri is a sad day. The whole of India and even the world should remember the departure of such an outstanding leader. Shastri and I met in 1942." Marshal Mountbatten said. He started this speech with a sad face.

The young couple in the VIP seats below were tired of being together for a long time. Pamela Mountbatten turned a deaf ear to her father's words and asked about the whole story of the wounded soldier incident.

Alan Wilson hugged his wife's delicate body grandly and whispered, "There are Americans here too, but they have not been announced. The guidance of public opinion before leaving was still successful. We have also punished the criminals, which is a great achievement. It was a huge shock, and the victim’s family was also given hush money and treatment arrangements.”

Malaya was used to replace British India. This cannot be taken lightly. If this colony is lost, Britain can consider becoming a follower. Being a follower in this world may be even worse than the world in Alan Wilson's mind. France swallowed Algeria in one go. Although the habitable land is not large, in comparison, if the UK does not have the same control over a place, it will France will be stretched thin, which is also the consensus of Whitehall and the two governments.

"But I heard that the U.S. military's military operations in South Vietnam were not very effective. Will it affect us?" Pamela Mountbatten was still a little worried. This is the case from the British perspective. Faced with the secret efforts of the United States, of course it would stymie the United Kingdom. It's dissatisfaction, but what if the United States fails miserably?

"Don't worry. From a local perspective, the Soviet Union has always threatened us. At this point, what else do we need to worry about?" Alan Wilson was very open-minded. "The free world controls far more places than the Soviet Union. There is only one threat worth it." Pay attention, that is, the top three most populous countries in the world are in the same camp."

Only in this way can the balance of strength be changed, but this has never happened in history. Ever since India hit the mountain, this possibility has ceased to exist. Although the relationship between the Soviet Union and China and India was very good for a certain period of time, they did not use this time to adjust the border issues between the two countries.

Then again, the Soviet Union may not be able to do it. It is wrong to stand on the side of any country on such a bad thing as the border issue.

Even if Alan Wilson was a Soviet, he would probably side with India, because no one would have thought that countries in the same camp would turn against each other. Even Tito's Yugoslavia did not reach the level that a certain major country later did.

But this is the trouble of the Soviet Union. When a certain big country jumps ship, as a humble social instrument of the free world, Alan Wilson will lend the British hegemony of public opinion to the Soviet Union. If you speak for this enemy, you will all be armed. See, isn’t the UK still allowed to sow discord? Strive to prevent these two countries from getting closer in the future.

India is a powerful country. Although Indians have not reached the standards of an industrial power and can only fight one wave of wars, no one can deny that there are few countries that can withstand India's wave of wars. The problem is Because its two neighboring countries happen to be within this range.

If India were to side with the undivided Soviet bloc, it would be a big headache for the free world.

Even if the United States has superior strength and can withstand its enemies on both sides of the Eurasian continent, who will resist India in the Indian Ocean? You won’t count on Pakistan, right? Now East Pakistan has not yet become independent. Pakistan can withstand it for a while. If Bangladesh becomes independent, Pakistan cannot withstand India.

It is a top priority not to let India get too close to the Soviet Union. At least at this time, India still has value in wooing it.

"A great country like India with a long history and a strong gene should of course become one of the permanent members of the United Nations." While the couple bit their ears, the last Governor-General of British India and the representative of the British royal family, Marshal Mountbatten, had already waved his hand. Hold the air chips and draw a pie for the Indians.

The upper class people in India all understand English. As soon as Mountbatten's air chips came out, they were most afraid of a sudden silence in the air, but immediately, thunderous applause and cheers surrounded Marshal Mountbatten.

"Look, isn't this very effective?" Alan Wilson looked like he has the upper hand. His soul is that of a person from a big country who often plays a key role in politics in India. His current identity is that of a British citizen of India's former suzerainty, one of the two major powers. Is it a small blessing to be able to serve Indians from different angles?

In the future, at the United Nations, British representatives will use the Standing Committee to seduce India from time to time without actually asking for aid. Maybe this bait can also allow India to benefit Britain from time to time, which is a win.

Shastri's funeral and Mountbatten's speech occupied the center of Indian public opinion in the coming days.

Such an enthusiastic response also surprised the Mountbatten father and daughter. They did not expect it to have such a great effect. Pamela Mountbatten spoke for her husband in front of her father, "If he had worked before World War I, it would be truly lucky for Britain. "

Yesterday, Alan Wilson just explained the air chips to the country from the embassy. He said that this statement was just to fool the Indians. Although Marshal Mountbatten is very famous, he does not belong to the current British government after all. It is more appropriate to use it to express his position. I believe the cabinet also understands how difficult it is for India to join the permanent membership.

India's entry into the UN and the return of a certain major country are not difficult, and the time to catch up is quite good. Although a certain major country has already had conflicts with the Soviet Union, it has not officially revealed its rebellious intentions. There was no statement that was contrary to other Soviet allies when Allende died, and there was no large-scale war with Vietnam.

Otherwise, in the 1970s, the Soviet Union's momentum surpassed that of the United States. If there is a stumbling block, it may not be possible to permanently prevent it. Delaying it for a few years should not be a problem.

This is mainly due to the fact that neither group has any major objections, rather than the result of African brothers bringing it in. These are conditions that India does not have.

India still has quite a lot of problems. India is a multi-racial and multi-ethnic country. The census five years ago recorded 1,600 languages, 18 of which are the main languages. Hindi is the largest language, but is spoken by only one-third of the country's population.

When the British ruled India, provinces were divided without considering language factors, and the same language area was fragmented. In order to facilitate the promotion of ethnic autonomy, the Congress Party proposed the intention of dividing the country based on language before independence. After independence, in order to solve the problem of the ownership of the state, state boundaries should not change too much. The trauma of India-Pakistan partition has made it a consensus to be wary of regionalism.

Nehru Patel and Sitaramaiah formed a language committee and decided to wait at least ten years before implementing the project. Many local leaders and people were dissatisfied with this, which turned into a mass movement.

Confrontation between local and central authorities. The government promulgated the Seventh Amendment to the Constitution, and the administrative regions of India were reorganized into fourteen Madhya Pradesh and six central territories according to language distribution. In each state, the main language spoken in each state is the official language of the state. The issue of the official language of the country continued to be debated, and Hindi was narrowly made the official language in the Constituent Assembly, while English was retained as the official language and continued to be used for fifteen years.

However, there was strong resistance in the southern states, with mass protests against the forced introduction of Hindi, and eventually the exact time for Hindi to replace English was revoked.

Now in India, with the death of Shastri, who will lead India next has become the most concerned issue. Therefore, Alan Wilson asked for leave from the Prime Minister who had returned to London, saying that he wanted to see the future of India. Harold Wilson, who was unfavorable in persuading an armistice, agreed.

The internal elections of the Indian National Congress Party have been scheduled. Before the family has even left New Delhi, the major candidates are in full swing. Pamela Mountbatten took the opportunity to find Indira Gandhi. In fact, if Pamela Mountbatten was just the daughter of a retired marshal, she would naturally be of little value.

But Pamela Mountbatten herself is a wealthy man in the UK. Although her father has retired, her husband is still the supreme authority in the UK, so she naturally gets the attention of Indira Gandhi.

"Indira didn't say anything useful." Pamela Mountbatten said to her husband with a bad expression after she came back. Alan Wilson worked for the government. How to avoid the main question? Pamela Mountbatten Button knows it all too well.

"If you believe me, she is the Prime Minister of India. Let's make a bet." Alan Wilson said this and whispered in his wife's ear.

"What are you bragging about?" Pamela Mountbatten blushed, her heart pounding, and she stretched out her hand to slap her husband's chest, always wanting to offend the richest woman.

After Shastri's death, Desai, as the most senior senator, believed that he had to do his duty. But the Nehru family saw this as a good opportunity for Indira Gandhi to come to power. It was the Syndicate faction that played the decisive role. They fully supported Indira Gandhi. In the caucuses, Indira Gandhi defeated Desai by a landslide. Served as the third Prime Minister.

Indira Gandhi's rise to power confirmed Alan Wilson as a great prophet, but he murmured in his heart, "This Iron Lady is no ordinary person."

Although Indira Gandhi and Mrs. Thatcher were both Iron Ladies, Indira Gandhi dismembered their old enemy Pakistan, while Mrs. Thatcher killed Argentina, which ranked behind Brazil and Mexico in Latin America. Who is more valuable? High is obvious.

"Things here have come to an end, and it's time for me to return to China." Alan Wilson stretched. The weather in London has turned cold now. Mountbatten and his daughter are going back to Perth, so they say goodbye here.

After the affairs in India are over, Alan Wilson will continue to return to his country to be a loyal and reliable civil servant. If you think about it carefully, it seems that Britain will enter a period of stability and concentrate on its own reforms.

Nationalizing the water supply system, nationalizing steel, and nationalizing coal, Whitehall still has a lot of work to do, and it has to cooperate and fight with the cabinet. This must be the main theme of Harold Wilson's term.

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I had a bad fever yesterday, but I'm fine today. But I don't know if it's the sequelae of the fever. One of my teeth hurts a lot today, but I won't delay writing.