In retrospect of how history has played out these 50 odd years since India's Independence, I'm glad to say that the 'little' thorn's(Gandhi) prick proved to be effective. Churchill would never have honoured the conditions of the Treaty. Early 1945 witnessed the actions of the Supreme Commander of the British Forces in South East Asia, Lord Mountbatten's low key strategic attempts to regain pre-war colonial possessions. In a different scenerio, had American resources been fully utilised to ensure implemenation of pre-requisites then who knows India might have fallen prey to another 'foreign rule' More needs to be coverd on Gandhi, the little sparrow's accomplishments; who remarkably shaped world history in a rather positive way than leaders who created treaties with the sole intent of distributing the spoils of war in a diplomatic fashion. Richard Rozario (from a late bearable night in Toronto)