India in the Post-Colonial Era

During the post World War II period, many one-time colonies achieved political independence. However, these newborn nations were still dependent on powerful allies to survive. A nation is truly independent when it is able to survive culturally, economically, and militarily without the aid of any other nations. As long as a nation is dependent on its ally's support, it can be manipulated into undesirable decisions.
India gained political independence from Britain, but it had to deal with internal chaos, as well as rely on the Soviet Union to protect it from it's rivals, and potential ene…