[GATOR NAVY]

Was their rule always benign? Not even close.

I agree, but let's face it-Gandhi's tactics worked only because the British were reluctant to do something like Armistar again. Gandhi wouldn't have lasted 2 minutes against true ruthlessness like Hitler, Stalin, Mao or even Saddam.

[sharktrager]

That is true. I think, however, it had a great deal to do with increasing prsee attention to the situation in India.