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Pramod Kapoor is an Indian writer and publisher, who in 1978 founded Roli Books, a publishing company that prints books pertaining to Indian heritage. In 2016, for his contributions to publishing, he was awarded the Chevalier de la L\u00e9gion d\u2019<\/span>Honneur.<\/p>\n

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In February 1946, sailors or ratings of the Royal Indian Navy mutinied. They were inspired by the heroism of the Azad Hind Fauj. But their anger was sparked by terrible service conditions, racism and broken recruitment promises. In less than 48 <\/span>hours, 20,0<\/span>00 men took over 78 ships and 21 shore establishments and replaced British flags with the entwined flags of<\/span> Congress, the Muslim League and the communists. The British panicked and announced a Cabinet Mission to <\/span>discuss modalities of transfer of power. Indian troops refused to fire on the ratings and the mutiny sparked revolts in other branches of the armed forces. People<\/span> who thronged the streets in support were incessantly fired <\/span>upon resulting in over 400 deaths and 1,5<\/span>00 injured. To quell the rebellion, British commanded powerful warship HMS <\/span>Glasgow to sail rapidly and ordered low sorties by the RAF fighter planes. In retaliation, the ratings trained the guns mo<\/span>unted on the captured ships towards the shore threatening to blow the Gateway of India, the Yacht Club and the dockyards. As violence escalated, angry telegrams flew between the British Prime Minister\u2019s and Viceroy\u2019s offices. While the communists flamed the ratings, Congress and the Muslim League pushed them to surrender, promising they would not be victimized. After Independence, the governments of India and Pakistan refused to honour those promises.<\/p>\n

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