Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Chinangwa chaPowell chokuva Viceroy weIndia chakaparadzwa muna February 1947, apo Mutungamiriri weHurumende Clement Attlee akazivisa kuti rusununguko rweIndia rwakanga rwava pedyo. Powell akashamiswa zvikuru nokuchinja kwacho zvokuti akapedza usiku hwose pashure pokunge kwaziviswa achifamba mumigwagwa yeLondon. Akasvika pakuwirirana naro kupfurikidza nokuva anorwisana noumambo zvakasimba, achidavira kuti kana India yakanga yaenda umambo hwose hwaifanira kutevera. Urwu rusaruro rwomufungo rwakatsanangura kusava nehanya kwake kwapashure ku
Dambudziko reSuez, kuzvidza kwake Commonwealth uye kurayira kwake kuti UK inofanira kugumisa kunyepedzera kupi nokupi kwasara kwokuti yakanga iri simba renyika.