Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - 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. Urongwa uhwu hwekuti zvinhu zvose zvivepo hwakatsanangura kusava nehanya kwake kwaakazoita nedambudziko reSuez
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