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I seriously doubt that the "let's fight" option was anywhere near the table when India gained independence. The records will all be public by now.

> As for Britain giving up its ownership: To this date formally England lays claim to a whole bunch of places that they have colonized and in some cases it has gone to war to keep that situation as it is.

Examples in post Suez history include?

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He's probably talking about Malvinas (Falklands) among other places.

If the Falklands had actually had any native inhabitants at the time it was "colonised", and the UK's military involvement hadn't been at the behest of the Falklands' contemporary native inhabitants to repel an invading foreign military dictatorship, they might have had more of a point...

"Other places" do not exist unless you name them. Even the Chagos Islands, the UK's most questionable overseas possession, have only been fought over in the courts.

The Falklands are not a colonial story (unless you count the Argentinian desire to conquer them against the wishes of their citizens).

Any actual places?

Gibraltar

I had no idea the UK had fought a war to stop the people of Gibraltar obtaining independence and self determination. Can you point me towards some references on the subject?

Who overwhelmingly don't want to become Spanish.

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