RAF Mutiny of 1946

 India 1946

At the end of World War 2, the British withdrew from India. With the growing rise of Indian Independence the threat of rioting was a great risk.

The Britiish government made the decision to maintain a presence in the country, the official reason was a lack of ships to transport the troops; but the reality was in the north mainly the Punjab area, now Pakistan there were several staged riots. There was a fear they would spread across the north to Delhi and beyond.

The cities of Lahore and Hyderabad were the centres of activity as they are on what is now the India-Pakistan border. Until recently, there was still fighting in the area, known as The Kargil Wars.