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154 few generations had terribly deteriorated, and is in such a bad way that if something drastic is not done to stop this process, India may even cease to exist as a nation۔'It was the policy of the British to create differences among Indians or 'where they already existed' to increase them, to maintain the feudal princes in power, to support the rich landowners and to promote an unholy alliance of British and Indian capitalist۔'Naturally, therefore concluded, Jawaharlal, introducing into his articulated thought a consciousness of the interlinking economics and politics, from their capitalist and imperialist point of view they wanted to do everything in their power to hold on to India'۔For the first time, instead of merely condemning British imperialism, Jawaharlal had tried to understand the motives, manner and methods of its functioning۔His mind had taken a big step forward۔The resolution on India, drafted by Jawaharlal, accorded the warm support of the conference to the liberation of India from foreign domination and all kinds of exploitation as an essential step in the full emancipation of the peoples of the world۔The peoples and workers of other countries should fully cooperate in this task and in particular take effective steps to prevent the dispatch of foreign troops to India and the retention of an army of occupation in India۔This was really meant by Jawaharlal for his audience in India, to weaken 'the extraordinary mentality which clings on to the British connection in spite of everything' and took the presence of British troops for granted۔Similarly' to goad the Indian National Congress into looking beyond political