Is it odd that India declared a day of state mourning for the British Queen?

@Harmonium1923 i really like this response

@Harmonium1923 it was very clever of India to stay in the commonwealth
To stay in it the had to swar an oath of allegiance to the crown
Not every country that got independence would agree to that
That said
I really admire India how they got independence

@NickiHijab 👏

@antonioioio As SomeMichGuy said, some Commonwealth countries have her as their head of state, and some don't.

@SW-User to be in commonwealth you must give allegiance to the monarch
Ireland refused and got kicked out

@antonioioio No.

You have to accept the monarch as the head of the Commonwealth, not of your country (like saying the Speaker of the US House of Rep. is the one in charge, even if that person is not from *your* state)...let's see...

[quote]Following the death of Elizabeth II, the office of the Head of the Commonwealth is held by Charles III. [b]He is the head of state of 15 member states,[/b] known as the Commonwealth realms, [b]while [u]36 other members are republics[/u] and [u]5 others have different monarchs.[/u][9][/b][/quote]
[i](Emphasis added.)[/i]

...from the wikipedia "Commonwealth of Nations" article.

@deadgerbil it would set a precedent of them returning all wealth stolen during the British Empire

@InOtterWords you mean now we need to start colonizing Britain so that she is able to do it right? 🤔

@KiwiBird India is eating the UK alive...

@Yulianna of course...I’m not cynical either!

@TheSirfurryanimalWales money talks... dirty money talks dirty.

@UsernameAlreadyInUse you don't like India much huh?

@InOtterWords nope,i love their people,just the gov suck

@UsernameAlreadyInUse the government is terrifying

@InOtterWords But India *was* a "dominion" of the monarch (GRVI) until it became a republic in early 1950.

Still never under ERII except as acknowledging her as symbolic head of the Commonwealth.

@SomeMichGuy your 100%. Correct and when they go into government every time they give allegiance to the crown

@antonioioio no they don't

Read this link, it explains the Commonwealth.

India is a republic and is no longer part of the British Empire.

It is part of the Commonwealth but only agreed to join if it did not have to swear alligience to the Crown

https://thecommonwealth.org/london-declaration-1949

@SheCallsMeCrushDaddy and it is not in recent history

There are people alive who remember the bloody effects of partition

@Fungirlmmm india was declared independent during the reign of the Queen's father in 1947

@InOtterWords And with partition America backed Muslim Pakistan and russia backed India. India has been increasing trade since the second russian invasion into Ukraine in February including a lot of oil. There military is predominantly russian they need spare parts. They have also been either abstaining from voting or voting with russian interests in the UN.

@KiwiBird they will not vote against Rusdia and i understand why....india's biggest threat is China. If India stand against Russia then China will not feel any repercussion for invading india.

Russia has been a long time ally to india, keeping them supplied with defence.

@SW-User i think so. Did any other country make such a gesture?

@InOtterWords even the uk didn’t stop entertainment

@SW-User they played cricket still

Just the footy was cancelled and bbc cancelled comedy shows

@SW-User can you read?

I went to your link and it says that Since 2015 the UK government has given no financial aid to the government of India....which is exactly what i said 🙄

@InOtterWords Yeah, to the
*government of India*.

Financial aid is [u][b]still[/b][/u] being given to India, albeit via different means.

@InOtterWords [quote] Despite having claimed to have stopped aid to the country, the UK FCDO’s development budget to India will rise from £41.5million in 2020/21 to £55.3million in 2021/22. [/quote]

@V00doo did they have a day of mourning?

@InOtterWords I dont think so.

@V00doo india announced a state day and all national flags flew half mast