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

Flags were lowered on Sunday and there was "no official entertainment".... not quite sure what that means.

The Indian PM wanted to convey his respects to the passing of the queen but many Indians were infuriated, not just because of the fact they were brutally colonised by Britain but also because the Royal Family still hold a number of treasures taken from India including the Kohinoor Diamond.

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SW-User

The obvious answer is "no". What's odd is that people had to get upset about it.

Even Karl Marx recognized the *good* that Britain achieved in India, and we all know what his beliefs were.

SomeMichGuy · M

@SW-User He was a Bhuddist? 😉🤣

antonioioio · 70-79, M

@SW-User the Queen was their head of state

SomeMichGuy · M

@antonioioio No.

SW-User

@antonioioio Not exactly, but she was head of the Commonwealth.

SW-User

@SomeMichGuy Oh, totally.

Really though...he believed in the eradication of "ruling classes", and that countries should be stateless.

SomeMichGuy · M

@SW-User REALLY? NO!

SW-User

@SomeMichGuy

REALLY? NO!

Oh my, all capital letters! What shall I do? 😆

Seriously, what exactly are you disagreeing with?

antonioioio · 70-79, M

@SW-User her status was no different in UK or any of the commonwealth countries

SW-User

@antonioioio India's president is their head of state.

SomeMichGuy · M

@SW-User I knew what you wrote. Sarcasm.

SomeMichGuy · M

@antonioioio No.

Just read the wikipedia article.

The Commonwealth of Nations includes nations which do NOT have the British monarch as their head of state (e.g., India), as well as those which DO.

These latter are "Commonwealth realms" and you can see the list of 16 nations. There is a nice color-coded map, as well.

antonioioio · 70-79, M

@SW-User theirs more to it than that

SW-User

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

antonioioio · 70-79, M

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

SomeMichGuy · M

@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...

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

(Emphasis added.)

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