Independence from what? Unproductive and counter-productive behaviours and activities from government agents? Indians had that with the British, and they still have that.
Government agents willing to kill and torture civilians? Indians had that with the British, and they still have that.
Confiscatory taxation? Indians had that with the British, and they still have that.
Poverty and illiteracy? Indians had that with the British, and they still have that.
Superstitious social beliefs impelling them to murder baby girls and brides? Indians had that with the British, and they still have that.
If you think like a slave, then you will always be a slave, you will never have true independence.