Theintellectualsofthesecountrieslaterwereeducatedunderthecolonialsystemandgraduallydevelopedtheideaofnationalindependence.However,theyoftenhadtousetheirbackwardtraditionstoopposethecolonizers,justlikeMahatmaGandhiofIndia.SomeevenbelievethattheJapaneseinvadersmighthavehelpedthemgainindependence.AftertheWWII,theironlyoptionwastorestoretheoldcolonialpoliticalsystemandfelltotheoldreligiousandsocialtraditions.

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