Because that "throwing off the shackles" was moreso in actuality a mediated transition into neocolonial status with a western-friendly comprador class in charge. You see this in many "former colonies" that just so happen to be completely dominated by the "former colonizers". In Africa, up until very recently, France still controlled massive sections of the continent indirectly via economic and diplomatic coercion and france-friendly puppet dictators.

Not every "independence" is created equal. Some nations truly gain independence and forge their own path, such as Cuba and China, but even they still have to deal with a lot of contradictions dealing with economic ties to their former colonizers.

I'm told by an Indian comrade that much of the media class and the bourgeoisie are still educated in England and the US, giving the UK and US a great deal of influence over the comprador ruling class.

State aided Islamophobic propaganda

There's 200 million Muslims in India, they tend to be pretty pro-Palestine from what I've heard?

Most of the upper class still speak English

How did a nation of people who survived the holocaust turn around and do an ethnic cleansing?

Social Democracy.

As with most things, it is the fault of the British