Industry got left behind but sufficient investment was made for bare minimum self-reliance in industry to enable things like a nuclear programme, infrastructure building, self-sufficiency in food and electricity, transportation and a space programme. Seeing how African economies that got independent around the same time as India, I feel relief that the Indian govts of past did not fuck up as bad as them guys.
Nigeria, honestly is strange. I mean the people there were intelligent and shrewd enough to be pulling off scams back in the time of yahoo messenger. Then they seem to be fucked enough to support an organisation that literally means "western education is sinful". I once met a beautiful, intelligent girl from Nigeria. Together we spent a fine day. From what i heard from her, it was quite clear that the Nigerian men are a major problem.
africa fucked up declaring independence, only thing can save africa is either human extinction, totalitarian communism like in china.
or predetory capitalism with police state exploiting african labour.