How did Commonwealth countries/nations gain independence?

by themiraclemaker

Edit:How did British Asian countries(Malaysia, India, Pakistan etc.) gain their independence?

Title was too general as u/commiespaceinvader pointed out.

commiespaceinvader

Hi there!

There are 20+ countries that were part of the British Commonwealth and it will immensly help any expert attempting an answer here to narrow it down a bit.

Thank you!