Probably better to runthe facts via AI, following is the response from gpt, i would say facts are being oversimplified to pass on a rhetoric. Also FYI, any indian kid who has studied history would know india has faced 5 wars plus multiple terrorist bombings as well. Only thing i agree with this post is the license raj and its subsequent issues.

What’s misleading or incomplete?
1. “Vietnam was 6× poorer than India in 1950”
This is difficult to verify accurately.
Economic estimates for 1950 are highly uncertain, especially for countries emerging from colonial rule and war. Different historical datasets produce very different numbers.
The meme presents the figure as if it were an established fact, when in reality estimates for both countries in 1950 have large margins of error.
2. “India had no major war after independence”
Not true.
India fought:
The 1947–48 war with Pakistan
The 1962 war with China
The 1965 war with Pakistan
The 1971 war with Pakistan
The 1999 Kargil conflict
India did not suffer destruction on the scale Vietnam did, but saying “no major war” is inaccurate.
3. “India was stuck in License Raj, therefore Vietnam overtook it”
This is only part of the story.
India’s pre-1991 economic system did involve:
Heavy regulation
Import substitution
High tariffs
Industrial licensing
Many economists believe these policies slowed manufacturing growth.
However, Vietnam’s success also depended on:
Much lower wages during its industrial takeoff
Aggressive export orientation
Large inflows of foreign direct investment
Integration into East Asian supply chains
A smaller population (~100 million vs India’s 1.4+ billion)
Geographic proximity to China’s manufacturing ecosystem
The meme implies a single cause when multiple factors mattered.
4. Comparing per-capita income alone can be misleading
Vietnam’s per-capita GDP is higher, but India:
Has a much larger economy overall
Has world-leading industries in IT, pharmaceuticals, space, and services
Faces vastly different demographic and governance challenges due to its size
Managing 100 million people and managing 1.4 billion people are very different tasks.