You can see this in all post-colonial countries. There seems to be a common thread across them - countries that had some some democratic institutions before ind

You can see this in all post-colonial countries. There seems to be a common thread across them - countries that had some some democratic institutions before independence, AND managed to build some democracy-preserving institutions post-independence seem to have somewhat stable and even robust democracies. India is a good example. Way before independence in 1947, there were parties and organizations engaged in the political process, often with internal democracies. This facilitated the shift to democratic traditions even post-independence. And while it's not perfect, India does have a strong democracy today with hundreds of parties, largely fair elections, and robust electoral participation. Contrast this with a country like Sri Lanka that did not have the same engaged political class pre-independence and you can see how proper democracy never really thrived there post-independence.