For one, Britain effectively destroyed India’s manufacturing sector.
British colonisers established a system of legal plunder, known to contemporaries as the “drain of wealth.” Britain taxed the Indian population
(that seems to be all)
British colonisers established a system of legal plunder, known to contemporaries as the “drain of wealth.” Britain taxed the Indian population
(that seems to be all)
Britain literally employed slave labour on the local population, implemented a class based system which destroyed the local population, and murdered anyone who tried to rise up against their tyranny. Sad our history books conveniently ignore the evils of the empire's and the destructive effects of colonization we feel to this day.
During Britain's colonization period of india other channels of foreign trade with India like the French, the Dutch, the Portuguese and the Americans were driven out by vicissitudes of war. Solely the British now controlled the Indian trade with rest of the world.
You can imagine what happens when a foreign invader like Britain can do when they control a soil-rich country such as India.
Britain changed local laws and allowed the new Capital holders’ to own land in India. The British bought lands for plantations, which were manned by Indian slave labour. Thus even the agricultural export profits benefited only the British plantation owners, and not the starving labourers.
Britain resold Indian produced goods onto the global market for massive profits.
Indians were put into debt by the British during their rule and while they had the engineers to build their own cheaper alternative railways, they were forced to import British railroads and had to pay for it, as their exports were funneled from their home country to various parts of britain to be exported.
There is a lot more i could go into on this topic, but this isn't some sort of "woke police", this is pretty established history. Britain did invade India, this was a thing that happened, it was pretty horrible, sad we don't teach our children about the horrors of colonization.
http://www.srimatham.com/uploads/5/5/4/9/5549439/how_the_bri...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_jGPf764d0&ab_channel=VICE
https://qz.com/india/290497/the-forgotten-story-of-indias-co...
Did the British even make it to India before the Reformation? There aren't a whole lot of Anglican nuns.
You trivialized the subject by your one-liner and rightfully got schooled on it.
It is a question of Education and Why one should not trivialize it.
Brahmans, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, and Sudras are the four Hindu castes. These castes or groupings are called varnas. Whatever caste or varna a baby is born into will be his or her varna for life. Marriages for young people are arranged within one's caste. Each caste has its codes of conduct and unique lifestyles. For example, upper caste members receive better education. For centuries lower caste members were forbidden to even acquire books. Sudras' work never allows them to gain financial independence or accumulate wealth. All wealth in Indian society is reserved for the top three castes.
Below the four varnas is a fifth group called Achuta, known as Untouchables.
Totally irrelevant to the topic at hand; you have now officially "jumped the shark".
Yes it was very bad. I saw a documentary about it called RRR.