Colonial India After the British

[@EmperorTigerstar]

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[@ommsterlitz1805]

French didn't failed to control India they traded it with the british for some sugar cane island in the Caribbean's, what a great deal...

[@robertjarman3703]

This is one of the questions you would actually not be able to trip me up on, at least with Goa, as for the end of Colonial India. I guessed at first that Oman had the Maldives for some amount of time when you brought a Middle Eastern country. Same with asking me when the Portuguese Empire ended, which would be 1999 with Macau, although that one is more well known I think.

[@kiran9220]

Made vedio on chola chalukya wars

[@shwackedgaming4186]

I always wanted to more about goa and Macau they seem so interesting to think what life was like there

[@alphamikeomega5728]

The Portuguese had been in control of Goa for about a century before the English had a permanent settlement in what's now the United States, and the Portuguese left 450 years after arriving, so you can see why they were reluctant to let go. That said, Goa was at least 90% Indian by ethnicity, and wasn't governed democratically.

[@abzalf7946]

I heard that some people still speak Portugese in Goa, haven't got any sources on that though...

[@manofculture4249]

@@abzalf7946 Only few thousand people speak Portuguese in Goa (~1-2% of the population). Most of the Goans speak Konkani.

[@abzalf7946]

@@manofculture4249 interesting, thank you for sharing!

[@bumble.bee22]

@@abzalf7946 up

[@hardcoregamingdk]

Now that u mentioned some of the Lesser known colonial nations (like Denmark or Oman) it would actually be quite interesting to see a video about such nations since history classes and KZbin videos often only focuses on the big 5 colonial empires

[@juanpablorodriguezjuarez8144]

Assuming you meant the British, French, Spanish, Portuguese and German empires, there are also many videos focusing on the Dutch and Italian empires, but I agree in that the rest are also interesting and should be talked about more, even those two I mentioned deserve more attention

[@drkclshr]

Didn’t the Swedish have colonies too? I would like to see that

[@hardcoregamingdk]

@@drkclshr yea they did have some like a small part north from deleware and the gold coast (actually the swedish gold coast is what would later become the danish gold coast)

[@robertjarman3703]

@@drkclshr Also in Pomerania, Niedersachsen, and Estonia.

[@PauGarriga42]

One of the most unexpected european colonisations was the colony of Tobago, which was colonized by the Duchy of Courland 😅

[@oedipusrex353]

Holy crap, Oman really got a good deal there.

[@ihatemotionblur_3255]

Yeah 5 billion dollars Is a lot of money!

[@dunamoose3446]

Oh man, Oman got a good deal!

[@mariasirona1622]

@@ihatemotionblur_3255 *rupees

[@Kai-rust]

@@mariasirona1622 *dollars

[@Stamboul]

Well, Gwadar has the potential to be developed into a major port if you're a country that also controls Karachi but is worried about India blockading it. The Chinese have been pouring in a lot of money into Gwadar for just that reason. The Pakistanis could have just seized it like the Indians did with the Portuguese colonies, but they value their relations with the Arab world.

[@crazyboris1625]

Something you missed with Dadra and Negar Haveli, it wasn't incoporated stright into India after the Portuguese were kicked out, instead turning into a de facto seperate country under the leadership of the pro-Indian forces, and wwould be annexed to India shortly after the takeover of the rest of Portuguese India via the tenth amendment to the Indian constitution.

[@dr.batman2530]

Yup. Nehru was still hoping for "diplomatic solution". So as a goodwill gesture he didn't officially incorporate it into India, much to the anger of RSS activists who had captured Dadra

[@abhijaysarmah7418]

Nice, as an indian to see that is nice Especially with the different ways india dealt with it

[@Comrade_Zaz]

Nazi Indian Ain't shocked

[@ishanbajpai6940]

@@Comrade_Zaz Bas Kuch bhi bolo. Jo Mann kare, kahin bhi

[@Comrade_Zaz]

@@ishanbajpai6940 He a Nazi flag as his profile photo... Bas ahmi nahi bol raha.

[@ishanbajpai6940]

@@Comrade_Zaz Bruh, atleast look at his profile closely, that's a countryball of German Empire before WW2, that's not a Swastika. Please check your preconceived notions, his profile pick is not a Nazi one.

[@cassidyjones2730]

@@ishanbajpai6940 no, that is the nazi reichskriegesflagge, the nazi naval flag, but edited to have an iron cross instead of a swastika. Depictions of the nazi flag for media like Hearts of Iron often substitute iron crosses for swastikas; both symbols were used extensively by the nazis, but since the iron cross is also a more general german military symbol, it is seen as less offensive than the rotated nazi swastika. The German Empire flag was a simple horizontal tricolor with black on top, white in the middle, and red at the bottom. The most similar Imperial German flag to the one on that countryball is the Imperial naval flag, which was mostly white and had the Prussian eagle rather than an iron cross. This is definitely a nazi countryball.

[@gandhithegreat328]

Indians born in Goa before the Indian take over are still entitled to Portuguese citizenship if they can prove it and apply They weren’t entitled to this under Portuguese rule so it’s just one more way the Portuguese still try to slight India over losing Goa

[@bumble.bee22]

wow

[@Duck-wc9de]

The prime minister of Portugal was born in Goa. just for the curiosity

[@1224chrisng]

@@daddy_1453 +100 social credit score, enjoy your 50 cents RMB Glory to Hong Kong

[@1224chrisng]

@Ka GU the CCP are much worse, at least we had free speech before 97

[@1224chrisng]

@Ka GU to be fair, that's true, especially weird that it only recognized the male line

[@mathieuleader8601]

I learnt about French India from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory's third chapter with the character of the Prince of Pondicherry

[@ihatemotionblur_3255]

Same

[@chicagotypewriter2094]

I knew what it was before. I imagine someone would’ve found out via Sherlock Holmes too; Pondicherry is mentioned in there several times! (Once in the The Five Orange Pips, if I remember right)

[@Jacob-mq3mh]

@@chicagotypewriter2094 I know about it from Life of Pi

[@donnyreuvers9588]

okay, now I really wanna see a video about the colonial history in India of the republic of Ragusa.

[@pranavjoshi1471]

Even Austria-Hungary had a colony in India at one point. Though it lasted for a brief period

[@jakebhenry2228]

Some cursed EU4 mod

[@FilipFCB]

In short there is a village that was a spice trading outpost for the Ragusans, but today's residents of Dubrovnik and the Indian village claim that it was a colony of the Republic of Ragusa, pretty interesting

[@ericthegreat7805]

@@pranavjoshi1471 they also had a legation in Beining. France had a colony near Hong Kong too called Guangzhauwen.

[@jasonpalacios2705]

I knew about the Portuguese possessions on India's coastlines in which they held it since the 1500's but I thought they ended it when the British came over but I didn't know about the French or the Oman possessions.

[@SamAronow]

Portugal is the UK's oldest ally- English knights helped _create_ Portugal- so they were all clear to stay.

[@zainmudassir2964]

Oman possession now part of Pakistan 🇵🇰

[@chrismathewjoseph1283]

Yea, they laid Goa off in 1962 and the French territories during the 1955s...

[@Cezarchat]

@@SamAronow I'm a portuguese history major, and yes they still maintain the oldest alliance, but it's very exaggerate to say they helped "create", they barely send men to fight, and decades after the actual fondation of the kingdom.

[@miguelpadeiro762]

@@SamAronow Bahaha, the Anglo-Portuguese alliance was an abusive marriage. The British literally THREATENED WAR on Portugal over some Portuguese lands in Africa in the late 19th century. Check the British Ultimatum/pink map. The Crusaders from the north Atlantic were indeed crucial in capturing Lisbon, but the later British empire proved to see Portugal as a de facto puppet. When Napoleon invaded, they were happy to help retake Portugal from the French (Portugal was the only nation to refuse the embargo on the British), but then they were also happy to seize the gold from our churches and rule Portugal as a de facto protectorate until the war ended As I said, abusive marriage

[@scotttaylor7146]

5:00 The Sultan of Oman lives in Zanzibar now! That's just....where he lives

[@1000eau]

Nice reference dude

[@dr.batman2530]

If you think about it, India was the only major country which fought a war with a NATO country, took it's colony/territory (as recognised by their partners not us ofc) and got away with it eventually. Just last December there were 60th Anniversary celebrations of Goan liberation.

[@deiansalazar140]

Nobody wants to die for Danzig? Pfft of course we'll die for Danzig. Goa though? Whoa there don't be crazy!

[@Stamboul]

@@deiansalazar140 NATO's mutual defense clause only covers North America, Europe and the Atlantic north of the Tropic of Cancer (and also covered the Algerian departments of France prior to Algerian independence). This was stated plainly and purposefully in Articles 5 and 6 of the North Atlantic Treaty and was not a secret to anyone. Portugal's NATO allies weren't obligated to help it in Goa any more than Britain's NATO allies were obligated to help in in the Falklands. And Danzig is irrelevant here, unless you're trying to look like a Nazi sympathizer.

[@quintustheophilus9550]

Wow this was really eye-opener! I knew the Portuguese and French had colonies in the Indian subcontinent but that knowledge was blurry. Thank you for the video!

[@taoiseachjager9643]

Speaking of india, a video on the Indian annexation of sikkim would be interesting.

[@xtreme7672]

Not annexation but revolution in sikkim. Sikkim king was Tibetan culture Buddhist. Population was nepali hindus. Many nepali hindus in sikkim asked help of RSS the pro India force in video. RSS forced government to take action as the king married an American women which was Said to be influencing king against India. After that many RSS paramilitary and indian soldiers marched in king's palace Killing guards and signing a treaty.

[@ChandranPrema123]

Sikkim wasn't Annexed it's Ceded

[@Kai-rust]

@@xtreme7672 India did annex it after monarchy is abolished

[@stevejohnson3357]

"around the size of South Georgia Island..." Of course you know that most of your viewers vacation on South Georgia every January. Because of the weather.

[@Dave_Sisson]

That actually helped me understand the size of Goa because of am one of those strange people with a fascination for cold, remote islands.

[@In_Our_Timeline]

thanks for covering this as a person who live here i really like when people talk about this thanks

[@Ghostofpast]

(Small nitpick : the e in loge is silent, like any last e of (almost) all french words, except if it's an é which will be pronounced like you did)

[@LeValdrian]

Typical anglo-move: Making fun of french constantly though half of english is comprised of violated french words

[@Ghostofpast]

@@LeValdrian And they still think we are sorry for the Hundred years war ? These sons of hamster will learn the hard way how to make proper cuisine hurr durr

[@In_Our_Timeline]

The issue that served to rally millions of Indians, arousing them to a new level of disaffection from British rule, was the government of India’s hasty passage of the Rowlatt Acts early in 1919. Those “black acts,” as they came to be called, were peacetime extensions of the wartime emergency measures passed in 1915 and had been rammed through the Supreme Legislative Council over the unanimous opposition of its Indian members, several of whom, including Jinnah, resigned in protest. Jinnah wrote to Viceroy Lord Chelmsford that the enactment of such autocratic legislation,

[@sickboi2615]

@Cosmic Lifeist 😂

[@Avicerox]

Tru

[@esmenhamaire6398]

I had no idea there was a on-European colony over there! Fascinating! Thank you!

[@javierm7087]

Yes! I was looking for this topic the other day. Keep it up Emperor.

[@TheMonarchOfTetris]

Great video. I never knew about any of these places. Crazy that when Britain left, the other european places and Oman didn't follow suit. Like did they really think they could maintain their small cities once Britain was gone?

[@lewa520]

In Indonesia we have the Makassar sultanate, which has a colony in North Australia on the coast of Arnhem Land Marege, before our occupation was lost against the dutch VOC in 1666-1669, during the control of the spice route in Moluccan, our kingdom had an Australian Aboriginal colony based on the sea cucumber trade

[@TGamesTmedia01]

Nice, This was a informative History video :)

[@Urlocallordandsavior]

The Portuguese also experienced other brutal wars of independence by its colonies in Africa (Mozambique and Angola?, not sure about that last one, know that they had a civil war of sorts)

[@robertjarman3703]

The Spanish speaking communist Cubans fought the (basically) Dutch speaking South Africans declaring independence from the British, in former fascist Portuguese Angola with the racist South Africans invading through the formerly imperialist German colony of Namibia.

[@diogorodrigues747]

The Colonial war was a result of the invasion on Portuguese India in 1961. Macao lasted as a Portuguese colony until 1999.

[@ragzaugustus]

Fun thing about Gwadar, the expense of buying the area? Paid mostly by the Aga Khan IV.

[@Canhistoryismylife]

Wait Dubrovnik tried to colonize India I NEED THAT STORY!!!

[@thedrain9328]

I've heard about this. Essentially some Ragusan traders set up a trade outpost in Goa and also built a Catholic Church. It's probably the most liberal application of the term "colonize" I've ever seen but it happened.

[@michaeldimare3786]

Very Loose, yes, but pretty typical of colonization efforts at the time. Still, I know nothing about Ragusa. Very interesting stuff

[@a_can_of_soda]

Congratulations on getting 420,000 subscribers.

[@gargravarr2]

The Sultan of Oman lives in Zanzibar now ♪♫♬ And has a colony in Pakistan.

[@manofculture4249]

That's just, where he lives. 🎵 🎶 🎵

[@tanveenzaman5605]

Get this guy to 1 million subscribers

[@icarusmarioFAN]

There needs to be a video about the Republic of Ragusa

[@aldrintoscano]

They had a colonial possession in Goa as well

[@terprubin]

Emperor Tigerstar: "The French and Indians" My American brain before he continued: wait, French and Indian War?

[@michaeldimare3786]

I thought the same too for a second lol

[@robertjarman3703]

Not actually irrelevant. It´s the same war being referenced.

[@OatmealGrillBlazer]

I hate it when people call native Americans Indians

[@robertjarman3703]

@@OatmealGrillBlazer A lot of them in the US actually prefer it. It was declared to be their name before English even was a language spoken in the US, many of their associations title themselves as Indians, and to remove the name from them is in many ways a process initiated by those who are outsiders to their tribe when they have already had so much taken from them. CGPGrey actually went and interviewed American Indian leaders to see what their people tend to use. It varies of course but Indian is still common. Hilariously, the Republic of India doesn't call itself India in most of the languages spoken there. Most call it Bharat. Calling India Indian is somewhat of a misnomer too. At least Indonesia is more right in this regard.

[@mrwri]

Hello I am posting this with Indian internet so it may be slow but we are now free of British Dominion and this year 2008 is when India will become a superpower mark my words.

[@sickboi261]

Most funny br*ish degenarate

[@pauliewalnuts5803]

We hear you pal still not a superpower my friend #1 INDIA!1!1!

[@fantasticpixel]

Me br"o"her iss Y"u Sk"oo"ish?

[@TheJohnmurphy516]

ok you have to talk about republic of ragusa trying to colonize india please

[@simiaki12]

Cool topic!

[@samwill7259]

Well I expected to learn of many things in this video. Croatian colonialism wasn't exactly what I had in mind.

[@1000eau]

Do you mean Omani colonialism ?

[@samwill7259]

@@1000eau No, no. Ragusa, one of the states mentioned as attempting to colonize india right at the beginning is now the Croatian city of Dubrovnik!

[@1000eau]

@@samwill7259 Ah, okay, I didn't know

[@samwill7259]

@@1000eau Never apologize for not knowing. Most people don't know most things. It is only by asking that we shall ever learn :)

[@1000eau]

@@samwill7259 Thanks for saying this, that's nice, wise dude

[@Plutoniumcube]

"Gwadar. You want it? It's yours my friend, as long as you have enough rupees."

[@videomediamtl997]

China is still colonizing part of South Asia in Kashmir and Bhutan, building new Han villages for strategic purposes. And a port in Gwadar.

[@Urlocallordandsavior]

Thanks Empire Total War for me knowing the existence of Portugese Goa all those years ago.

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

The sultan of Oman lives in Zanzibar now. That’s just where he lives.

[@kevwang0712]

Huh, knew about French India (because Life of Pi), knew about how Goa was taken by force, didn't know about the Oman posession

[@1224chrisng]

apparently, a while ago, they were actually going to build a zoo in Pondicherry. I don't know if it was inspired by the book, or if they just wanted a zoo

[@maxda3363]

YO 420K SUBS LETS GOOOOO

[@hatlesscoati3610]

I would love to see a video about the Hyderabad state and it's integration into India

[@orxy5316]

Oman colonial empire video when?

[@zainmudassir2964]

Good vid. It's pronounced Ga-waa-darh and was a sweet deal for Pakistan in long run

[@mathieuleader8601]

former chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee Keith Vaz MP is a descendant of St. Joseph Vaz whom was born in Goa

[@ulama7828]

Can you do a video on the diversity of Pakistan and genetic origins

[@tivo3720]

Oman first offered the port city to India... Its a failure of khangress Govt.

[@alfieingrouille1528]

My grandfather worked In a factory India after Indian independence he was an English man employed by a English company this was in the 50s / 60s so personally I would say colonial India didn't really end until the 60s

[@alfieingrouille1528]

The town I live in England has a large goan minority

[@christopherellis2663]

"Ninth (year) Anniversary " What does Anniversary mean? Turn of the year! At least you didn't say " 9 year Anniversary "

[@CreamTheEverythingFixer]

Could we get a video on the wild history of Zanzibar?

[@kuroazrem5376]

A Croatian (Ragusan) India? Now that's something I would like to see.

[@aldrintoscano]

It's in the village Gandaulim, Goa

[@wlinden]

And in THE CAMP OF THE SAINTS, we meet M. Hamidullah, "ex-deputy from Pondicherry"

[@SemiDoge]

Yikes buddy. Get your neo Nazi fanfic outta here.

[@joshwenn989]

"Neo-Nazi fanfic", or as anyone with a brain living in the west today calls it, "reality".

[@bobbills2953]

You could argue it ended in 1965 with the independance of the maldives. It was originally a part of india but then it was transferred to ceylon (Sri lanka's) control.

[@Anonymous-hi3zq]

Early can u make a video on the history of kashmir

[@CraftsmanOfAwsomenes]

Welcome to Goa, Singham

[@YuzuruHakushaku]

in fact the year is 1800s not 1900s for decline of Oman because all lost in mid 19th century

[@Spinozathecat]

Make a video about oman's colonial empire

[@Alex_Deam]

I'm curious if there's been any political effects of this internally, e.g. do Indians in Goa vote differently? Or is it a wash?

[@LolBot720]

@@sdhappyprince I think they were asking more about who the people of Goa tend to vote for and if their voting patterns differ from otherwise similar parts of India that were under British rule.

[@Alex_Deam]

Yeah, I meant the culture of who people vote for, rather than the voting system, sorry that wasn't clear. I was just thinking of how you sometimes see maps of elections in somewhere like Poland and they line up with past empires etc.

[@sirlj4328]

Considering the results of the recent Goa legislative election, I'd say Goa votes pretty proportionately with the rest of India right now, with the BJP in majority

[@Alex_Deam]

@@sirlj4328 Thanks, does that also extend to the other places mentioned in the video too?

[@sirlj4328]

@@Alex_Deam Daman and Diu has voted BJP as well, and I'm pretty sure Dadra and Nagar Haveli have voted INC (the two mainstream Indian parties). Puducherry Union Territory is currently under the AINRC (a breakaway party from the INC in a coalition with the BJP), so there really isn't much electoral differences between these regions and the rest of India. Goa however, has one of the highest GDP per capitas in India (higher than both Delhi and Mumbai's), on par with Brazil's. This is most likely due to the massive tourism industry in the state, alongside recent infrastructural development, alongside its small size and population.

[@Indian_Marschall]

India peace doesn't means revenge - India

[@mikeoxsmal8022]

Video on Ragusan India

[@aldrintoscano]

It was in the village of Gandaulim, Goa. The only remnant of the Croatians, is its St. Braz church.

[@italianstalian331]

Not trying to be rude but you need a new mic brother

[@Duck-wc9de]

when you realise that India was the only country that ever invaded NATO territory, making it the ultimate Chad-nation. Not even Putin can dreem with that

[@Mattstravaganza]

Argentina has as well

[@robertjarman3703]

No. It only includes territory in Europe. Article 6 1 For the purpose of Article 5, an armed attack on one or more of the Parties is deemed to include an armed attack: on the territory of any of the Parties in Europe or North America, on the Algerian Departments of France 2, on the territory of Turkey or on the Islands under the jurisdiction of any of the Parties in the North Atlantic area north of the Tropic of Cancer; on the forces, vessels, or aircraft of any of the Parties, when in or over these territories or any other area in Europe in which occupation forces of any of the Parties were stationed on the date when the Treaty entered into force or the Mediterranean Sea or the North Atlantic area north of the Tropic of Cancer.

[@Duck-wc9de]

@@robertjarman3703 ah, thank you.

[@sickboi2615]

@@robertjarman3703 wow never knew that thanks

[@jakubcesarzdakos5442]

Speaking of Gwadar, don't the Chinese have their own bases there now?

[@theomegapyrope9715]

ragusan india mission tree when????

[@JackTheSlayer-ok5eq]

Hello there

[@prometheus7387]

And now goa is just a part spot for foreign tourists and Indian young adults

[@patriciozavala1944]

Imagine if oman kept Gwadar

[@nchmbzhvchvv]

I love situations when 0 views and 14 likes.

[@pacmanland1685]

1947 15 Aguast. Indias inpendence🇪🇸🇨🇳🇬🇧

[@danb4900]

Goa

[@pelsckopolesko]

I was about to mention Oman, as they occupied some of south Pakistan,

[@ninny65]

Ragusa tried to colonise India? Bruh

[@Crone.of.theGrove]

Ragusa!?

[@chowes2415]

he sounds like root beer guy

[@Duck-wc9de]

Actually, the story of Portuguese Goa conserns me a lot. Not related to Goa or india, but related to Russia and Putin. Putugal was already part of NATO at that time, and, oficially, Goa was a province of Portugal (oficially, but descrimination was still the rule). India, at least legally, invaded NATO, and it was the only country to ever do that until now. As you see, nothing happened. So, what is stopping Russia from taking other smaller NATO members if europe and the US dont see worth it to go to war with Russia for a tinny country? I mean, it already happend.... I'm conserned....

[@bootmii98]

Portugal didn't press the Article Five button

[@sickboi2615]

No. It only includes territory in Europe. Article 6 1 For the purpose of Article 5, an armed attack on one or more of the Parties is deemed to include an armed attack: on the territory of any of the Parties in Europe or North America, on the Algerian Departments of France 2, on the territory of Turkey or on the Islands under the jurisdiction of any of the Parties in the North Atlantic area north of the Tropic of Cancer; on the forces, vessels, or aircraft of any of the Parties, when in or over these territories or any other area in Europe in which occupation forces of any of the Parties were stationed on the date when the Treaty entered into force or the Mediterranean Sea or the North Atlantic area north of the Tropic of Cancer.

[@miguelpadeiro762]

Correct me if I am wrong, but the actual reason for this is because the NORTH ATLANTIC treaty organizaiton alliance actually only works as a defense for the member state's MAINLAND, not colonies in the Indian ocean, as in NOT in the NORTH ATLANTIC.

[@orionfernandes4587]

Discrimination wasn’t the rule in Goa since by then most people were of mixed blood

[@idkidc2375]

it’s pronounced loge not loge-eh

[@jarrodyuki7081]

no child policy for those below poverty and one child policy for the rest.

[@thinwhitedukerhapsody]

1961

[@turkiyett0928]

Portguese China interesting and Chinese Pakistan

[@SHAHIDKC]

Bangladesh was technically a Pakistani colony.

[@sickboi2615]

nope technically not

[@Avicerox]

Not really, it just that the later Pakistani dictators were racist morons which led to Bangladesh

[@robert9016]

British people be like colonier indier

[@tankfarter]

0:43 technically portugal didnt have goa as a coliny

[@lunalingo4461]

Yes they did very much so

[@Flattithefish]

1971 I was thinking first when u asked

[@Flattithefish]

@@Comrade_Zaz ?

[@sickboi2615]

@@Flattithefish what did he say

[@SHAHIDKC]

Bangladesh went through 14 famines and one genocide In the last 200 years.

[@manicmaniac4060]

Gwadar is not actually a part of the Indian subcontinent. The parts of Pakistan that are Indian are Sindh and Punjab. Gwadar is in the Balochistan region, and Balochistan is a part of the mountainous Persian region of Asia.

[@Comrade_Zaz]

Indian subcontinent refers to ex-British colonies of India (Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka) Historical Indian subcontinent referred to Areas from Kabul to Assam underneath the himalayas Geographical only a small portion of Pakistan can be consider a part of Persia called Taftan (the pointy northern part).

[@manicmaniac4060]

@@Comrade_Zaz The Indian subcontinent refers to the land mass pushing against the rest of Asia, resulting in the surrounding mountains. Subcontinents are geographical, not political.

[@Comrade_Zaz]

@@manicmaniac4060 Continents are literally defined by Historical and Cultural Reasons. If according to you they were defined by "lands masses pushing" then the random Islands near South America would be called subcontinents Continents were invented by the Romans to divide the land, A political reason, East being Asia, South being Africa West being Altantis, and North being Europe

[@manicmaniac4060]

@@Comrade_Zaz I didn't say that was the definition of a subcontinent. A continent is a large land are higher than the rest of the surface. Culture does not matter. You do realize other celestial bodies have continents, right? They don't have cultures. They don't even have life.

[@kawasaki_love]

🇷🇺🇷🇸

[@miguelpadeiro762]

Imagine being this pathetic

[@raidang]

Who else here for class 12 exam?

[@SamAronow]

Colonial India lives on in the Chinese lease on Gwadar.

[@Comrade_Zaz]

So true...

[@mappingshaman5280]

so by that same logic america has colonised most of the world?

[@Comrade_Zaz]

@@mappingshaman5280 ye it has lol Neo-colonialism ever heard of that ?

[@SamAronow]

@@mappingshaman5280 The US isn't using foreign cities as free US ports.

[@aldrintoscano]

As an ethnic Goan, I declare that Goa still misses Portugal. 🇵🇹 India is the true invader of Goa.

[@nostalgiaalert6873]

Cry about it

[@aldrintoscano]

@@nostalgiaalert6873 why should I cry? We're better than the Indians around us

[@aldrintoscano]

@@nostalgiaalert6873 Street shitters

[@loona1123]

@@aldrintoscano damn who hurt you?

[@aldrintoscano]

@@loona1123 the street shitters to dirty my homeland

[@marshallseverson6152]

Pin

[@trafo60]

First!

[@bee-fs3vb]

India, more like east pakistan

[@lordbungleberry5332]

There was an east Pakistan once, it's called Bangladesh now. I wonder how that happened...

[@sickboi2615]

Pakistan , More like Chinese Colony Pork-istan

[@Avicerox]

What?

[@selimgokalp2805]

Pakistan ? What is that ? Oh you mean Western India ! 🤣

[@ToastieBRRRN]

@@selimgokalp2805 Even better. Or Baluchistan.

[@AxioChrono]

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[@ateeqrehmani3660]

The whole of Pakistan remained under foreign occupation for only 200 odd years, out of its entire 9000 years of urbanised history. For 100 odd years under the Mauryas and 100 odd years under the British.

[@shubhampaliwal2673]

Mauryas were foreign occupiers? You guys are genetically and linguistically same as others of Indian subcontinent not a different culture or race

[@ateeqrehmani3660]

@@shubhampaliwal2673 Sanskrit word Mlechha means foreigner or barbarian who speak unintelligeable language. Vayu, Matsya & Brahmanda Puranas state, area of Sapta Sindhva (Pakistan) consist of Mlechha countries. It indicates that since 1000s of years, land of Pakistan was foreign to people of India.

[@ateeqrehmani3660]

@@anarchistZ Pakistan is a civilisational state. Pakistanis started building their villages, towns & cities over 9000 years ago. People of Ganges Valley in India started building their villages, towns & cities over 6000 years later, between 2600-2300 years ago. They are two different peoples.

[@joemamaobama6863]

@@ateeqrehmani3660 but the Pakistani identity literally did not exist until the 1940s

[@EdgyMemer_]

@@ateeqrehmani3660 tfdym? Lol The entity known as "Pakistan" never existed till 1947... don't Claim the Indus valley civilization to be Pakistani

[@sumantasahoo7841]

That's wrong map of India

[@RandomVidsforthought]

Shut up and stop complaining about a small detail