History Summarized: Colonial India

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Indian History has always been a story of Peoples coming and going, but the subcontinent's modern history takes that up to 11, with the arrival of Central Asian Mughals and boatloads of Europeans. See how India transforms from Medieval to Modern in this final act of our History of India.
SOURCES & Further Reading: "The Discovery of India" by Jawaharlal Nehru, “A History of India” by Michael H. Fisher (a lecture series by The Great Courses).
This video was edited by Sophia Ricciardi AKA "Indigo". www.sophiakricci.com/
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Special thanks to Anthony Alighieri for coaching me through my (hopefully serviceable) pronunciations!
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[@thevoidlookspretty7079]

Britain: We fight for democracy! India: SINCE WHEN?

[@The_Sigillite]

Out of sight out of mind...

[@wardabatool717]

Britain: freedom! All men are equal!* [*Terms and conditions may apply]

[@Rinasoir]

Honestly, a lot more countries than just India asking the British that question at the time.

[@GonnaDieNever]

Empire was justified on the premise of uplifting savages into civilized people, but prevailing notions at the time were that non-Europeans with the maybe exception of the Japanese were incapable of achieving Democracy.

[@marksnow7569]

In its later decades the Raj did hold elections for provincial governments, with a complex system which ensured representation for different groups within society.

[@ksheirajharishankar7039]

"The Sun never set upon the British empire, for even God could not trust the British in the dark."

[@vaughnjohnson8767]

Dude. Oooooooooooof

[@ksheirajharishankar7039]

@@vaughnjohnson8767 Credits to Shashi Tharoor

[@nakulankurmullam2982]

Nerd

[@ksheirajharishankar7039]

@Just Getting By check the replies genius

[@ksheirajharishankar7039]

@Just Getting By well he made it famous

[@MazaAzi]

Britain: the "everything changed when the fire nation attacked" of earth

[@alishaghayas8232]

😂😂😂😂

[@learningagain4094]

In reality, the Fire nation were based off Imperial Japan.

[@melonlord1414]

@@learningagain4094 it fits better as well. The fire Nation in Avatar had about 100 years of imperialism. If you'd argue Japanese imperialism started with the Meji Restauration in 1868 and ended with their defeat in ww2, then you are way closer to those 100 years than the centuries of British imperialism

[@learningagain4094]

@@melonlord1414 A cool correlation between the real world and Avatar. China is a lot like the Earth Kingdom, The air benders are a lot like those of Bhutan/Tibet and finally the water tribes are like the Siberians. Then of course you have imperial Japan as the Fire nation.

[@di7209]

Caped Baldy Yep considering they’re fictional and only had like 4 tyrannical rulers Britain had no plans on stopping until things like people wanting basic rights happened

[@frodoswaggins3132]

“Ok. If Britain doesn’t get the hell out of India, I’m going to starve myself in public.” “Wow, that worked?”

[@tentathesane8032]

gandhi didn't do shit. People like Bose were the ones doing the actual freedom fighting, but they don't get the credit because britain felt they would lose less prestige if they pretended it was gandhi's nonviolent protests they surrendered to and the biggest indian political party at that time, the INC, had good connections to gandhi and wanted to leverage on that in the elections

[@jemmac5433]

Gotta love a bill wurtz reference

[@gazibizi9504]

@@tentathesane8032 does it matter?

[@thehindumuse]

It didn't but it is convenient for everyone to pretend that it did. Violence is sometimes the only option, Gandhi was a cu*k.

[@rakshithanand8262]

Siddharth Shukla As ever, the truth is likely not on either extreme, and I’d like to think that Gandhi himself would be the first to admit that he was not perfect and not the sole arbiter of the Independence movement. With that said, he was a very important figurehead and symbol, and did much to push the idea on the British public among others, and his idea of nonviolent protest certainly helped to give a sense of moral legitimacy to counter the ‘white mans burden’ arguments. Still, that’s only my take; I urge those reading this thread to seek out their own conclusions!

[@kjj26k]

East India Company: "The starvation will continue untill profit improves." Spanish Flu: "You guys really need to revolt, the elites do NOT care about you! Allow me to *demonstrate."*

[@totallynotjeff7748]

Good thing we don't have to worry about anything like that nowadays.

[@user-fx2vg6ks2k]

Basically the Modren India in a nutshell

[@kjj26k]

@@user-fx2vg6ks2k Hopefully we see another revolution, cause India right now is literally run by Hindu Nazis. 😬

[@Newbmann]

You forgot about the wu flu even if technically it's a type of cold but still You guys really need to learn the elites have no bloody clue what there doing.

[@Canadamus_Prime]

It's a good thing we'd _never_ do anything like that nowadays **cough**

[@mm-gz3hq]

The slavery in India is often forgotten, and people don't even realise that transported Indian slavery was ongoing past 1838 and it was under the term "indentured labour" but it was still the conditions of slavery, starvation and whippings.

[@georgethompson913]

even after several attempts by parliament to abolish slavery, a system that still affects millions of indians to this day.

[@duncan3707]

@@georgethompson913 Are you a fool ?

[@astolenusername7675]

Anay K.B please state why its wrong, don’t just say ‘no its not’

[@SirUnknown2]

@@duncan3707 Have you ever been to Assam? Have you ever seen tea gardens? I've been born and brought up in Assam, and I can say without a doubt that slavery still exists, in what is pretty much a plantation.

[@zeliang5101]

@Tesla-Effect there is no such thing now

[@danielduvernay3207]

I love how Blue is doing the History of India just to force Red into doing the Mahabharata.

[@Srikar-on9ib]

Yes! And not the 1 minute stuff. It's literally the longest story ever written and it needs a seperate proper video

[@altairauditore3782]

@@Srikar-on9ib no a series like journey to the west! nothing else will suffice.

[@AB-dm1wz]

Nice.

[@DroidVerse97]

@@altairauditore3782 how about a giant 100 episode series?

[@altairauditore3782]

@@DroidVerse97 honestly i don't think even that would fit. yes you would get the main storyline done over nice enough but mahabharatha has a very unique reputation back home. every single theme/cliche/genre you can imagine (atleast in the ancient world)[i knmow it is a hyperbole but still...] of is said to be in there. Robot army, it is there . evil stepmothers are there, cheating,gambling it is there, one man army it is there, death due to strangulation, technically there and awesome dog who is the best companion you could wish for is there.

[@cheezemonkeyeater]

Colonial India can be summarized with one sentence I heard in a podcast: "You'd think at some point the 'Honorable' East India Trading Company would realize that the people needed to be left some food in order not to starve to death, but no, they never realized this." Oh, you aren't just talking about the colonialism of the British Empire. Seriously, though, the EITC is the clearest example of why you don't let corporations seize power.

[@cheezemonkeyeater]

@Educational Docs & files I'm not sure if it's as direct as that, but it's not an unfair assessment.

[@michaelodonnell824]

And the Famine Situation didn't improve when UK took Direct Ownership. As late as 1943, Churchill ordered Grain ships from Canada, the US and Australia NOT to land in Bengal where well over 1 MILLION Indians starved to Death. That was truly "Britain's Finest Hour"!!!

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

Babur's son died after falling down a steep slight of stairs? I shouldn't be surprised, his _fall_ was clearly caused by the immense power of the High Ground and that is not a power to be underestimated!

[@kjj26k]

*The High Ground is not a power for the weak.*

[@wardabatool717]

Smh the dude who humayun was fighting against actually did stuff, and some of the roads he built are still here today. On the other hand we have this guy who died cuz he thought "oooo stars pretty" and didn't watch where he was stepping.

[@nanigopalsaha2408]

@@wardabatool717 Didn't he fall off library steps?

[@shionnicholas1236]

Twice the pride, double the fall.

[@divyanshushete5772]

@@nanigopalsaha2408 yes

[@wukongamatics2748]

Daily reminder that The ‘Honorable’ East India Company was worth more than the top 5 wealthiest current companies combined

[@DellDuckfan313]

India Companies: too big to fail (until they did)

[@johnpears9558]

The VOC is probably is at the top of that list.

[@bgs2004]

Don't you mean the VOC?

[@franciscojcsa6127]

And they weren't even the largest ever

[@dr.vikyll7466]

VOC: *Laughs in the background*

[@k.g.donathan6271]

Blue: "The Maratha empire." Dyslexic Brain: "Martha." Me: "I don't think-" Dyslexic Brain: "Martha."

[@loah_1]

WHY DID YOU SAY THAT NAME

[@user-fx2vg6ks2k]

most Save *Martha*

[@sukitron5415]

WHY DID YOU SAY THAT NAME?

[@marthap1732]

Hello😂

[@mrinalrohilla2654]

@@loah_1 IT'S HIS MOTHER'S NAME

[@rajansinghnandrha1837]

Britain when they see their history: "Are we the bad guys?" Also Britain: "Na, we killed and oppressed a load of ppl but its fine we built a couple trains"

[@rajansinghnandrha1837]

@@---675 well I haven't researched the Marathas a lot but Mughals yes. While they started very positively under the fair and just approach from Akbar, they descended into cruelty, religious persecution and terror. E.g Im a Sikh and while Akbar was a good ruler, rulers like Aurangzeb, Jahangir etc tried to wipe out the Sikh faith as they feared its growth. They failed and in turn the Sikhs lead to the Mughals falling alongside the Marathas. But that doesn't mean the British weren't evil coz they did awful atrocities in India (killing ~80million). And while under the Mughals at least the subcontinent continued its status of being an economic powerhouse, Britain drained resources endlessly from India (estimated 45 trillion) and made one of the richest regions poor. Not to mention how they tore the subcontinent in half with awful repurcussions

[@rajansinghnandrha1837]

@@---675 You make a fair point and yes I agree, the Mughals and from what you said the Marathas were also cruel empires I'm not disputing you on that . (Not to mention the Durrani Afghans). But thats not to say the British also weren't cruel. You talk about the famines but you forget Britain were responsible for the widespread switching from food to cash crops like opium to sell to china. Also the Bengal Famine which was deliberate. Not to mention events like Jallianwala Bagh, the Rowlatt Acts, the famous signs of 'no dogs or indians' and the widespread racism and deeper casteism (ik it existed before but britain deepened its influence in society); the whole principle of divide and conquer as back then, while you had evil governments trying to do force-conversions, ordinary people of different religions often lived quite well with many villages having a mix of religions. In fact many ppl (me included) believe in the view thag Gandhi, Nehru and Jinnah were British puppets sent to secure a peaceful exit for Britain, prevent a wholescale rebellion and divide the people. When you look at all this and how Britain did similar actions and strategies in Ireland, Middle East and even Africa, you have to say that Britain was a cruel empire

[@broman2084]

@@rajansinghnandrha1837 The Bengal famine was not only a coincidence but also a tragedy as it wasn't just scorched earth as even if they did that they shouldn't be dumb enough to erase all crops while they were there, but there were also a combination of natural disasters that struck (cyclone, flooding and a disease infecting rice), many rice and grain import provinces being taken by the Japanese and the plan for reserve food supplies being coordinated poorly. I have heard many argue that Australia had grains without possibly considering the Australian navy's protective fleet along with convoys as Japan had access to ports that can interfere with the relief and Australia didn't have enough convoys to meet the demand per shipment, mainly because shipping was a widespread issue. So that is kind of the only issue where I would argue that Britain wasn't being purposefully tyrannical to India.

[@rajansinghnandrha1837]

@@---675 I'm not saying Britain were the only cruel empire. Nor did I say they did force conversion (i read my message back and I can see where I was a bit unclear). I was saying that under the likes of the Mughals, while the Empire itself was force-converting lots of India, ordinary people living in villages together went on quite peacefully relatively. However, when Britain came along, they deepened that idea that its about Muslims vs Hindus and Sikhs because they knew how to divide the people. Also the Bengal Famine was caused by Britain. Churchill's chief scientist advised him on it and in its aftermath he said 'Good. They breed like rabbits anyway'. And yet u claim the British was a good, honest ruler. On the matter of if its 'the cruel empire' or at least one of the cruelest in history, when u look at not only India but what Britain did in the Americas, Africa, Middle East and Australia, given its colossal death toll, it defo ranks up there.

[@rajansinghnandrha1837]

@@---675 but I'd like to add I agree with the point about genocides before and after. And that's why I hate the governments of modern day Pakistan and India and hate when ppl glorify the Mughals

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

Fun Fact, the Trade Federation tried to do the exact same thing to Naboo that the East India Company did to India. It was a powerful cooperation that tried to control and manipulate the foreign -land- planet through dubious legal means so it could reap the financial benefits. The Trade Federation even used the the division between the humans and gungans to its advantage, just like how the East India Company played the Indian against each other. Lucky for Naboo, they had Jedi Knight like me around to keep them safe. India, I'm sorry to say, was not so fortunate.

[@aathish04]

Hello there... General Kenobi.

[@kortmann9]

Obi-wan spitting facts!

[@acg3934]

Name/post combo It continues to amaze me how, despite how much the prequels sucked, they at least had a soul and tried to explore interesting ideas which is more than I can say for Disney's sequels.

[@user-fx2vg6ks2k]

Hello There General Kenobi I see you are a Fellow History Geek as well

[@chakravartinarya269]

I wish we had Jedi Knights...

[@srainya3915]

“it might come as a shock to you, but India is *LARGE*” really? hadn’t heard.

[@rohandalvi6476]

As big as europe minus russia

[@loosinit_mc]

I mean it sounds obvious, but a lot of people dont realize HOW large india really is.

[@Crashed131963]

I,m from Canada India looks small.

[@udoyonb274]

John Smith give global warming a chance, you’ll get there

[@arhamshahid5015]

@@Crashed131963 the Mercator projection will do that.

[@imyoubutbalder]

As an Irishman, I offer solidarity with India for their distinct hatred of the English. Look, we even have the same colors on our flags! 🇮🇪🇮🇳

[@imyoubutbalder]

The green white and orange represents getting famined by the British!

[@korsensei5891]

Illegally Britain occupied Northern Ireland belongs to Ireland. Respect from India 🇮🇳♥️🇮🇪🖕🖕🖕🖕🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@korsensei5891]

@@imyoubutbalder These leeches also extracted 45 trillion dollars worth of money from India. I am pretty sure India will be more than enough powerful to avenge Uk by 2050.

[@korsensei5891]

@@imyoubutbalder Uk should pay reparations for its heinous crimes against humanity.

[@radeonportal8002]

WELL INDIAN WILL BUY UK AND MAKE IT A STATE@@korsensei5891

[@LilerArt]

All I can say is as an Indian-American it's awesome to hear about the history I was only taught in my own home and not at school. Pronunciations were honestly the best I've heard from a non-indian so good job Blue! Also, as a "fun fact" side note, the partition and creation of Pakistan and Bangladesh was not as long ago as one might think. To put it into perspective, my own grandmother was 8 or 9 when it occurred. She, and her family were forced to flee and amidst all the chaos she ended up losing track of them, only to run into an uncle in a refugee camp on the other side months later who reconnected her with her family.

[@lostconstellationsband]

I'm Indian-American too and I really love learning about my country of ethnic origin, since my family doesn't talk about it much. I'm actually the one who helped Blue with the pronunciations (and was in turn helped by my mum) and he did so well, I'm really proud of him!

[@mrtrollnator123]

@@lostconstellationsband you Indians are awesome people😊

[@deaddeer7179]

As a pakistani person, I'm unsure whether I should also consider this my history or not?

[@nishatagore]

@deaddeer7179 IT is your history too. Hindus and Muslims lived in harmony before England caused the partition now called Pakistan and India. On my mother's side of the family they were Muslims. On my father's side we are Hindus. They lived in harmony as one. The younger generation are Christians. This generation has problems caused by colonialism. England needs to pay for all that they did to us. I would like all Indians to read my book entitled One Child Alone by Nisha T Tagor. It is a story of pain and suffering brought up us because of colonialism. It is a story of the power of the Indian/Muslim minds before the evil of England. I love you all my Indian/Muslim minds. Colonialism by England is the problem in the world today. It is England that cause the hatred between Hamas and Israel. They both lived together in harmony until England caused b the separation. I had many spiritual experien es. I know that God is with all people. The world will come to understand his care for Israel. That doesn't mean he doesn't care about Hamas. He does. He is the only judge, not us. Believe and have faith. My love for all people. God Bless.

[@prasoonjha1816]

@@deaddeer7179 You can. The idea of Pakistan is that India ended in 1947 and splitted into Hindustan and Pakistan. This idea is rejected by us Indians, hence we continue to call our nation India. So yeah, pre-1947 Indian history is Pakistani history as well.

[@theoldman4371]

Britain: India is no longer profitable what to do? I guess we will give them freedom. *leaves as fast as possible* India: has a semester to create a government.

[@georgethompson913]

Indians: ask to seccede Britaisn: OKay paly nice with pakistan! Indians: WHO?

[@empoleonmaster6709]

To make things worse Britain sent ONE person to draw the border between India and Pakistan, this guy had never been to the country before, very clearly didn't understand that "there can be pockets and mixes of cultures and religions and don't have a clear line between them" because "That's some non-white peasant talk! And I really mean that because I'm super fucking racist." and in the span of 5 months drew the shitty line known as Partition which lead to millions of deaths, unspeakable brutality (if you want to read some fucking horrific shit google what happened to people during that time) that was so awful families would bring knives with them to kill themselves rather than go through the horrors that would befall innocent people just trying to get to a country where there wasn't such a massive hatred of their religion. Oh and once the power was transferred to India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan at the start of Partition the British left them virtually no actual systems in place to do anything. Imagine you have a population of a few hundred million people, suddenly there is no government, there's a mass migration of millions of people, atrocities are being committed against them thousands of times each day, but the British left your their nice government buildings to help you get started so everything will totally be fine. Narrator: They would in fact NOT be fine.

[@aham_brahmasmi6687]

Nah only one to be blamed for Partition and millions of deaths is Jinnah and Muslim League.

[@the_tactician9858]

I think everyone has a fair share in creating the clusterflip that was post-colonialist India (or all post-colonial countries for that matter). Atrocities were committed on both Indian and Pakistani sides and Great Britain didn't take up their moral duty of guiding the colonies to safety. Ghandi was one of the few leaders of the Quit India movement that advocated peaceful means, all the other leaders wanted to see the other bleed, and British policy had always been to play out local differences against each other, so they didn't care about the mess they left behind. On a whole different note, all the non-Hindu or -Muslims in the Indian subcontinent have all kinds of problems. Many Christians and Buddhists are facing serious persecution right now, mainly by their Hindu or Muslim neighbours. It bothers me that that is not noticed by institutions like the UN, who seem too busy looking at the (relatively) minor problems in the West. Was the UN not the one that should put a halt to these kind of things?

[@rolfs2165]

@@empoleonmaster6709 You forgot that he'd been given three years, but obviously decided to pull a Scotty.

[@dayalasingh5853]

My great grandfather was a freedom fighter against the British, he wrote literature against them and was imprisoned 3 times for completely peaceful protests. Apparently the cell was 1 metre by 1 metre. Also his name was Avatar which is the coolest thing ever.

[@kjj26k]

Your grandpa sounds awesome! R.I.P.

[@Firegen1]

Dayala your grandfather sounds awesome

[@TheOldBlackShuckyDog]

The guy sounds like a lad

[@orlandogreenhow2870]

Dayala Singh What we did to the Indians (and many other cultures) was horrific and barbaric. R.I.P to your great grandfather

[@dayalasingh5853]

@@orlandogreenhow2870 thanks, he passed away in 1982 so I never even met him.

[@JuffMan99]

I love how Dyer was court-martialled because Jalianwala Bagh was too "atrocious" but the British had been doing 10x worse atrocities for 300 years already.

[@thekingminn]

I'm disappointed that you did not even mention Burma even though Burma was a big part of India. seriously Burma was 1/4 of the British raj.

[@theparrot6516]

me too, sri lanka was also a big part of british raj, and gained independance a year later

[@anantsharma9136]

title says colonial india. he never talked about 'british raj' In the title. if he had included burma in a 'colonial india' video, you guys would have been offended by the fact that burma and sri lanka was generalized under india's name

[@thekingminn]

@@anantsharma9136 The British raj is another name for colonial India. Burma was considered part of the Indian Colony for almost 100 years only splitting off in 1937. So yes I would say Burma was part of colonial Indian.

[@chan6708]

Well they did ignore whole of south India

[@abhijeetagale]

thibaw was in exile here in maharashtra near ratnagiri district.I have visited his then home.He was misrepresented and maligned by the cunning EIC.If they were to mention every wrong the EIC did I think the video will have to be a lot longer.

[@orionsbonk]

“World War II: Deutschland Boogaloo” KILLED me. i’m commenting from beyond the veil

[@olgar4157]

Exactly what I thought

[@the_tactician9858]

Germany and Indian nationalist actually got along pretty well. The Germans had quite the number of Indian soldiers at their disposal, and even went as far as designing a tank for the Indians to license produce in case they ever revolted against Britain.

[@ThatGirlWithTheCoffee]

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[@Archon3960]

I have trouble considering Nazi Germany as Detschland. Especially since their first victims was their own country... :/

[@faultier1158]

@@Archon3960 The official name was still "Deutsches Reich" (German Empire), but calling it Deutschland is completely fine, as that has been the casual name of the country, even since before the second German empire formed in 1871. And about the victim thing: that makes it even more important to claim that part of history as our own, and taking responsibility. Dealing with the past in an honest and critical way was absolutely essential for the society to heal.

[@ishika5619]

learning about colonial history has always felt very personal to me because my great grandfather was a freedom fighter - he had part of his cheek taken off by bullet in a scuffle and was imprisoned for about 7 years. I didn't know him very well, but whenever i read more about history i feel like i get to know him.

[@varun_shankar]

He will always have our respect.

[@samyzayn6452]

Your great grandfather have our repect..

[@thealbanianlorg6542]

Respect. And sadness. 🙁

[@tusharbehera8956]

I always find it odd when British people see Churchill with stary eyes and view him as this great leader. When in reality his hands are soaked with the bloods and oppression of indians. I guess war makes any kind of leader a great one no wonder leaders are still practicing that tactics.

[@sheenavijith]

One man's hero is another's enemy. Churchill has done both bad and good, but to the British, World War Two was more important to them. Every country honours someone who saves their country, even if they weren't good people. Gandhi used to be racist and didn't view Africans as people( USED TO). But Indians honour him as the father of our nation. Churchill and Gandhi are more or less gray blurs to be precise. You can't classify them as completely bad or completely good. Churchill - oppreser of Indians Gandhi - racist Also Churchill: Saves Britain from Axis powers Also Gandhi: frees an entire nation Churchill is worse, and I stand by the fact that the person who oppressed my own country us worse than the one that freed it

[@uptheblues1875]

@@---675 I think the point that OP is trying to get across isn't that the british prime ministers sucked, cuz that's pretty obvious. He's just saying that people hold Churchill in high regard while in reality he's just another asshole

[@cthulhulalala7182]

@@sheenavijith Compare Churchill with Hitler not Gandhi.

[@balaramchowdary9]

Winners write history. Since they won, now they make movies and shows about him and pat themselves on the back for doing a great job

[@AdityaSingh-lp5rp]

@@---675 I don't need to dumbass. We don't need to know Thier policies to know the ones they had with us.

[@tan3782]

This was like my entire 8th grade history lessons explained in a shorter more fun way

[@solisemporium]

“A colonising operation you’d like to disguise as spice trading company” well then...

[@andrewnewell1142]

It’s as much that as it was “Whoops bloodthirsty mofos keep taking over our army we totally needed as a trading company, honest! But as long as we’re getting taxes now...”

[@stevenjlovelace]

Starbucks started as a spice trading company. Coincidence?

[@oliviawilliams6204]

*Frank Herbert entered the chat*

[@marksnow7569]

@@andrewnewell1142 For the first century and a bit from its foundation in 1600, the East India Company had very little in the way of military muscle (except in the 1680s, when some really Cummingsish people were in charge). They were Indians' favourite European traders; hence the rapid growth of Bombay (previously an unsuccessful Portuguese settlement), Madras and Calcutta.

[@sponge1234ify]

One year later and the funny word hasn't been said yet? Well, let me. *Ahem.* GEKOLONISEERD

[@unigeekpanda3026]

*spins wheel* "And coming up on Britain get all up in everyone's business..."

[@maddie9602]

Nineteenth and early twentieth century world history in a nutshell: And today on France and Britain screwing up the _entire_ world to satisfy their greed ... Seriously though, like half of all modern conflicts can be traced back to the shit those two countries pulled. Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Japan, the US, none of them were innocent either, but Britain and France were definitely the big guns in the ruining-other-countries business.

[@shrimpisdelicious]

@@maddie9602 For a good example of what ethreldur is talking about, I'd recommend looking up the Extra History series on the Sykes-Picot agreement.

[@GonnaDieNever]

@@maddie9602 Lol, nothing was nice before they made their empires either, and forgetting the Spanish is pretty comical when they did the same shit. Ultimately the only time the world has ever been able to play nice was WHEN Britain and France ruled it, because they didn't particularly want to kill each other. Colonial independence movements were largely a collossal failure, and the world would be better today if most colonies had remained just that.

[@Electric999999]

​@@maddie9602 What do you expect when between them they controlled most of the world just a century or so ago, that's far too recent for their influence to be lost to time like most other empires.

[@samialazzeh5863]

Blue: Britain drew borders that messed with the stability of the nations and caused violence Me a Palestinian: sounds familiar

[@Bakasta170]

😞

[@abumuhaiminul9818]

@Olivia Addison for your policy they are dying. And your are saying not to hate you?...lol. Hippocrate people😂

[@daniktarnavsky9586]

Well Britain gave you a lot of land but you guys wanted all of it so you attacked Israel and Israel won so I wouldn't say Britain was the problem here

[@CollinMcLean]

​@@daniktarnavsky9586 Britain did give them a lot of land... they gave everyone a lot of land... problem was that it was largely the same land...

[@daniktarnavsky9586]

@@CollinMcLean no.. not really, 'Palestine' was split into two countries, the smaller one for the jews and the rest for the arabs, the two countries had borders but the arabs wanted everything to themselves so the second the brits they started a war which they lost, and they did it for another couple of times and lost every single time so they have no one to blame but themselves.

[@viggiestrikes]

Accurate information, great delivery and comprehensive visuals! Props for getting almost all pronunciations on point too! Love and support from India

[@dani4229]

*Europe has entered the chat* (don’t forget the Cobra Effect, where the British paid them to bring them cobra heads,,, and then they started breeding cobras to get money,,,,,,,,, and then when the British figured it out and called it off, there were more cobras than when they started,,,,,,,,)

[@Acidfrog475]

I mean... I'd do the same XD. Especially if I was Indian. The Brittish had it coming.

[@Ragatokk]

I see, can never trust those pesky insert racist slur.

[@AxxLAfriku]

I am being humble when I am telling you that I am the most powerful strongest coolest smartest most famous greatest funniest KZbinr of all time! That's the reason I have multiple girlfriends and I show them off on my channel all the time! Bye bye sanielle

[@kenfleischman]

@@Ragatokk damn bro you a real comedian say that louder so everyone can hear that shit

[@VaradMahashabde]

Wasn't that also the Vietnam system for rat catchers? I think I am seeing a pattern

[@TheIqram12]

India : *exists* British : *STONKS TIME*

[@pale_blue_ruby]

as a pakistani, i find his pronounciations of the mughals thoroughly hilarious but i appreciate him trying to sound accurate

[@injieanis4581]

Same 🤣🤣🤣🤣 but forgivable. His accent is kinda cute

[@showbirds5452]

@@injieanis4581 true dat

[@yoda2495]

@@momentousmanav the mughals weren't the ones to bring islam to india, they were arabic traders, and it was britian's oppression of muslims that divided us, not religion itself

[@yoda2495]

@@momentousmanav no one in pakistan sheds blood in the name of god, stop listening to arnab goswami

[@yoda2495]

@@momentousmanav urdu is a tribal language, and intelligent ppl were the ones that understood it stfu with your islamophobia and stay in your overpopulated country

[@mvitor7412]

Let's all just appreciate Blue's gift for a moment... this guy can give a history lesson, WITHOUT making us feel sleepy.

[@celineoneida7077]

Picture how diverse the different cultures of Europe are. How Even among the nations that share a religion, how different they are. IE Poland and Portugal both being Catholic. We don't lump them in as "European culture" just because they're white skinned. India is just as diverse as Europe when it comes to culture but I feel too often we lump all of these different people groups together because they share a skin color and have a similar faith. Thanks for trying to show just how different India is from the popular stereotype!

[@kjj26k]

Well said!

[@stefansauvageonwhat-a-twis1369]

nadie nieman I mean Europe is pretty similar

[@chocobabe2934]

As a Pakistani European culture to me is burgers and hot chicks and I somehow merged the entirety of my perception of US culture (which I associate as Trump and angry White male 4channers) with Europe so I cant blame you

[@YEs69th420]

I feel that that's certainly part of it, but also that most people just simply don't know and don't care about how detailed and complicated everything in the world really is. So when it's something "other" it's easy to just assume it's uninteresting, simple, and any proof to the contrary is probably nonsense. You see it with science, with history, with culture - all that jazz. Ignorance is bliss I suppose.

[@celineoneida7077]

@@stefansauvageonwhat-a-twis1369 Europe now might be similar in the sense you have large fast food chains and clothing stores but culutral its super diverse. Like just look what is considered traditional food and clothing looks like in Italy compared to Sweden compared to Spain compared to Ukraine. 😅

[@chocobabe2934]

Aliens: Hello, Earthling, take me to your leader Indians (Sigh): This is him (Points to Humayun falling down the stairs) Aliens: "Oh my god im sorry-" "IM SORRY FOR US"

[@Orange_Swirl]

Dude, stairs are dangerous.

[@merrittanimation7721]

It's even sillier because apparently he only died from that because he heard the call to prayer and didn't think to just walk down the steps before kneeling down in reverence.

[@ashenen2278]

This is why Sher Shah Suri was really the only best option!

[@ahmedfawad16]

@@ashenen2278 nah akbar was the best king, not just in the Mughal dynasty, but in all of Indian history

[@ahmedfawad16]

@@merrittanimation7721 maybe it was a long way to the bottom?

[@mollymcdade4031]

Blue: “Buckle up” Me, British, already feeling guilty: OH BOY-

[@maanyasaluja8043]

its ok you don't need to feel guilty

[@cometmoon4485]

@@maanyasaluja8043 They don't need to be happy or comfortable with it, either though.

[@sharilshahed6106]

@@cometmoon4485 still better than being actually proud of it. Pretty shocking but some people actually believe colonialism was good for "helping lesser nation"

[@aleenaprasannan2146]

You trying to learn about it is enough. You don't need to feel guilty for shit your ancestors did. All of our ancestors did something shitty one way or other.

[@nameslesss]

Don’t worry you’re not responsible for something people did a looong time ago it’s the British empire from a few centuries ago that should feel guilty

[@anilprasadmn]

Brilliant! The entire Mughal history squeezed into that couple of mins couldn't have been better summarized. Also, that was an innovative story telling of how the "Wily European had been up to in the meantime." Adding that story as an almost forgotten part, if not for what followed was superb. Honestly, thats how it happened! Maybe that's why it resonates with me.

[@paulwagner688]

Last time I was this early nobody had conquered the Tamil Kings

[@user-fx2vg6ks2k]

No can Conquer the Tamil kings they have too much spices

[@distantanion6742]

Who are the Tamil Kings? Merchants probably.

[@user-fx2vg6ks2k]

@@distantanion6742 Merchants with a lot of Spices

[@paulwagner688]

@@distantanion6742 And they've got SPICES!

[@Nonaryfame]

As long as it's not the tamil tigers

[@varungambhir3403]

The partition was the bloodiest thing ever! My ancestors almost died .The British are so into partitioning things for some reason...

[@georgethompson913]

Because it was a poor attempt at preventing prevalent religious violence.

[@varungambhir3403]

George Thompson the religious violence was mainly fueled by the British who wanted to turn the Indians against each other

[@for.tax.reasons]

Maps: exist British: 👁👄👁

[@roseofoulesfame]

Divide and conquer?

[@David_T]

Several of my friends grandparents had to leave the new Pakistan in the middle of the night. The Muslims were not very tolerant of either the Sikhs or Hindus. I'm sure that some Muslims also suffered at the hands of the Hindus.

[@sreejitghosh4629]

A really great job compiling the huge history into an easy to understand 10-minute video. Kudos!

[@srinidhisrinivas9434]

This is an amazing video! Great job. Very informative and has great infusion of humor without compromising the delivery of the content.

[@Kasperi_A.]

Last time i was early there was this kid alexander tryna invade india.

[@tcadityaa]

Thanos rat spotted!

[@user-fx2vg6ks2k]

*Pathetic*

[@duncan3707]

Not funny jackass

[@13mudit]

But he didnt because they thought they would fall of the earth. Subtle way of saying india is a sinkhole *Angry indian noises*

[@snubbles9991]

Lol what an edge lord

[@MarquisForneus]

"Or if the EIC says those heirs don't count" Ah, the classic Romen method.

[@sars910]

I remember from history that the territory of a Nawab (Ruler of a Princely State) was usurped after his death because he didn't have a "direct" heir (A son * cough * * cough *) even though he had a lot of legal heirs.

[@shreberry5164]

@@sars910 There was the case of Rani Laksmibai aswell, where her adopted son (who was also her nephew, i think) wasn't recognised as legitimate heir to her husband's throne. This was utter BS, because the son DID have royal blood, and Lakshmibai was still alive, and thus, should be the queen.

[@sacharubinstein5305]

I now understand why India and Israel are so friendly with each other when it comes to Israel's Israeli-Palestinian situation and India's Indian-Pakistani situation, it's because both were former british colonies that got independence after WW2, and both have ethnic conflicts that arise from Britain's mishandling of ethnic tensions in the region.

[@BigMoney398]

Israel was made a country by the British. They didnt gain or take independance themselves. The British colonies there were Trans Jordan and Palestine as Israel wasnt a thing at that time.

[@a.r.h9919]

It is a very common thing of British colonialism for them to leave 2 states that hate each other as neighbors or create that by design of course like with Israel and Iran or Pakistan and India for saying some examples. So they can have influence and a strong ally to take certain place afterwards and influence their political interests

[@rowynb.159]

YESSSS!! I've waited so long for you guys to do this video!!!

[@kur0sh1]

While a lot of muslims kinda hate on Akbar for the Din e Ilahi thing , you gotta admit his reforms really did help the empire a lot.

[@rohandalvi6476]

Also they demolished a shit ton of temples

[@parthasarathipanda4571]

wait they do?

[@sakshampandey7342]

@@amiyavatsa as someone from Awadh, I respect that.

[@sakshampandey7342]

@@amiyavatsa Saadat Ali Khan, the founder of the Dynasty as well as his successor, Safdar Jung, who was his son in law, were competent generals as well. Also, Shuja-ud-Daulah. Their Diwans (Prime Ministers) and Senapatis were Brahmins. Brahmins were also extensively recruited in the Armies of Awadh, Mughals and British Bengal Presidential Army as Infantry Musketeers.

[@mgdsheseverywhere.3457]

So...I know this is kinda unrelated, but I’m glad to see Indians (I’m assuming u guys r Indians) talking about Muslims so nicely. Idk, just makes u remember that hi!!! I’m a person! You’re a person! Yay!! Idk it makes me happy thank you

[@sarveshlobana8573]

As an Indian, this video has made me incredibly sad over the exploitation of my people and my land. Fuck, some people can fuck up billions of lives.

[@dutchvanderlinde4722]

@Абдульзефир when did he imply that

[@priyanshubaderia1945]

@پیاده نظام خان your sentence sounds like "oh you don't like to be oppressed ? Nah, seems like you only want to be oppressed by your own"

[@priyanshubaderia1945]

@پیاده نظام خان ohhhhhh now I get it , I am assuming your comments are perfectly unbiased and not at all motivated by religious hatred and radicalism, is that true kind gentleman 😆 ?

[@dracarysgirl2048]

@پیاده نظام خان well better than your traditions isnt it? But you are right there is hypocrisy because we will educate ourselves and kill others, that's the difference

[@divineflu34567]

@پیاده نظام خان we would have if we weren't being attacked all the time as we know how to adapt

[@sagacious03]

Quite an interesting look into & overview of this! Thanks for uploading!

[@shamsalfarabi6107]

I love how you pronounced Bangladesh correctly. Bung - Laa - They-ssh

[@NoOne-gg5mc]

"You'll get nothing and you like it." - The British Upperclass slogan since forever.

[@deathstar6998]

Ya forgot to mention the number of Indians they offered "Jobs" for in South Africa. Basically a huge amount of them expected to settle into a new life after working off the pay for the trip but they ended up in what might as well have been psudo slavery until they basically took over parts of the South African economy and are a major part of it to this day. Many major businesses in South Africa have a predominant share holding that is Indian as a result, and we at a stage were the country with the most amount of Indians outside of India itself. (In fact just do South African history next even if you need to make it a 2 part video please because there aren't many people who actually get it right)

[@sirholycow]

Just commenting to say that this is an incredibly well made video. Accurate and unbiased, well done.

[@Tolstoy111]

unbiased? It makes brutal murderers like Babur seem like just rulers but the British come off like monsters.

[@klila16]

Really just glossed over the entire Maratha empire and made it look like a handover between the British and the Mughals. I was hoping for a lot more. At least you mentioned it. But it was a significant movement.

[@wolfsmane1728]

"Leaders like Gandhi were intensely campaigning for Independence-" Subhas Chandra Bose and the entire INA: "Are we jokes to you?"

[@ahmedfawad16]

Jinnah and the Muslim League: are we a joke to you, Blue?

[@Rohit-Yaduvanshi]

@@ahmedfawad16 Jinnah was like a 🦊 fox... He only wanted to make Pakistan by spreading hate between Hindu and Muslim.... Independence was gained not given thanks to Neta ji Subhash Chandra Bose and INA...

[@ahmedfawad16]

@@Rohit-Yaduvanshi Jinnah was one of the great leaders and visionaries of the 20th century. He didn't spread hate between Muslims and Hindus. The hate was already there thanks to the Hindus ditching the Muslims after the failed 1857 War of Independence. Jinnah was smart, and knew that the Muslims and Hindus could not co-exist anymore. That's why he, along with many others, struggled for over 20 years to make a separate nation where Muslims could exist freely. The things that are happening to Muslims all over India right now prove that Jinnah was 100% right. I respect Subhash Chandra Bose greatly. He and Jinnah got along pretty well too. But Subhash Chandra Bose can't exactly be considered responsible for independence, as you claim, as the INA failed. The INA played a big role, but the overall independence was achieved by the Congress Party and the All-India Muslim League, under Gandhi and Jinnah respectively.

[@thehindumuse]

@@ahmedfawad16 Direct action on the Hindus was real fun

[@rakshithanand8262]

Ahmed Fawad Somehow though I still think that it was not worth it to force division in that manner. Jinnah may well have had good reasons to do what he did, but the end result... how Jinnah would weep to see what Pakistan has become, and even here in India we are seeing the rise of nationalist sentiment that will of course focus on Pakistan over again. If India had been united from the beginning, there could have been a chance at true unification: as of now, well, I doubt such things, there has been too much blood spilled- on both sides Edit; as a Hindu myself, I also feel it is unfair to blame our whole religion in such a general way. I also think that Jinnah was wrong in his belief that coexistence was impossible. It may be now, but there was hope then. And, of course, Pakistan nowadays is hardly a shining example of Muslim freedom, especially with how eas Pakistan was treated.

[@thaneofstuff7340]

I love being early to these videos. Blue is so entertaining and I love hearing him talk about history

[@vyrva5690]

same

[@boshwa20]

I've unfortunately been sleeping on his videos for years due to me enjoying Red's videos more. I've been trying to fix that lately. On the bright side, I have a huge catalogue of videos to catch up on.

[@user-fx2vg6ks2k]

Indeed

[@LlamasAtMidnight]

Boshwa me too!

[@jeromemaiquez3108]

this topic deserves the same attention to detail that this channel devotes to european history.... this is easily 3 to 4 videos when this channel goes deeper than a quick synopsis of events

[@battlements7649]

You did a great job on that one, I really liked that a lot!

[@seneca983]

1:30 "If I do the Ramadan fast in this heat I may actually die of thirst." Good thing Babur didn't conquer Svalbard and try to do the Ramadan fast there (in the summer).

[@wardabatool717]

Is...is this Magnus Chase?

[@seneca983]

@@wardabatool717 Sorry, I don't understand that reference. Apparently, that's a book series or something?

[@ahmedfawad16]

@@seneca983 yes it's by Rick Riordan, the dude who wrote the Percy Jackson books. You should try them out they're pretty good.

[@harish1105]

Error at 3:00: Aurangzeb was Akbar's great-grandson. It goes Akbar -> Jehangir -> Shah Jahan ->Aurangzeb

[@sharilshahed6106]

Lol kinda cringed at that point.

[@noyaadibahoque]

Was confused because of this. Thanks!

[@BigMoney398]

@Bille Nye The Russian Spy yes it was shah jahan

[@Angel36930]

Thanks for this video🤓 very well done and comprehensive

[@prateekkembhavi3637]

Me making an army in Age of Empires. Enemy invades from sea. Darn it, I forgot to build a navy. Mughals: I feel you.

[@sounakchatterjer4158]

Wouldn't be surprised given how many of my elephant stacks in aoe3 got murdered by ships

[@fuckk-popandtiktok3388]

Cholas had the best navy in the world at the time they lived 😎

[@tsar9xlilshawty85]

i just put on steroids and kill with technique

[@jx7945]

Honestly the captions are what keep me alive at this point

[@Uhhok3]

I like how 1800-1820 was titled “feels bad man”

[@itsnotajokeitsahazard8700]

I'm doing this is History at school (specifically the British empire and its Expansion) this is a good video to help with my homework. Thanks

[@tonyalighieri6613]

Blue... those pronunciations are AMAZING. And Beautiful. You had my mum and I squeeing every ten- thirty seconds out of pure joy.

[@shrose68]

I really enjoyed this video, excellent work as always! However, I wish you would have spent more time on famines under british rule. The Bengal famine was awful, but it was also the exception in that it was caused by war. British policy in India in the 18th and 19th centuries caused a massive increase in the number and severity of famine on the indian subcontinent, especially after the unification of the continent under company rule. As cash crops replaced food production, famines became more and more likely, and the company had no interest in mitigating the suffering. In the Bengal Famine of 1770, 10 million died, a third of the population of the region. Even after the company was dissolved it continued, there were 24 major famines the the 2nd half of the 19th century, more than any other time. This sustained mass death crippled the subcontinent, and in ways still does. I believe it is a vital part of the story of British India. Again, excellent video, overly sarcastic as usual!!

[@tisFrancesfault]

@Hans Hanzo the look of Churchill causing the famine or pursuing a course to make it worse is basically false narrative. And tends to ignore major issues of the times.

[@michaelodonnell824]

@@tisFrancesfault Churchill was a RACIST MASS MURDERER. The UK Cabinet papers and the Journals of both UK Civil Servants attached to the Cabinet Office and Cabinet Office Ministers make it ABUNDANTLY Clear that, not only was the UK Government aware of the Famine, but Churchill using Abhorrently Racist language, made it clearr that he had NO INTENTION of ALLOWING any action to save a SINGLE Indian Life. He was even MORE Racist (though that can be hard to believe) than the rest of the Always Xenophobic English!!!

[@psxz1]

hey, we have a metric ton of other ancient breathtakingly artistic monuments besides that white tomb of love

[@sohandesai818]

True that

[@sammarahmed6116]

That tomb was built as the mughal kings wifes memorial, nowadays if you go inside all you hear is the noises of tourists whispering.

[@sammarahmed6116]

Its just sad

[@ussinussinongawd516]

@@sammarahmed6116 kinda weird letting tourists inside a tomb but it is pretty :)

[@anuragnayan5247]

Actually, several metric tons.

[@Kairukurumi]

So much gold, you guys.

[@BurnheadLP]

Every time I watch one of these videos, i get the urge to colonize Great Britain, and rename it Not so Great Britain.

[@marksnow7569]

TBF, it's only called that to distinguish it from Bretagne in France

[@eddthehead123]

That Seven Year War was one of the reasons why the American War of Independence happened. It's amazing how seemingly unrelated things can effect the other side of the world.

[@marksnow7569]

- and some of the American War of Independence was fought in the seas around India

[@AdityaGuptaX]

So India got US independence!

[@eddthehead123]

@@AdityaGuptaX India and massively ripping off France.

[@marksnow7569]

@@AdityaGuptaX Not just India. Minorca (and fears for the West Indies) was the final straw [EDIT: Yuno's point about France is fair. During the long peace negotiations, the British and the Americans became allies, ensuring that France gained almost nothing from its expensive campaigns against the British]

[@Imran7jr]

Also the fact that native Americans were called Indians(because of spain thought it was India)... "American Indians" One Indians' exploitation was over and other Indians' exploitation was just starting off...

[@finnpeterson4335]

Last time I was this early, the Mughal Empire was still at it's peak.

[@dayalasingh5853]

I'm happy that era is over.

[@user-fx2vg6ks2k]

It was Glorious era Short but Glorious

[@ahmedfawad16]

@@amiyavatsa they weren't that bad. 1556 to 1658 was undoubtedly the golden era of the Mughals. During that time, everyone got along pretty well too. And by 1700, India was the largest economy in the world, making up around a quarter of global trade.

[@cometmoon4485]

@jpc1918 As-salaamu alaikum, my friend. May Allah grant you and your family long, peaceful lives.

[@Cranb]

As a mixed south-asian/english, it’s great to hear you ragging on the British. Don’t worry, we’re still making plenty of ‘“”proud history””’ for future videos.

[@kabeerthehistorian7445]

Keep on making these types of interesting history videos

[@Gotohell576]

As a british citizen I'm all for the continuation of shining a torch in our dark historical underbelly. We were terrible. Thanks for another fantastic upload Blue.

[@The_Sigillite]

So long as we take the good with the bad and do not treat this chance to learn as an excuse to shame those who played no part in it. Though in this case it was mostly awful.

[@TheHacknor]

@@amiyavatsa It's a shame that we don't learn this stuff in school, leaving the skeletons in the closet and living in ignorance about what our ancestors did is not going do us any favours in the future

[@Gotohell576]

Let's face it when the primary structure is imperial expansionism there's very rarely a good majority. But I agree no one around today should feel accountable for what happened in the past so long as we accept, lean and behave better from it.

[@roseofoulesfame]

When you said "after Vasco de Gama realised you could sail underneath Africa", I was all "Whoah...he had a SUBMARINE?" X D

[@nishatagore]

Reading about colonialized rips through my very soul. My great-grandparents and my grand-parents were tricked and taken out of India to the Caribbean. I am 91 years of age. The pain and suffering and experienced is beyond comprehension. From the bottom of my heart I would gave rather to be born in the slums of India than to have lived in the West. If there is a God England must pay for what they did to our lives. I have written a book entitled 0ne Child Alone by Nisha T Tagor It was been a struggle all my life. At times my faith in God is weak but I try to go on. Colonialism has been a living death sentence for me. I keep asking myself why does the royal family still exists with all the riches they stole from India and I and many more fighting to survive in a world with so much injustice.

[@nishatagore]

Please excuse the grammatical errors. This software drives me nuts.

[@045jerson7]

I don't know which part of the world you belong to but you are awesome. I was searching for some channel that would provide consise information on Indian History and Bingo!!! I found you. 😘❤️ Love your humorous presentation and appreciate your hardwork 💯🙌

[@silverhusky7993]

Eh, it would be nice to see this topic revisited in the future, especially the political history of British India. I know it's summarized, but saying "British skedaddled and partitioned India into 2, er, 3 countries" without talking about the Muslim League, or the different acts passed by the British and effects of it, seems to be skipping a lot. The video doesn't even seem like a good jumping off point for those interested in learning ABOUT India; but more of a history of Great Britain view on it's rule of the subcontinent.

[@mmouse1886]

Ironic that he spends more time slamming the Brits on their evil bad colonialism instead of talking about the impacts of it. It's almost like he has an agenda more than just telling a story, History, if you will.

[@atulsrinivasan3304]

M Mouse well it’s mostly acceptable that its impacts were 99% negative for Indians as a whole

[@varana]

@@mmouse1886 I don't know, he talks quite a bit about their impact. Forcing people to grow cash crops instead of food, ousting local rulers, discriminating against the local public service, squashing Indian textile manufacturing for the benefit of British industry, and quite a few famines. All mentioned, if briefly.

[@GonnaDieNever]

@@atulsrinivasan3304 only because people who share his veiws wrote the history at large. You think an Independent India is going to promote histories that talk about the good things Britain did? No, that is all washed away because of the British were good at all then it could cast doubt on existing powers.

[@buzzkrieger3913]

@not gonna burning widows is fine with you then?

[@olidiangelo]

I love that we're doing this in class right now so I can watch this instead of staring at a page with 0 interest

[@drneerajdixit8547]

You nailed it when you said if it's not profitable why keep it?. I have come to understand that there were only two primary reasons for our independence 1. India was out of juice, the British had squeezed us dry, there was nothing left to loot. The asset was now a liability. 2. World war II had broken Britain's back. Other important events were 1. Netaji subhash chandra bose and the Indian National army 2. Sailors mutiny at bombay

[@mauricebuckmaster9368]

The narrative that the British “looted” India is false.

[@lazarusmekhane439]

Britain: Tears nations apart in conflicts, borders, famines and terrifying power. Me, reading this all up: I love my nation...

[@rishitnamanvthb1740]

Hey world this is how we are taught about Indian colonization: Two brothers fight for throne. Older brother gets the throne. Younger brother goes to the British like "need backup" British= "I mma help you" Together their friendship over throws the older brother. Yay! British kicks the younger brother in the butt. The son of younger brother becomes friends with the British and then becomes a puppet of the British. Thank you

[@parthasarathipanda4571]

what? were you in state board?

[@The_Sigillite]

Yeah, this really needs to be expanded in our history leasons. The British Empire in general needs to be discussed more; successes, failure and (importantly) attrocities.

[@georgethompson913]

@@The_Sigillite Hell the british empire is completely glossed over in history classes, the closest is slavery which forgets the role of british abolishinist movements.

[@matthewegan5281]

remarkably similar to the tactics they used during Ireland's Norman invasionn.

[@jaykrishnak3268]

Basically how the British got control of most of India. Divide and rule was very effective for them..

[@meetaverma8372]

as an Indian who studied here, I think you're better than our teachers, and they should show this in schools

[@infinityxtanishq8712]

Won't , if they do we'll start hating the british

[@Joseph-do9nz]

Bruh, its people like you who "learn" stuff from the internet and reject schools who grow up to become flat earthers and ant-vaxers I'm Indian as well, and I'm in school too. Grow up.

[@ruthvik8913]

@@Joseph-do9nz source: trust me bro

[@LichsuhoathinhDrabattle]

The channel releases videos regularly, with an easy to understand and interesting historical recap. Hope the channel produces more interesting historical videos☺☺

[@SpyCactus]

0:33 I'm fairly certain that in this period it would have been an Imperial Europe rather than a Metric Europe, appropriately enough.

[@jeremy1860]

Blue, this series on India has been an utter delight to watch. Thanks for making it 😊

[@chocobabe2934]

(Mughals start losing power over India) Indians: "Well thank god" The British: "Hey there Indians... it's me, yo boy"

[@deathstar6998]

Which God? Indians have many gods.

[@georgethompson913]

@@deathstar6998 Deus Vult intensifies.

[@dantemaquiavelli9039]

@@deathstar6998 That will depend on their preference, do they like Shiva? It will be Shiva, but they prefer Visnu? Probably will be Visnu.

[@joaomartins9800]

@@deathstar6998 aren't the Hindu gods just aspects of one single entity?

[@for.tax.reasons]

This implies that Mughals weren't Indians which is hilarious because they were??? Nobody gets mad at a stable rule my dude

[@thehistoryandbooknerd8979]

Thank you, Blue!!!!! 💙

[@stevenbyrne3687]

Another great video

[@cattaccino4897]

hey OSP great vid, i love watching these thanks for keeping me sane in this lockdown great keep making great content stay safe and stay awesome

[@dayalasingh5853]

It's interesting how you pronounce Babur? I've never heard it like that and I know this era quite well.

[@parthasarathipanda4571]

white people's pronunciation of anything east of turkey is interesting :P

[@dayalasingh5853]

@@parthasarathipanda4571 yeah, it wasn't that bad but it wasn't great. He was rolling the R when it wasn't necessary.

[@aneesh2115]

It's actually fairly accurate to what we pronounce it in india. Though he we do a tap insted of a rolled r.

[@TathD]

I mean, if we're going to quibble he got most of the pronunciations wrong in various degrees - Babur, Maratha, Bengal. Lol. But he tried, and we've all seen FAR FAR worse on youtube videos.

[@tonyalighieri6613]

Blue was doing a decent impression of what I said; I did a decent impression of what my mum said, so, you know... Me: "Blue sounds a little different every time." Mum: "That's because he's trying."

[@advpodcasts7864]

Wow the sarcasm is soo accurate!

[@pyrosianheir]

Man, that smooth, somewhat malevolent transition to the ad at the end.

[@chameleoncove]

Time for another episode of "Those Crazy Britans!"

[@hailghidorah2536]

“Britain with their crazy explanations, The colonists are gonna need their medication, When they hear Britain's late exaggerations, There'll be trouble on Earth tonight!”

[@Canadamus_Prime]

Ah British Colonialism, how it destroyed so many people's lives.

[@GonnaDieNever]

Yeah because Mughal and Maratha colonialism were so much better. Of course videos ignore the positive parts of Colonialism, what else can they do with it?

[@buzzkrieger3913]

@not gonna because the Maratha came from a relatively small plateau kingdom. You're confusing continent with country.

[@GonnaDieNever]

@19fatih07 You know that India wasn't a country yet right? The Mughals took shit from the countries around them to other countries.

[@amannegi9325]

@@GonnaDieNever no they did not they settled in India unlike you brits, and yep India was not a country it was pretty much like europe until you guys arrived. As well as India was never supposed to unite but it United against you guye because of how you treated everyone.

[@GonnaDieNever]

@@amannegi9325 It literally did not Unite Against England, the East India company unified it by getting people to join willingly and crushing those who didn't. The Mughals also settled in India about as much as the British did. Lol.

[@tipoomaster]

8:57 "all of them have perfect teeth", dude, still true in villages

[@donalsam829]

Your pronunciation is surprisingly alright

[@for.tax.reasons]

3:58 shows portugese forts mostly on indias southern coast 4:14 shows a decidedly non Mughal court and talks about the Mughals BLUE I EXPECT BETTER because YOU ARE BETTER THAN THIS

[@Ragd0ll1337]

The painting is likely by a European who cared very little about accuracy and was mostly interested in showing Indians as backwards, simple-minded folks who needed the gentle guiding hand of the British to learn how to manage their wealth and land. I'm sure paintings of Mughal courts exist though. But cut Blue some slack, this painting matches the general topic he was talking about.

[@claimingseven72]

Raktim Kalita not even that, it’s like showing turkey when talking about France and saying it’s ok because the capital of turkey is partly in Europe.

[@for.tax.reasons]

@@Ragd0ll1337 you sound ignorant, "iM sUrE pAiNTiNgS oF mUgHaL cOuRtS eXiSt" Blue is a grown ass man and im not coming for him and if I was he can defend his own choices. Pointing out inaccuracy in a history video does not merit your comment about cutting him slack.

[@for.tax.reasons]

@@Ragd0ll1337 In fact your comment is exactly why I made my comment, "it vaguely matches the general topic" ok so would you say that if someone said mona lisa and showed you the last supper? I mean they're vaguely the same thing

[@sakshampandey7342]

Plus at some point he mentions that Aurangzeb was the grandson of Akbar. No, he was Akbar's great grandson. Akbar's son was Jahangir, whose son was Shaj Jahan and his son was Aurangzeb.

[@Kurtizss]

As Bill Wurtz Say "No Said Britain, Governing them even hard"

[@Cjnw]

and "Hitler failed art school, for which his father punished him severely"

[@Erik-pu4mj]

2:34 "Cold, hard architecture. Like this. And that. Shiny." I'm imagining Blue visiting India, looking up at the grand architecture, and giving a single nod. "Shiny."

[@rheavohra3905]

him trying to pronounce the names is so funny to me because I learned all of this in 5th grade because I'm Indian, but a great job in summing it up have really helped in summing up the HUGE history.