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British East India Company
Michael travels to India to uncover how the British East India Company - the world's first multinational corporation - raised a private army to create an empire. Beginning his journey in the slums of Kolkata, he explores the ruins of the grand residence of Clive of India, who became the undisputed ruler of Bengal - amassing a vast personal fortune and making millions for shareholders in Britain.
#India #BritishEmpire #Bengal

[@JOURNEYS7]

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[@DanielAvinashVOX]

What efforts? You simply posted a video you didn't make. Do something original then ask for money.

[@JOURNEYS7]

@@DanielAvinashVOX Thanks for Reminding this . You are a Hero 👍.

[@arumugamannamalai]

Firstly I should thank Michel Portillo for visiting my country and also thank him for his beautiful illustrations of East India Company and British rule in India.

[@baghazukhov152]

Props to the Hon'ble Commissioner of Police , Kolkata : Mr Soumen Mitra for being such a gracious host. He's a bit of a historian himself apparently.

[@indrajitgupta3280]

Who is Soumen Mitra and what history has he done? Has he written anything and published it? Acquired academic credentials? Anything specific?

[@baghazukhov152]

@@indrajitgupta3280 let me rephrase that. Mr Mitra is a bit of an history aficionado. It doesn't require published work to be one.

[@indrajitgupta3280]

@@baghazukhov152 That's better. 'Aficionado' - of course! There were other Commissioners of Police who were historians - the full Monty - and were published in history and in anthropology? That's why I reacted with surprise and pleasure, thinking someone had discovered another one. If you know Mr. Mitra, you might ask him.

[@sayantanigupta2131]

He is a well known authority on the history of Calcutta football as well as the heritage buildings of Calcutta. He has written several books on the theme.

[@ratulmondal2832]

If the pioneers and masterminds of the beautiful architecturing of Kolkata were alive today, they would break down in tears seeing the way their beautifully crafted city vandalised by an unruly state government bringing in illegal and trouble creating immigrants. Modern Kolkata is a scene of minority appeasement and Islamist regulations bringing harm to the once jewel of the british empires control in their most valuable territory.

[@trailingarm63]

Brilliant documentary and a very fair-minded attempt to present history from both the British and Indian perspectives. Thanks for posting.

[@soumyakanti17]

As a young Indian, it amuses me how present day Brits still feel nostalgic over their "colonial possessions". Like children from whom toys have been snatched. 😆😂

[@nietzchepreacher9477]

most people in britain seem to see it more like children that have grown up and left the house. thats probably a bi product of that whole "civilizing the world one railway at a time" idea.

[@joefoley1480]

Really? children whose toys have been snatched dont feel nostalgia ..dont take up journalism mate. When I was travelling in India 50 years ago I heard several times that things were run better by the British . wouldn't be a popular opinion these days

[@divinewind6313]

@@joefoley1480 Thats just like some people feel the nostalgia for the USSR eventhough its one of the most oppressive regimes that the world has ever seen.

[@nietzchepreacher9477]

@@divinewind6313 its true, a lot of poles hate the ussr and then go and look back fondly on certain aspects. life and history is nuanced and i suppose so are people.

[@willengel2458]

the looting was so good they refused to let go of Hong Kong.

[@AmbientWalking]

Spectacular! I love this so much! Thanks for exploring the world for us!

[@truthseeker327]

Thanks to subhash chandra bose and his sacrifice that India is free. My mother Salutations to thee

[@leinsterfan1802]

He did nothing. Gandhi and Neru got India independence.

[@richisingh7024]

Born in India grew up in Britain proud to be a British Indian 🇮🇳🇬🇧

[@sanjay7pisces]

Indian British would've sounded reasonable yet Indians never were faithful were they

[@মঙ্গলহাওলাদার]

The loot have ended because there’s nothing left to loot .

[@Vpr2255]

Now looting by Politicians

[@মঙ্গলহাওলাদার]

@@Vpr2255 and still we are fighting with each other.

[@bablobko]

Go say this to Lalu Yadav, Madhu Koda ....

[@SpitfireMLG]

The “loot” was literally crops that can be regrown now every year.

[@michaelmartin4383]

My Grandfather was the boss of "East Indian Railway Company". The family photo album shows my ancestors enjoying a wealth which is beyond human comprehension today. As Aristotle says, "man is a political animal".

[@JOURNEYS7]

Hello Martin - We Would like to know more and if you can share your photo album - that would be great . Can We See that ?

[@siddharthraychaudhuri7250]

@@JOURNEYS7 You really don't understand him

[@JOURNEYS7]

@@siddharthraychaudhuri7250 I do understand he is just flexing about the history of his ancestors but anyhow I just requested.. .. anyways thanks for your comment.🙏

[@yourmumsy1081]

Where did that money go? Did it get passed down to you?

[@Maxsarkar]

The sun never set in British empire because god even couldn’t trust them in the dark.

[@irshannawaz5042]

Well said

[@willyoustand86]

Horrible truth, articulated beautifully 👏

[@francesday2820]

Very witty, I like it!

[@keithstrom6987]

That's rich. Well said

[@stack7340]

@@keithstrom6987 no its not rich, most of the wealth of West is thru deceit and high level corruption of elite. Yet the 3rd world countries are only labelled as corrupt whereas the western are shown as honest. So it's not Rich, its the truth.

[@vinaycamay7267]

A major correction - Clive the Lord didn’t prefer Calcutta and its dark politics, He’d preferred to stay in the breezy shores of Fort St George at Madras, where the original Clive House still stands strong & majestic, a rather stark reminder that EIC and its Benefactors ruled the entire subcontinent with the backing of The British crown 👑.

[@wkhan5]

But fort st George was not built by Robert Clive

[@vinaycamay7267]

@@wkhan5 that’s true,. Fort St George was built by Lord Andrew Cogan and Lord Francis Day on the coromandel coast ,. Which would become Madras in a span of 45 years.

[@bpath60]

It would not have been possible without collaboration from large segment of Indian Population the Maharajas and Hindus and Muslims ! During the Mughal eras the top jobs went to Persians and Afghans and few Rajputs who accepted Mughal rule

[@mogznwaz]

Exactly! I tell this to Indians who love to hate on 'the Britishers' but will not accept the collusion of their own people and the many gains it gave them in the modern world !!

[@irshannawaz5042]

No brother it was only due to mughals and bajirao that britain could not capture india in 16th and 17th century . After the decline of empire then the british captured India .

[@manuelpalmeira7278]

So many Mughal ministers and generals were Hindu.

[@AaBb-rj6vl]

@@mogznwaz exactly 🇮🇳🇬🇧♥️♥️♥️

[@mauricebuckmaster9368]

@@irshannawaz5042 I doubt the British ever tried to "capture" India in the 16th and 17th centuries. . . . . . . .

[@CanadianLion97]

who agrees with me that we need to bring back the EMPIRE!

[@pgworldkitchen9148]

Indian empire is enough at this moment...

[@web_devs]

Should have included the Bengal Famine where the Raj killed more then 30,00,000 in 1943, because Churchill wanted to eat more..... Mass killings second only to Nazis in 20th century

[@anishsharma2606]

They did

[@indrajitgupta3280]

You should come and see (on the comments to another video) the attitudes struck by a respondent to this factoid. Includes accusing Indians of making mountains out of a molehill, pleading the war effort, saying it would have been far worse if the Japanese had been dealing with us rather than the British, saying Gandhi preferred the British to the Japanese, saying the British were better than the Chinese under the Communists, the Soviet Russians under Stalin, and the Nazis.

[@siddharthraychaudhuri7250]

They did. Not very exhaustively though.

[@indrajitgupta3280]

@@siddharthraychaudhuri7250 They did what?

[@willdavis6504]

It was 3 million and also not brought on by the British you can criticise other parts of the Raj but the famine of 43 is inaccurate to blame the British

[@veronicagwendolinecorneliu6341]

I love the series. So educational, historical and interesting. Thank you Portillo.

[@rahulsingh01111992]

At 5:05 , Clive is still living in his house

[@aryankarnwal007]

😂😂 sharp observation

[@pgworldkitchen9148]

Nice, i can see him too...paapoo ke fhal😂😂😂😂

[@RohitRaj-ti4jh]

😂😂

[@ArjunN360]

British Empire is also part of India's history. The Brits did build some magnificent buildings here in India and it should have been our duty to preserve them. But sad to see them in such conditions!! Especially in Kolkata!!

[@presidentxijinpingspoxdoct9756]

Kolkata could be marketed as the London of the East. A great place, but unfortunately, so many old buildings are left to decay.

[@mephistophelescountcaglios1489]

The British also destroyed Sutter thugee and left behind the rule of law and the English language to hold india together and it was 20 lawyers got the british to leave, not terrorism or an uprising.

[@michaelmartin4383]

Just as Roman Britain is a part of British history. We may not have liked the Roman Invasion, but it happened.

[@siddharthraychaudhuri7250]

@@mephistophelescountcaglios1489 They also left behind a country who commanded a 1/5 th of World economy in the 1700s to a absolutely looted, poverty stricken , divided state. And for you who thinks there was no rule of law and administration during Mughal times should go enlighten themseleves. Much of the administrative systems that British adopted including Land laws were based on what wss done during the Emperor Akbar. As rebellion, do read about the INA led by Subhash Chandra Bose and the Naval mutiny.

[@siddharthraychaudhuri7250]

@@mephistophelescountcaglios1489And yes I do know how to speak, read and write the English language. But do you really think millions dying of starvation and my forefathers subjugated to humiliation is a fair price for learning a foreign language!

[@Anmol4824]

East India Company and Britain Should be shameful for their Atrocities in India... Greed Greed and Only Greed.....

[@latifamiah5742]

What about the Americans?

[@EricaNernie]

Michael, I'm surprised you didn't interview William Dalrymple, author of 'Anarchy', who details all the horrible excesses of the East India Company. Were his truths just too difficult to digest?

[@mauricebuckmaster9368]

Dalrymple is a fraud. . . . . .

[@jorgegomez524]

Just don’t forget it were the Portugueses who showed the way

[@Randomstuffs261]

The Portuguese are our oldest friends, we will never forget them.

[@Kroner1941]

They were shown the way out as well. They left shamelessly 🤭

[@vccv9785]

@D KK the entire population of Goa ( except the Portuguese Christian missionaries ) disagrees.

[@irshannawaz5042]

@Sonu Mishra bhai kyu hindu muslim ka mudda utha raha h ...british ko gaali bhi dera h auur british ke jesa harkaat bhi karr raha h

[@anupampaul7342]

@D KK you already do but that idol is fixed to a cross 🙈

[@mohmeegaik6686]

Amazing that up to today, India still love the Empress of India who lived in England many years ago.

[@orobleh77]

So, those private US armies in Iraq and Afghanistan, like Blackwater and Sarcin have their roots in the British East India's private armies. This is how colonials get into a country.

[@carolsalter9002]

I hope this amazing building is never demolished. It is absolutely beautiful.

[@afzaalkhan.m]

Mughal era then Clive acquired it.

[@Marshmello4545-i1t]

I'm from India I ♥️🇬🇧 Glory to the empire & God save the Queen

[@Miklondk]

i will sacrifice my life for india, and the glory of brittan

[@GLOBAL-INTIFADA]

Your a dope mate lol 🤣 I'm from Australia and I think fk the monarchy and thank god the queen's gone with all the evil she's committed around the world although her son will do just the same

[@AaBb-rj6vl]

@@Miklondk 🇮🇳🇬🇧♥️♥️♥️

[@razraza3183]

British stole 45 Trillion dollars and starved millions to death in India. Message from India

[@matthewstokes1608]

Bravo, there. God Bless you, India and England, Britain… forever.

[@tgramachandran5125]

A MAGNIFICENT presentation indeed.In fairness to Britain,they united India which was diverse with various religious beliefs,caste,creed & what not.In fact Mughals also came to India as invaders & SUBJUGATED India for two hundred years & tried their best to CONVERT into a Muslim country but failed miserably.I can't believe that India had 25% of world's GDP then because Mughals fought frequent wars & lived an opulent life in their palaces with umpteen wives/ concubines.I am of the opinion that poverty will NEVER EVER vanish from this earth because of our present rulers but quite a percentage of people will live a ROYAL LIFE,mainly due to technological advancements.Though democracy is the BEST form of govt,the people at the helm will NEVER rule a nation with full FAIRNESS to uplift the societies at large.

[@nasserbhatti719]

The British came as thieves in the night and left as thieves , simply put 😢

[@ekamsat429]

During the (failed) Partition of Bengal in 1905, Tagore was yet to receive his Nobel Prize in Literature (33:05), which he did later in 1913.

[@aaseelanp3851]

1911, I think.

[@JoBlogs-j3y]

Remarkable job emulating one's Roman ancestry with an immense effort to extend it's frontiers and influence. Umpteen dominions disjected around the globe harnessing the ancient knowledge of statehood and urban socio economic development.

[@TheDobermannnn]

Now an Indian owns the East India Company also don’t forget Jaguar Land Rover , Tetley, British Salt and much more.

[@prodigiii712]

East India company is defunct for almost 150 years.

[@JasonX2]

That's such nonsense, he bought the rights so newspapers and people like you would get suckered in as if it was this grand reversal of fortunes. The East India Company was completely dissolved hundreds of years before that happened and the goofy luxury goods brand using its name bears no relation to what the company actually was. You're being taken in by marketing.

[@natureschild.5380]

The mogul empire built India to a population of 300 million by the time the British took over.

[@DavidGS66]

I've read when British conquered India, the pop. was about 200 million, and doubled under their rule to 400 million. At time of Napoleon, world pop. reached 1 billion, so India had about 1/5 world pop.

[@vccv9785]

@@DavidGS66 would've been more If millions didn't die under the famines that were a direct result of British policies

[@charananekibalijaun8837]

@@vccv9785 would have been less if millions of Indians hadn't been vaccinated by the British

[@matthewstokes1608]

@@vccv9785stop warping history because of angry liars

[@Jude74]

When I saw Portillos I thought, Chicago Hot Dog Portillos? Dang you guys are everywhere!!!!

[@thewesties8725]

He visited that establishment during one of his railroad shows across the U.S.

[@Jude74]

@@thewesties8725 oh, hope he got a cake shake.

[@ardhendubose2520]

I believe that history is purposive and that purpose is designed by the Divinity. It was necessary for the British to come to India to make INDIA happen, there never was an idea of a nation that is united, secular, democratic with a written constitution in the history of the subcontinent during its 5000 years of recorded history until the British made it happen albeit for a heavy price, that the Indians had to pay for it. In days to come INDIA will emerge as an English speaking, forward looking prosperous nation, which is again another incredible historic purpose. A world language will unite India internally as well as externally.

[@ShamimGypsyOld]

Kolkata should be given freedom/liberty!

[@prof.dr.4224]

To loot everything and send all the money to Thailand!!!!!

[@bck70]

We studied in Highschool history that was already a burglar at his young age in the street of London. So he unsuitable for militery service.

[@hasanfoyejul5500]

& the loot from the Indian subcontinent was his biggest heist !! ধন্যবাদ... thanks

[@robertweldon8280]

It’s not just India’s ‘view’ that the Bengal famine was structured by the British. It is a historical fact

[@rahara7]

Is vandematram was written by Tagor or Bankim Chandra??

[@JOURNEYS7]

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay.

[@ChitrakGupta]

I wonder why the two gentlemen spoke about Tagore and sang Bande mataram..

[@indrajitgupta3280]

@@ChitrakGupta Singing Bande Mataram was a Congress habit.

[@irshannawaz5042]

Taken from anada math 1892 by bankim chandra

[@mogznwaz]

The British Empire. Seems unbelievable that a tiny place like Britain could have achieved such a thing. Back then everyone had an Empire, you were either conqueror or conquered, but Britain's Empire might have been the most benevolent in history, yes even despite its wrongdoings.

[@antonclark3420]

Read a little deeper than the official narratives.... that benevolence wasn’t all that we read in the books.... look to Kenya in the ‘50’s.... concentration camps, murders, rapes and more, because the natives wanted independence.... we all have to study, accept and change our view in empire and colony. No, I’m not some left wing, woke but, but a British citizen who has studied and reflected on the past and accepted there was no cause or excuse for empire.

[@mogznwaz]

@@antonclark3420 Read my comment again. Also empires have been normal throughout human history, you are viewing through a very narrow modem lens. You should be happy that the British Empire effectively ushered in the modern world that supports views like yours.

[@willdavis6504]

@@antonclark3420 also those things we done by the African regiment of Kenyans

[@EricaNernie]

'the most benevolent in history'? Read William Dalrymple's book, 'Anarchy', and you might change your mind. They (the EIC) cut off the hands of Indian weavers and destroyed their looms so that they could not compete with the cotton mills of Lancashire. Honestly, read the book or check out Dalrymple's talks on KZbin. It's enlightening.

[@mogznwaz]

@@EricaNernie I didn't say the Empire did no wrong, who on earth would think an Empire could do no wrong? The Ottomans used to take millions of slaves and castrated the males to guard their harems of slave girls. The Romans used to feed people to lions for sport. The Belgians in the Congo slaughtered 15 million people. The Spanish and Portuguese so successful wiped out the natives in South America that that whole part of the continent is now considered "Latin America". But how many of those others did anything like abolish slavery so that we no longer think it is normal, and sacrificed their own men, ships and money to bring that about?? If the British had not done that how many millions more people would have been slaves?? And isn't it interesting that slavery still exists in Africa which has nothing to do with the British Empire? And India only competes on the world stage today thanks to the legacy of the English language and British style democracy?? And think of all the women who no longer get burned alive when their husbands die. Or the millions in Africa saved by medicine only made possible since the industrial revolution and scientists like Newton, Faraday, Darwin and others. Life for most people before the 20th century (and even during the 20th century) was short and brutal. Thanks to the modern era ushered in by the British Empire and it's child the American Empire poverty is lower, human rights higher, life expectancy higher, diseases have been eradicated, literacy and education are more widespread. If you would like to swap the West and the legacy of the British Empire for an Islamist or Communist one be my guest, but don't expect many people to join you. It's cool at the moment to bash the Brits, by people who only have that luxury thanks to the Brits. Ironic eh?

[@surajratti1329]

I just love India the land of my birth because India resplendent country

[@bablobko]

How surprising that this documentary doesn't mention Subhash Chandra Bose at all. Not even a word. And they regarded him as the "Enemy of the Empire", not Hitler. Also it shows how we Indians are so less educated about our own history. Narrative matters.

[@stuarthastie6374]

NA Lol

[@subhojitguha5047]

In near future India will rule Britain for sure

[@uk6728]

The country that invented court's judiciary law and order.....!!

[@irshannawaz5042]

For european interest

[@anindyabagchi27]

The country that invented cricket and football, yet can't win any more matches now.

[@khanduraj]

The poem Vande Mataram was composed by Bankim Chatterjee, not by Tagore.

[@surinderjitsingh8954]

The Portuguese started it

[@sarnamravishankar3282]

I feel you pain British East India company in Kolkata. I am understand history of God's story India.

[@Valkyri3Z]

Battle of Plassy was not fought between Mughals and Brits, i was between small nawab of Bengal and the British. And this show is more aimed at glossing over the brutal British rule. LOL

[@s.wvazim6517]

There was brutal before the british

[@Valkyri3Z]

@@s.wvazim6517 of course when your leader receive British pension you are supposed to say that. hahaha

[@s.wvazim6517]

​@@Valkyri3Z my leader are not British or payed by the British it's just a fact people act like there countries were friendly and rosey before the European powers arrived that's simply false. It was all a blood bath winner takes all

[@kidmohair8151]

"...nobody could really trust Britain..." true then....true today

[@willyoustand86]

We hang out the flag of war, they ran then and they still run now.

[@anupamsatpathi4346]

@@willyoustand86 Example:Afghanistan war, 1971war, Korean War, And also Who forget Vietnam🇻🇳 war 🤭🤭🤭🤭😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

[@chromebomb]

British people are great at TV presenting

[@anindyabagchi27]

Only when it's their narrative they are propagating.

[@anindyabagchi27]

DKK where are you from? Pakistan? Your spelling of India gave you away. It's I N D I A.

[@anupamsatpathi4346]

@D KK joke🤭 of the year 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Britishers are Smart 😎and that's why UK's pride Jaguar and Rang Rover, Royal Enfield those company's own by indian, And British Army loses a war against india in 1971 , And that's why an 🇮🇳Indian M.K Ghandi Statue stand to pride at Westminster Abbey.

[@willengel2458]

they're good but not top notch painters, highlight the positive, airbrush the blemishes or imperfections.

[@raxittyagi]

@D KK yeah they are pretty smart that is why they lost to the muslims and south asians taking over their cities

[@surajratti1329]

The Angrez had population in India but the Indian women had worn fabulous silk saris it was great the Indians came outside from India itself it was very wonderful exotic beyond belief one Hindu God falls in love with Beatiuful Indian woman because of her refinement beauty

[@lsc242]

The British empire or the biggest exploitation and inhumane injustice the World has never seen!

[@shirshendughosh5900]

True story narrated by prof Jahar Sirkar...👌👌

[@Andrii87]

Fuck, 20k Brits ruled 300 mln Indians. in Ukraine we have 40k deputies and bureaucrats for 30 mln population. We need some of that British efficiency in Ukraine.

[@jakubantala5666]

42:27 I do not get that. British technology was more developed, that is why India turned in to raw material producer.

[@islandbirdw]

Thank you for posting these they’re awesome

[@JOURNEYS7]

Glad you like them!

[@MymilanitalyBlogspot]

For Journeys, in all descriptions, please include the date of the original release of the videos because this can differ from the publication on KZbin, and pop-ups on the KZbin screen cover parts of the closing information. Thanks!

[@JOURNEYS7]

Thanks for the suggestions :)

[@matthewporter6890]

Thank you to the legislators for banning Sati -and the Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act, 1856, Female Infanticide Prevention Act, 1870, and Age of Consent Act, 1891.

[@abirsen7758]

The British Raj was the darkest chapter in the history of India. The beggars came here with begging bowls and looted India for 200 years. The British Museum is full of such stolen objects. Britain, the cruelest and most uncivilized country, the world has ever seen.

[@davidvasey5065]

Britain was beginning to industrialise before the invasion of India there was no begging to be had.

[@abirsen7758]

@@davidvasey5065 The so called industrial revolution gained its boost only after subjugation of India by Britain. Prior to that, only factories were established. These factories needed continuous supply of raw materials (cotton) and huge market for finished clothes. To ensure that, the British not only disrupted our traditional trade network but also destroyed indigenous industries and created monopoly over Indian economy. The thumbs of Indian waivers were chopped and their looms were destroyed to finish the competition from the Indian side. More than 82% tariff was imposed on Indian goods to sell in foreign markets. Our economy was destroyed completely for the sake of so called industrial revolution. As far as the begging is concerned it was in their blood. They begged for trade permits, they begged for permission to set up factories, they begged for spice trade and what not! The so called British conquest of India was started with the battle of Plassey in 1757. The British won the battle by bribing the commander in chief of Bengal so that he would betray the nawab of Bengal. Such was the might of those 'bravehearts'!

[@dtaylor939]

Where are the trains?

[@SamuelAdkins-j1h]

Those who wish to defend Gandhi . Then defend the 1947 train incident. A nation that has fought 4 wars against Pakistan.

[@jackcullen69]

Imagine foreigners telling Indians what they can or cannot do with buildings built by the British Good thing the officer was rational about things Social Justice Ideology is the new political colonialism

[@ArrowBast]

If Britain loves its heritage in India so much , they should pay folks to buy and restore Clive House and refurbish it with a 'Clive' theme park with re-enactment actors lol.

[@thedeadquaker]

It was a good question - he was asking why they continue to restore buildings that remind them of the painful colonial past.

[@surajratti1329]

India and the Indians came from outside India the Angrezi which means English people don't know the real facts because India is richest beautiful wonderful resplendent country

[@saa82vik]

Love Portillo and his Bradshaws!

[@saikatchakrabortty7155]

Hail Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose ❤️

[@subhajitnaskar1]

So, my dear boys & girls - you now can understand who the original boss is of all cartels. No Cali or Medellin can match its prowess. Meet the original 'Narcos' - The Honorable East India Company. Three cheers & May God bless the Queen.

[@peterreston6478]

John Stewart Mill was a board member of the East India Company. What can we make of that?

[@victor256in]

God: 'What do you want in life son'. Clive: 'Riches and Bit*hes'.

[@srinivasgatla]

Non the lesser than a holywood movie ❤❤ Luv from India

[@richardaspinall4170]

Corporate greed is the great curse of humanity, it is still with us today and remains the primary driver of imperialist ambition.

[@JOURNEYS7]

So True . I am seeing this and feeling less worthy infront of this Corporate Greed.

[@cdnsk12]

I recently read that the UK extracted the equivalent of $30 trillion USD out of India in the 250 years they controlled it. India effectively financed the UK's expenses in WW1 and a lot of WW2. Pretty rapacious. The Uk never realized they were only a Colonial Power, not a continental Power. The British Military was based on fighting poorly armed insurgents, not professional soldiers like German in WW1 7 WW2 & the Japanese. The Royal Navy was a world wide power; but neglected to utilize Marine Air Power like japan & the USA. So Britain was overwhelmed by Germany & Japan in WW2. The USA & the Colonies had to bail out Britain again. Subsequently Britain has sunk to the level of a 2nd world power. But who in 1950 would have ever predicted that China would rise to near first world status within 60 years?

[@kaushikwankhade2603]

150* years all of India , and Bengal for 190 years

[@vccv9785]

Anyone who saw Mao's politics could predict china would rise to power at the cost of millions of lives

[@indrajitgupta3280]

Great answer. Now try to get a modern Briton to admit this.

[@pushpenderrana6190]

USA very foolishly transferred manufacturing activities of their to the Chinese mainland ,thus enriching the Chinese economy .USA's decline is due to its incessant and futile wars over the last 100 years

[@KOREA4K]

Hello, I’m going after watching a beautiful video, thank you👍💖

[@AlanRaz84]

Missing empire like this..

[@cestmoi1262]

Michael, I appreciate and value your efforts to report conditions (as they were) and should be in today's world. I see little difference between slavery in America (very few civilisations are excluded as well as other countries thruout history) , oppression in occupied countries (British Empire that the sun never sets on) and WWII atrocities by Germany (not to forget Japan that no one talks about). Just curious why Britain seems to be off the hook for their actions (especially, but not limited to, the Opium Wars) while the US & Germany are in the forefront of accusations.

[@sdat2]

Hard to say, but I think it might be because of the perceived intent. The Nazis killed the Jews deliberately out of malevolence. If the same number of people starve through misrule, it doesn't feel the same to most people. Sort of like the difference between murder and manslaughter I guess. Even the greed that motivated those other crimes doesn't seem as bad as racism. For another example of this, it is estimated that communist regimes led to 100 million or so avoidable deaths of their own citizens in the 20th century, but because they said that they were trying to get to 'true equality' it somehow doesn't carry the same moral weight.

[@cestmoi1262]

@@sdat2 I certainly appreciate your insight to my comment. It doesn't make it any easier to be 'on the hook' but it makes sense. Thank you!

[@stuarthastie6374]

Until I visited Amritsaar I knew new nothing of the massacre. I think the movie Gandhi prepsented it accurately.

[@mephistophelescountcaglios1489]

@@stuarthastie6374 check the newspapers of the time in amritsa it was claimed to be needed and the further for Marisa the worse it was veiwed

[@stuarthastie6374]

@@mephistophelescountcaglios1489 I like to think that I would have refused to fire and if afraid to do that at least have fired in the air. The soldiers seem to be Gurkas and Patans and that may be significant. Also in 1919 the British were bombing civilians in Afghanistan.

[@bigbarry8343]

victoria was german, so was her husband. why indians seem to love germans and dutch, yet have so much resentment towards ordinary britons?

[@ridza76]

I like the statement a bunch of accountants turn to be a swashbuckling pirate....that is what the empire used to be

[@NSPlayer]

fun :) thanks.

[@User-059-42]

India's best time in history was the Great Mughal Empire.

[@pushpenderrana6190]

For your information the entire income of the mughal was distributed among a few thousnd nobles at the most.Rest of the people lived poor and miserable lives. The magnificent mughals lived off the plunder of the whole country

[@chrisapperley2616]

No one's ancestors have blood free hands 🙏 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧👋 Plus don't forget a lot of these countries joined the British empire they were not forced you might want to look at your leaders ancestors then you will know why they are so wealthy

[@volcanoxx1355]

like it ..Mister Portillo's the Best1

[@EricaNernie]

He's a Tory, but I think he's slowly coming to terms with the values of the Tory party and its inevitable exploitation of colonies and poor people everywhere. You can see it in his face when he interviews Indian academics - slightly shocked, but can't deny the truth of what they say.

[@volcanoxx1355]

@@EricaNernie You're right,East Indians need revenge on the English OR.. give back what he stole

[@subhadipojha277]

impressive

[@rupandeb3770]

My dog's name is Robert Clive........I call him rascal Clive....

[@trishaghosh212]

😂

[@musicsavesmysoulthedjsaves5010]

Bohat khoob bhai ❤

[@ABO-Destiny]

I dont think this is proper perspective if british raj history of subcontinent. Even before clive landed on calcutta the city was already long founded by an european named 'Job Charnock' who transformed three nondescript villages on shores of river hooghly into more than just villages. History is not made of villains, it has goodness at heart of it which is often overlooked under the necessities of contemporary human world. Even robert clive, the villain portrayed here was sent to calcutta in response to the infamous 'black hole of calcutta' incident.

[@Nickel1147]

I am not sure how much of this is based on any historical fact. It ignores much and manipulates to suit a narrative.

[@ABO-Destiny]

@@Nickel1147 Well if it is a narrative it is being submerged by larger , deeper narratives popularised through newly independent nations, most if not all of which have very little to show since their hallowed self rule. If people are not being able to show positive results after emerging as heroes against supposed oppression of british raj, (which in actuality is much more darker scenario than mere inability in all those countries) then I do have to review the popular narratives of supposed righteousness and heroism against oppression. Narratives from those eras are not impossible , considering the lack of widespread information flow during those times, but if I put even that in comparison to what used to be before that I can fairly reasonably say things had improved with european rule in many parts of the world and not just in the colonies. What however is new to me in this internet age is the level of divergent views across western countries. I had until recently assumed , probably incorrectly, that europeans are a much more cohesive and united lot unlike those in the east.

[@Haqiqiazadichannel]

Not history of Empires , it,s history of Looters

[@santanuguhait]

I played football on nichu math so many times, in-front of clive house

[@meditatewithme6254]

The looting they have done that pulled Britain. There is another part about kolkata. Netaji. You peevishly cut him out

[@stuarthastie6374]

Because he was a puppet of Hitler and Japan plus the INA was just used for propaganda.

[@meditatewithme6254]

@@stuarthastie6374 you don't know about Indian history. Please do proper research. Then come and do some wrong comments.

[@stuarthastie6374]

@@meditatewithme6254 tell us where i got it wrong.

[@deepakindianboy8867]

@@stuarthastie6374 Yes, for the independence of india it's good that INA supported hitler against brits. . This was one of way to independence.

[@anupampaul7342]

the English would rather accept a Gandhi as the poster boy for its history and for that of India , than the role of INA returnees to India, in stoking fears of a repeat 1857 like incident in 1946-47. They conveniently blindside the Mumbai Naval mutiny in 1946 and the concern of its ripple effect in other units.

[@manojrout8371]

The United thief KINGDOM 💂,

[@surajratti1329]

God and Goddess said we come to India

[@robertbarrett2494]

The loss is a major calamity in C20th .

[@anshulpunetha3080]

At 35 min they say that Tagore wrote Vande Mataram but that’s inaccurate. Bankim Chandra did.

[@Smokdeel]

"The history of East India Co. with Arnold Schwarzenegger" :)

[@pushpenderrana6190]

The presenter does look a bit like Arnold Schwarzenegger

[@Reed427]

Great history and very interesting to watch. ❤️

[@JOURNEYS7]

Glad you think so!

[@steventan3656]

This British East India Company is the world most Evil n notorious criminals company during they're colony period from 17th to 18th to 19th n 20th century n ended after WW2 . This company colonized more then 50 over countries throughout the World n started looting n robbing every vuluable items which are profitable liked Jewellery "" Kho Ee Nor "" Daimond . They also took it by hook or by crook 45 Trillion dollars from India n others countries also . All looted n robbed wealth all brought back to England , some given as present to the Queen together with New Discovered Land liked Australia n New Zealand n Canada . Those wealth also helped n donated to lots n lots of Universities n some building big Castles for themselves . By rights this Company should Apologize to those colonized countries . India people suffered the most n the worst during starvation in the eastern states facing famine n also the Partition in 1947 . A few millions of people died for this guy Ghandi who breaks n formed Pakistan n India . Later on Bangladesh .

[@Reed427]

I do not think so, I know so. 🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@pgworldkitchen9148]

Dude...pls remember...only Kolkata do not represent all of India, there are different cities, states and cultures also bcoz of which India is now by far a highly modern and vibrant economy, culturally ahead of UK in many many ways...❤❤❤❤❤

[@hasanfoyejul5500]

ধন্যবাদ... thanks

[@banerjeesiddharth05]

Very nice video

[@mugurstefan68]

So, The Albion had imported from India de social class sistem ?

[@surajratti1329]

That is why believe the God's and Goddess

[@davidemmyg]

The only thing that the British gave to India was the ability to unite diverse population of a diverse geography to present itself as a single country. The rest is just hog wash considering how administrative systems and transportation systems were in place and continued to develop within the subcontinent without the colonial rule in independent kingdoms. The most common lie about the railways falls apart at the minimum of scrutiny, railways developed without the influence of the British around the world including the subcontinent, all that was needed was wealth and trade. The so called social evils were not abolished by the British because of their magnanimity or wisdom but because Indian social reformers fought against them. Charles Dickens wouldn't have been successful if England was such a civilized state to begin with. Considering how rich India was and how many kingdoms within India bought and developed their own railways, the British giving India railways is a colonial lie.

[@jreiland07]

The only relevant parts of the Empire were India and the global shipping choke points (Gibraltar/Suez/Malacca). Everything else was window dressing.

[@Chiefab22]

The British Empire Created The Modern World !!

[@thejoin4687]

I thought I did.

[@svarghese9424]

I hope you had a lot of negatives only except a last sentence. Very rule got a good and dark side, you made a good study and travelled through dark side of it. The abolishment of cast system, stoppage of Sathy (forced dearth to a widow), equality, language and grammar, education to all cast was contribution by British. Also today the So called East India Company’s holding by an Indian, M.A Yousuf Ali