British Indian Railway - On Tracks of Empire - Power and Privilege Part 1

[@insas223]

Still we got to keep in mind that ultimately the British built Indian rail for 1) Troop Movement and communications for the colonial govt. 2) To facilitate the extraction and export of primary raw materials from India.

[@mudra5114]

British built railways to end famines in India.

[@NativeVsColonial]

British made railways in India by Indian labor and Indian wealth for their ease of transportation and to increase their reach of control in all parts of India, it was also created to collect loot from all over the country and to move them to ports of Kolkata, Chennai, etc. from where they can sail the loot to the parts of Europe, Americas, and Australia, when British made railway they didn't allow Indians in train to travel with them, they used sign boards like “Dogs and Indians are not allowed”.

[@mudra5114]

Stop farting like a monkey. British built railways primarily to end famines in India.

[@NativeVsColonial]

@@mudra5114 White British christian supremacist, get a life.

[@mudra5114]

@@NativeVsColonial Stop spreading lies, you stupid monkey. I am neither White nor a Christian.

[@mudra5114]

@@NativeVsColonial Stop spreading lies, you stupid monkey. I am neither White nor Christian.

[@NativeVsColonial]

@@mudra5114 Yeah you are a brainlet.

[@naroolagaurav]

excellent work

[@maryampervaiz187-fssbspstf6]

It could be more understandable without background music

[@praveenjosephantony5854]

why didn't the camera focus on Thomas the tank engine!

[@tackywhale5664]

If there was ANYTHING good that came out of British Imperialism that I wholly admire, let alone love, it is this.

[@tackywhale5664]

@youcometome9 And yet all of India uses, maintains, expands, and improves upon that same vast railroad/railway network that was built before 1947 by the British. Doesn't quite seem like much of a scam to me, especially considering that even during the colonial era, the large native population of India used the railway system itself, and even participated in building, maintaining, and operating the network. If anything, credit should be given where it's due, generally (if not, ideally) regardless of who or what entity did it.

[@sourabhdhanuka2252]

​@@tackywhale5664 It was not given to India by the British, it was a private investment build by the private capital for profit and built by Indian laborers. Tens of thousands of Tribals were killed from the forests of India to acquire the woods by the British troops. The effect of the railway was that millions of Indians died of starvation as it became easier for the British to export food not just from coastal regions like Bengal but from all over India

[@gurvinderl274]

@@sourabhdhanuka2252 then they should not work you dum shit

[@xi7837]

The eradication of small pox, slavery and sati can all be traced back to the British empire that's not to disregard many of the evils they did but I think looking at it as just another government that ruled India (like the Marathi or Mughals) is the best way to view the history not as just some evil empire

[@mudra5114]

@@xi7837 What rubbish. British built railways to end famines in India.

[@ThinkCapTV]

Hats off to British ...........

[@NativeVsColonial]

British made railways in India by Indian labor and Indian wealth for their ease of transportation and to increase their reach of control in all parts of India, it was also created to collect loot from all over the country and to move them to ports of Kolkata, Chennai, etc. from where they can sail the loot to the parts of Europe, Americas, and Australia, when British made railway they didn't allow Indians in train to travel with them, they used sign boards like “Dogs and Indians are not allowed”.

[@mudra5114]

@@NativeVsColonial British built railways to end famines in India.

[@NativeVsColonial]

@@mudra5114 What a shameless creature

[@abhinavsaxena7004]

I respect British. They're a blessing in disguise for India

[@ColtraneTaylor]

That's one way of looking at it. There are many ways of looking at it and most of them would be right. And I don't respect the British or the Americans.

[@LakshyaSharmaMitv]

Please heir a INDIAN to decide BACKGROUND MUSIC next time. 🙄😳

[@thomaspanditfan2435]

What's wrong with this?

[@LakshyaSharmaMitv]

Its like they showing a army man and theme song is like bar song and there are many decent bollwood song. I u ain't indian u dont understand.

[@thomaspanditfan2435]

@@LakshyaSharmaMitv I am Indian you idiot. And the music is alright. How is this bar song? This is music that are used in most video documentaries or rant videosm

[@rkeshpatil1]

Why they are playing song "Laila mai Laila" on background at start?? :D

[@user-xy6rj2dm5n]

That song hv much needed tempo of a train movement

[@DaleChlad]

God damn school work.

[@Kamal-qc2qf]

Idea of British full filled by indians

[@ameyjoglekar9521]

so good of British railways

[@NativeVsColonial]

British made railways in India by Indian labor and Indian wealth for their ease of transportation and to increase their reach of control in all parts of India, it was also created to collect loot from all over the country and to move them to ports of Kolkata, Chennai, etc. from where they can sail the loot to the parts of Europe, Americas, and Australia, when British made railway they didn't allow Indians in train to travel with them, they used sign boards like “Dogs and Indians are not allowed”.

[@aslamshaikh1451]

One things is dam sure whatever was built in the early century cannot be made again anywhere.

[@suniliyer03]

they killed so many Indians,this time as labourers...and Indian railways has expanded on its own... British had built mainly around the key cities of India...

[@thomaspanditfan2435]

But you have to admit. The British did make some solid steam engines back in the day. I mean, just look at them. They are magnificent.

[@hsdsaunders]

They did the same to working class Britons building the British railways

[@Me-nk5ic]

dont cheat yourself.. admire them for giving us railways

[@mudra5114]

Who did they kill? Stop spreading bullshit.

[@NativeVsColonial]

@@thomaspanditfan2435 British made railways in India by Indian labor and Indian wealth for their ease of transportation and to increase their reach of control in all parts of India, it was also created to collect loot from all over the country and to move them to ports of Kolkata, Chennai, etc. from where they can sail the loot to the parts of Europe, Americas, and Australia, when British made railway they didn't allow Indians in train to travel with them, they used sign boards like “Dogs and Indians are not allowed”.

[@hubertdmello6792]

He's so patronizing! The British did whatever they did for their own selfish reasons.

[@nandinipenkar2122]

Hats off to them. They united India as nothing else did.

[@anitathakur9340]

Joke

[@red-zi7fg]

@@anitathakur9340 india was a divided land. Diverse cultures diverse languages diverse kingdoms

[@anitathakur9340]

@@red-zi7fg when the gora were kicked out it was still that, also you are a slave country

[@NativeVsColonial]

@@red-zi7fg This is why education is more important, educate yourself about the Mauryan Empire. And yes your version of Homogeneous unity is not the our version of unity, our culture-religion let every individual, diversity to flourish, we don't believe in racial linguist supremacy over others.

[@EAGEEYE321]

Angerz na hota tu railway nahi hota

[@anitathakur9340]

Kuch bhi , go look at grrman or japanese railways they didn't needed uk

[@ryaanmalik7084]

@@anitathakur9340 bro don't say whatever... Japan, China had the military power and strength, The British couldn't even think of invading Japan... They were technologically so much strong ... India would have been a country of Africa like Burkina Faso, Djibouti etc ... If the British didn't come to India... Think and say ...

[@anitathakur9340]

@@ryaanmalik7084 what military strength you are talking about until 1980s china was poorer than india even, go and read history

[@muhammadazeem1262]

Dirty stations

[@red-zi7fg]

Same with pakistan.

[@sys9208]

British come back to rule India..