The Unmaking of India: How the British Impoverished the World’s Richest Country

[@OddCompass]

Thanks for watching everyone! Also, a quick error-correction: in the video, I mention the number is $43 trillion. Patnaik has estimated the true number at $45 trillion. Of course, there is much scholarly debate on this matter.

[@chanti9274]

Bro I appreciate the video but to be honest I don't care for how much was stolen, I am more concerned with state of my country right now as we speak. The amount of disinformation in country is staggering, no one knows what's true and the government has censored the hell out of our past to keep us together as country with fancy political terminology like "freedom" and shit but really we know that we were united under the umbrella of religion, at least that is the case for the common man, and that sucks man. Watching this only makes me sad for the future of India cause it feels like history going to repeat that too more profoundly in the age of seamless flow of information. props to you for a great video.

[@gimzod76]

A Marxist witch doctor can't even keep her numbers right? Pretends to be shocked

[@user-hq8wm8giyujcg]

today our one of the biggest problem is this: global domination of western narrative, and increasing numbers of western minded indian people in india, and a heavily lack of indians who cant create their own objective deep observational skills to re label the realities and label newly found realities and also who have their own subjective vision and culture and who create their own fantasy, their own dream to make their own path for the future to turn the tables of the world and create a new normal, our made normal. Some other important things which we need are keep fighting the challenges again and again and again, and have huge stamina for it

[@terrynewsome6698]

Wanted to clarify that moa killed anywhere from 40-80 million people depending on if we count only famine or include work camps and purges

[@af8828]

Patnaik is brilliant. What terrifies me most is that the hundreds of millions genocided in India in the last couple centuries will pale in comparison to the hundreds of millions lost within years to decades as the region becomes uninhabitable due to capitalogenic climate genocide (I don't refer to it as anthropogenic because it's caused at most by 9% of the human population, nor as climate change because that invokes passivity). So not only does the imperial core owe upwards of $50 trillion in reparations, they owe likely multiple fold that amount pre-emptively for the impending mass displacement and death on the subcontinent they caused.

[@davidharder7024]

This reminds me of a quote I read a little while ago. ‘Studying history will sometimes disturb you. Studying history will sometimes upset you. Studying history will sometimes make you furious. If studying history always makes you feel proud and happy, you probably aren’t studying history.’

[@Amazingz874]

Apply that to your white race.

[@alexsampsonite2176]

Great quote

[@jeanettewee8805]

In 1750, India had 23% of the world's GDP because it had 25% of the world's population. However, Britain was already a wealthy country even before it colonized India. If we look at the per-capita income of India and Britain in the 1750s, Britain's per-capita income was three times that of India as per Maddison's data, and India's per-capita income had been declining for a century before Britain won the Battle of Plassey. Comparing the total GDP of India and Britain in the 1750s to argue that India was richer than Britain is like saying that Uttar Pradesh is richer than Goa today. Later, the Industrial Revolution occurred in the Western world after the Scientific Revolution, with the invention of machines and technologies like the steam engine, and their wealth increased exponentially. Meanwhile, India's global share of GDP dropped to 4% in 1950. The same thing happened in China, which was not directly colonized. In fact, China's per-capita income was even lower than India's at the time of independence. During the 1750s, China's per-capita income was higher than India's. Therefore, if we say that Asian countries are poorer because of colonization, then what happened to countries like Nepal, Bhutan, Ethiopia, and Liberia, which were not colonized? It's worth noting that Nepal has a similar history and culture to India, yet it is the poorest country in Asia. The fact that Nepal was not colonized by the British undermines the argument that colonization is solely responsible for a country's level of poverty.

[@kitty7492]

​@@jeanettewee8805the fact that reading this made me a little uncomfortable is enough reason to stop and look at the bigger picture. It's definitely not so simple and straightforward

[@jeanettewee8805]

@@kitty7492 What I have said were facts if not debunk it.

[@theultimategamer8322]

The sad part is the most of the British people don't want to accept this fact

[@vikranthreddy9123]

Even sad part is most Indians do not want to accept this.

[@aintnoslice3422]

Maybe because this is over-simplistic propaganda. An easily comforting and tribalistic victim narrative for Indian nationalists that paints the world in black-and-white, good and evil, oppressor and oppressed. Very little self-reflection needed. Ask yourself how did Britain manage to conquer an entire subcontinet? Ask why India had so many loyal vassals, princely states, allies, and collaborators its entire rule? Why non-Hindi speaking Indians prefer english to Hindi? Ask why Britain let India - apparently pricelessly valuable to them - go without a fight?

[@chico9805]

Why would they? The British people had nothing to do with it.

[@theultimategamer8322]

@@chico9805 it was the common British people who were doing this,officers from both east India company and the British govt were common British people, and even if they were not involved in this shouldn't they still sorry and be ashamed because of this

[@chico9805]

@@theultimategamer8322 No, they weren't. Most officers and govt officials were aristocrats or part of the professional upper-middle class. These are not commoners - The average Brit, at that time, barely knew of India's existence.

[@patman740]

Growing up in England, it's amazing to see the differences between what we're taught in school about the industrial revolution and the shocking reality of where the money and raw materials came from.

[@markh9929]

I have a name to share with you - Rishi Sunak! Are the British the terrible monsters this twit is actively peddling?

[@havoc7154]

Don't worry, its our turn now, We immigrants will take over europe and white people and do the same things.

[@rishikeshsangole7254]

Would u like to share with us just for information purposes what they taught or teach u in schools

[@RoyalPomegranate]

​​@@rishikeshsangole7254What is taught: So we bought cotton from india Reality: So we inslaved farmers and forced them to give is free cotton. I'am not british though.

[@VED036]

You should become a citizen of India. It will be a most enlightening experience for people like you.

[@user-hx7fe6rx2z]

And now britain suffers with an immigrant crisis. Call it karma call it guilt

[@GauravSingh-js3vm]

Also there economy is not working from last many years and is almost on the edge of total collapse 😮😢

[@jfla5700]

@@user-hx7fe6rx2z call it revenge I think

[@PhilipJSmithNov1990]

Government mismanagement crashed India like the British economy where things are outsourced overseas.

[@alexanderhamilton6370]

Then you admit that mass immigration is in fact a crisis. Now we're getting somewhere.

[@derekjetter4039]

its not karma. britain willingly allowed these poor people to come because indians cant do it themselves.

[@homer3397]

The fact that yesterday India arrived to the moon first than the UK is incredible, congratulations from Mexico 🇲🇽🤝🏻🇮🇳 the future is bright

[@do.notdisturb]

Based

[@rajsarkar3865]

🇮🇳❤🇲🇽

[@vaagai9808]

And the colonialism defenders will have us believe that India could not build trains! The mental gymnastics that the English (Scotish and Welsh) people do to justify their hegemonic and murderous history is mind-boggling.

[@YouAreStillNotablaze]

@@vaagai9808 Well you see, none of that belongs to India because westerners made the technology first, and nothing the westerners did was based on anything from any other culture (this is sarcasm but it's the argument they will use)

[@arunnaik3375]

​@@YouAreStillNotablaze The cryogenic engine technology was denied by the west, so India went on to build on its own. The western civilization were just hunter gatherers when most of mathematics was invented/discovered. Each civilization stands on the shoulders of the previous one.

[@silentvoiceinthedark5665]

The famine was a result of the British forcing Indian farmers to grow cash crops such as hemp, cotton tobacco indigo ink tea and so and not edible food crops. The lack of food crop production was a result of the heavy handed taxation. Farmers could not generate enough revenue by selling food crops and had to cultivate cash crops to pay the draconian taxes.

[@emmanuel8310]

Those people are gone and that's a long time ago. What about now? Are the British currently responsible for the high suicide rate among the farmers? Are they?? Why not focus on the present, and prepare for the future , huh??!

[@soumyaacharya9521]

​@@emmanuel8310 not once did the original comment say we are better off now than under British rule, even though as a society we undoubtedly are. The need for you to question the current dispensation in an effort to somehow make light of the British tyranny, instead of being able to accept the historical fact being stated, says a lot. Accept what has been done to us by the Brits, the implications of that in the present day, and move on. Trust me, the young new India doesn't spend more time than the duration of this video thinking about British wrongdoings in a whole year's time.

[@hritik30april]

​@@emmanuel8310 F*ck you Now I said it and I can't take it back Gone is gone 😅

[@whyarewestillherejusttosuf8831]

@@emmanuel8310 lmfao look at this kid rage because British Raj doesn't exist anymore. The great white race has fallen indeed.

[@emmanuel8310]

@@darksoulsgt5006 Well, who asked for you coment either? I spoke my mind because we seem to be obsesses with being victims when we were never really one. Our ancestors were not as strong as the British, and we're therefore subjected. We are not the same. We can learn from it not cry about it. And am I pro British empire? 🤔 Maybe. The world will not be this way, if not for them. They did horrible things, but, they also did awesome things too...like almost every other powers in the world

[@BazjAz]

as a westerner, India as gone through a lot. Imagine being looted several times and they call you poor

[@mauricebuckmaster9368]

Except India wasn't "looted" by the British. . . .

[@lorehammer7694]

@@mauricebuckmaster9368 it was lol what are you on about Britain brutally stole wealth and horrendously looted from us

[@sbishi9527]

Then?​@@mauricebuckmaster9368

[@intellectualcucumber]

@@mauricebuckmaster9368 ok "maurice"

[@ujjwalkumar2199]

​@@mauricebuckmaster9368it was stabbed stepped on spit on and then they said sorry and left

[@cccheerzzz]

I wish India to recover sooner, that's a heartbreaking story. As a Ukrainian who's family experienced Soviet Union and Russian Empire occupation, I completely understand the struggle of postcolonial growth and unfairness of colonialism. Stay strong, brothers and sisters 🇮🇳🇺🇦

[@teglaprbambaluftlaurvafhen5449]

Blah blah. British gave India a Democracy.....So what wealth did India the world? Wow. Distortion to the max......😢

[@jwilson2500]

You're colonized by the Americans, bro

[@PwerRanger01]

brain not functioning.

[@sandeepbalasubramanya9674]

Thank you. My prayers in these times for you, your people and your nation to be blessed with everlasting hope, peace and prosperity.

[@Nandhinidevi2001]

India will recover by 2043 brother/sister

[@zadish93]

This video made me tear up imagining what my forefathers would have gone through. I’m proud to be an Indian. India is a rising Phoenix from ashes. We will rise back to the top and I will see it in my lifetime.

[@emmanuel8310]

Good mindset! Learn from the past, and build a better future instead of playing a blame game.

[@ares01397]

We sure will my friend

[@ArawnOfAnnwn]

@@emmanuel8310 Do you realize over a third of Brits take pride in this nonsense? If no one keeps reminding them how big dicks they were everywhere they went they'll keep feeding their imperial pride and the hypocritical holier than thou attitude that comes with it well into the future. This isn't about the past. It's about ensuring the west knows just how terrible it was so it can't claim to know better than everyone else how to run the world. That IS about making a better future - for everyone.

[@shakiMiki]

Indians problem is grotesque inequality. Some knew what Independence meant was there will be rulers & exploiters like the British, just the time they will be their own kinsman. This is what is holding India back. When you see Billion dollar house next to slums in Mumbai, you see what that really means.

[@matthewmorrisdon5491]

You should see what they did to Ireland.

[@kris501]

This channel know more about India than most Indians. Its monumental suffering endured by our people at the hands of British

[@tbird-z1r]

Have you watched this channel before? There's been constant wars prior to the British. This even starts with an invasion from Persia!

[@Witnessmoo]

It’s just not true… India was divided with petty states butchering each other until the British created India!

[@00mpa1oomp4]

@kris501 should've focussed in class when hisyory was being taught

[@orangesite7625]

​@@tbird-z1rdo you know the meaning of colony, we were not even a colony under any rule until the British came

[@ArawnOfAnnwn]

@@tbird-z1r None of those wars killed nearly 40 million people, looted anything close to $45 trillion or reduced the Indian economy from 27% of the global economy to just 3%. No one who invaded India can claim to have done as much damage.

[@eoiny]

As someone from Ireland, it’s difficult to think of the obscene wealth of London, the British royal family, and aristocracy gained directly or indirectly from the exploitation of other countries and not feel resentful at times, especially as so many of these countries are still recovering from British invasion while many Britons continue to benefit.

[@MarkMcAllister-ni9sf]

Yeah, you Irish hate the English so much you sided with the NAZIs. The British offered Northern Ireland to the Republic, if you joined the war. But your victim mentality and hatred, of a people and culture basically identical to your own, you quietly cheered on Hitler, figuring he would defeat the British and you would get Ulster anyway. I think the Irish should remove that huge victim chip from their shoulder.

[@jimmycumslayer9439]

What “continue to benefit” are you referring to exactly? 😂

[@solid7468]

@@jimmycumslayer9439 Inheritance exists

[@eoiny]

@@jimmycumslayer9439well from the top of my head, Jimmy Cumslayer, the British royal family and tens of thousands of the British aristocracy have enough generational wealth to insulate themselves and future generations against almost any problem; British industry and infrastructure funded by invasions and predatory trading practices are still going strong while invaded countries are still recovering from British exploitation; the British Museum and British museums are stuffed with ransacked artefacts from invaded countries that they refuse to return; the City of London is a massive money laundering racket that wouldn’t exist without the remaining British Overseas Territories; and many Britons continue to benefit from their blissful ignorance of Britain’s role in arbitrarily partitioning land it used to occupy, leading to much of the geopolitical instability in the world today. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@faiznihal6296]

people still enjoy generational wealth accumulated while this looting

[@Kebabandcurry]

As an Iranian who is married an Indian,this story broke my heart into pieces,beautiful India you didn’t deserve this 😭

[@NationalistBhartiya]

Persia india two old civilization we share quite common history.

[@JustinHH22]

Does violent Persian History upset you also?

[@raghunandanm3971]

Thanks for making this well researched video. It might interest your viewers to know that UK barely teaches about colonialism in its schools even today. 10th grade students dont learn even a single paragraph about it.

[@OddCompass]

That is extremely sad, but perhaps not surprising. Hopefully people will understand better now. Conquest is forgivable - incompetent and malicious rule is not.

[@k.butler8740]

Same with American colonialism in American schools. Our history education was essentially just the revolutionary war and then WWII over and over again to craft dutiful soldiers. Lower classes everywhere are victims, even the brutal prison guards -- although we can't hold a candle to the national suffering of the Guatemalan or Indian.

[@joshuahodnett4643]

thats bs we are legally required to learn about parts of it (slavery specifically), just not in depth ( theres no time to cover all that stuff anyway). I know as I am going through it currently ( typically its one of the main 9 colonies in depth and just a broad view of the entire thing). Unfortunately we can't do anything to make up for what we did other than teach it ( we need to teach more) but we do have to learn about it so please don't spread misinformantion. Have a good day

[@k.butler8740]

@@joshuahodnett4643 it's about emphasis, how much time are you going to spend on the 1960-1980 period compared to WWII and the revolutionary war?

[@makasii]

exactly as French don't tell about Indochina, nor burning down shanghai palace... and they both NEVER apologized

[@thekeyboardrattles]

To all the fello Indians here, remeber this, and I've always said: "we are not developing, we are recovering". the center of the economic earth.

[@susmitanayak2101]

Well said.

[@KoOlNErd-ur8ro]

Yep, It's sad but okay. Give a us another 50 years or so, we'll rebuild our country. The challenge is on.

[@taigahiiragi4729]

That's just cope. Britain built your railways and gave you modern technology and yet you still come in your armies to London and turn nice places into third world places.

[@KoOlNErd-ur8ro]

@@taigahiiragi4729 ahh yes you first world folks acting as if being born in a first world country is a big achievement. You're just lucky so be grateful that you were born in the first world, but stop bragging about it as if you worked to achieve this or something. By the way use common sense that those who migrate to your countries are all RICH, EDUCATED third world folks. Your countries give them citizenship only because these folks are useful to YOUR GOVT. Not the average slum dweller is allowed in your country. Just COPE ig.

[@thekeyboardrattles]

@@taigahiiragi4729 the nice place you talk about was build on the ruins on the ancient civilisation and their ashes.

[@narveenaryaputri9759]

And when Churchill was informed about the devastation of the famine, his one comment was : " How come Gandhi is not dead yet?" He wrote this in the margins of the report on the famine. Excellent report. Thank you.

[@jeanettewee8805]

Have you ever wondered how a tiny island was able to conquer a subcontinent 20 times it's size from a distance of 5000 km. It's quite difficult to believe if India was such a rich country how a tiny island was able to conquer it. Even Shashi Tharoor acknowledged that the whole subcontinent containing more than 300 million people was ruled by 100,000 Britishers. Have you wondered how this happened? It's because most Indians at that time found British to be more benevolent than the native rulers. That's why Sikhs, Gurkhas, lower castes, many industrialists like tata supported Britishers. Many social reformers like Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Sree Narayana Guru, Savitri Phule found Britishers to be good. Look at their quotes on the British Empire. BR Ambedkar was a person who even opposed Quit India movement. Is it British fault that Brits were more benevolent than native rulers. It is not because of colonization many countries are rich and many are poor. Just look at the top 10 richest countries in the world in terms of Per-capita PPP, 7 of them are British former colonies. Look at most richest countries in Europe ie Scandinavian countries, Ireland, Switzerland who hadn't colonized other countries etc. They are more rich than Britain. It's because Brits were more technologically and economically advanced that they were able to colonize other countries. Same reason why Germany conquered half of Europe and America able to influence other countries. Look at the richest countries like Switzerland, Singapore, Ireland they having less resources and haven't colonized other countries. Look at Singapore, Ireland which was an ex-colony British Empire having per-capita double that of Britain. Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew accepted that before British colonization Singapore was a fishing village. Just Google Singapore Quarell over colonialism. Singaporean leaders have the balls to accept the positive impact of British colonization unlike Indian leaders crying even after 75 years claiming nonsense like British looted 45 trillion dollars, killed 1.8 billion people, prevented Shivakur Talpade from inventing aeroplane, cut the thumbs of weavers etc. That's why Singapore is 100 times more successful than India. Don't believe everything you see on social medias.

[@narveenaryaputri9759]

@jeanettewee8805 there are two large areas where the facts disagree with your statement: The Sikhs: the fought for independence . 87% to 90% of the prisoners who were hanged in the Andabar prison colonies were Sikh. There is no other community who sacrificed more for Bharat.

[@narveenaryaputri9759]

@@jeanettewee8805 The 2nd: Switzerland: They control a great deal, but in a different way. When you look into their history, you will see their purpose in world politics, as well as wired control

[@narveenaryaputri9759]

@jeanettewee8805 Brits were not benevolent. They were pirates ☠️ it's how they gained control. You will see examples of their piracy through history. If you get a chance to read 'A Perfect Red' by Amy Greenfield you will get an insight into their piracy. They stole for their Queen. The facts behind Mutiny and the Bounty ...I can give many examples.

[@narveenaryaputri9759]

@jeanettewee8805 one aspect to consider .. consequence of my research on British Missionary schools. Is the Victor -Vanquished Psychology. The British would go in, change the names of people, of land, as part of the systematic destruction of the culture they are invading, then go in and change laws. Bharat is still vanquished, raising up

[@z_StrMafia]

I love how in the comments everyone from different countries are understanding what india had truly gone through instead of just calling them poor bless those people

[@HarrysQuotum]

I grew up in Canada. Im speechless in regards to this video. India is covered a multiple points in our school curriculum, and the gist of what we're taught is "India conducted peaceful protests against the British under mahatma ghandi, and as a result the British pulled out, taking all of their industry with them which resulted in the impoverishment of the Indian people, taking decades to very slowly get a semblance of what they once had". There is absolutely nothing about the mass planned genocide, crippling taxes, and overly aggressive extraction of resources to the point of when they had pulled what little industry was left, was simply the tip of the iceberg

[@arunnaik3375]

Read "Rowlatt Act".

[@bharadwajl7879]

In India still many believes Gandhi got us independence and was names Father of our Nation. Am proud of failing in history subject as a kid.

[@ErnestTremeer]

Population increased exponentially under British rule

[@HarrysQuotum]

​@@ErnestTremeerwas this before or after the 60-165million Indians had died to mistreatment and starvation under British occupation? For reference, near 6 million Jewish people were killed during WWII in Germany.

[@carlosacta8726]

Never forget that what the British arranged in India they first experimented on Ireland!

[@satishimmadi759]

Keep these videos coming, The day is near where we will see India in its past glory. These videos will help heal people from the colonial mindset which is still a reality. We need to stick and work together regardless of our cast, religion or any deference and that dream will be a reality soon. Jai Hind

[@ares01397]

Kudos for the donation man..agree with everything you said👍

[@sanchan2216]

Great from u....we should inspire these kind of creator bro.

[@jeanettewee8805]

The $45 trillion figure is a mathematical construction, not something that actually happened. It's a speculative projection, not what occurred in the real world. $45 trillion was never transferred from India, Utsa Patnaik herself estimates the actual figure as about £1 billion pounds in total, the rest is manufactured from compound interest rates up to the year 2016. It should be obvious that a calculation at a 5% compound interest rate to the year 2016 and beyond should not be represented as the “drain” on the Indian economy 1765-1938. Shame on those who understand this and yet knowingly spread it on the internet, they clearly have some kind of agenda. It's misinforming the public, and a gross distortion of the truth.

[@CatastrophicDisease]

India is growing quickly, but the ruling government needs to stop its blind optimism and take a hard look at the challenges the country faces. Additionally, if the BJP keeps crushing its 200-million strong Muslim minority, it will continue to sabotage India’s own stability and potential.

[@jeanettewee8805]

@@CatastrophicDisease In 1750, India had 23% of the world's GDP because it had 25% of the world's population. However, Britain was already a wealthy country even before it colonized India. If we look at the per-capita income of India and Britain in the 1750s, Britain's per-capita income was three times that of India, and India's per-capita income had been declining for a century before Britain won the Battle of Plassey. Comparing the total GDP of India and Britain in the 1750s to argue that India was richer than Britain is like saying that Uttar Pradesh is richer than Goa today. Later, the Industrial Revolution occurred in the Western world after the Scientific Revolution, with the invention of machines and technologies like the steam engine, and their wealth increased exponentially. Meanwhile, India's global share of GDP dropped to 4% in 1950. The same thing happened in China, which was not directly colonized. In fact, China's per-capita income was even lower than India's at the time of independence. During the 1750s, China's per-capita income was higher than India's. Therefore, if we say that Asian countries are poorer because of colonization, then what happened to countries like Nepal, Bhutan, Ethiopia, and Liberia, which were not colonized? It's worth noting that Nepal has a similar history and culture to India, yet it is the poorest country in Asia. The fact that Nepal was not colonized by the British undermines the argument that colonization is solely responsible for a country's level of poverty.

[@abellyold4859]

Britain cannot and will not acknowledge its debt to India. Why? Because the debt is so huge that it can never be repaid.

[@sidauthur7836]

Their national dish is curry I think the debt is paid

[@diegopg15]

💀

[@PaTrick-cf6ev]

​@@sidauthur7836I don't get it. Did British steal that too? Or did they make it India's national dish?

[@Dru517]

Because no one except the elite got rich. There was still poverty in UK. Just like now.

[@deadnemesis6784]

​@@PaTrick-cf6evno thousands of Indian immigrants move to UK and one family living in Scotland made a change to butter chicken which ended up being tikka malasa. It became very popular and is now a national dish :)

[@Packgodpacks]

Guy: what did india invent? India: Half of the british museum,economy,biggest diamond,chess,buttons and many more😂🗿 Edit: WAR!

[@Joshpox]

That isn't possible. 60% of items in the British Museum are indigenous to the British Isles

[@jfla5700]

Nobody invented diamonds, and that diamond you are referring to was a legitimate gift to the Queen. So suck it up. This video is pure one-sided propaganda.

[@rediettadesse2828]

India invented spirituality , spices , trades , ancient civilization, writing system, education

[@madhury5885]

@@jfla5700 thats a big cope, just because these facts are harsh to you doesnt mean its propoganda

[@jfla5700]

@@madhury5885 The video is pure drivel spouting the old British = bad narrative.

[@unsteadyeddy3107]

In British primary schools they like to teach about post-Roman Britain and the Tudors, and in Secondary school it's pretty much all about WWI and WW2 with strict focus on Europe. The Colonial Era is skipped out completely.

[@noahjohnson5312]

because they don't want you to know about stuff like this.

[@ilFrancotti]

Didn't expect this given the colonial age was most of modern British history.

[@ecnalms851]

Even though it ain't taught head on, people still know about it and what it involved. When I was in secondary school, we were taught a bit about it in English class due to a book we were reading. We also read some poems that involved it. Also, every curriculum can differ on what it teaches and then some schools themselves can choose more specific topics - for example, in my History class we didn't do colonialism, but other exam boards for history do. BBC Bitesize also has colonialism and the British Empire as topics. Essentially what I'm trying to get to is that even though there isn't a complete national distinct effort on teaching the topic, it is still perfectly available for people to learn about and it is talked about a bit in some lessons in secondary school.

[@hakunamatata3935]

In the age of internet, blaming textbooks for chosen ignorance is pointless. History is just one click away.

[@ohGod.1244]

They are not able show their shameless past bloody thieves

[@adrian.m]

It's heartbreaking to see my country was robbed for centuries like this

[@jeanettewee8805]

In 1750, India had 23% of the world's GDP because it had 25% of the world's population. However, Britain was already a wealthy country even before it colonized India. If we look at the per-capita income of India and Britain in the 1750s, Britain's per-capita income was three times that of India as per Maddison's data, and India's per-capita income had been declining for a century before Britain won the Battle of Plassey. Comparing the total GDP of India and Britain in the 1750s to argue that India was richer than Britain is like saying that Uttar Pradesh is richer than Goa today. Later, the Industrial Revolution occurred in the Western world after the Scientific Revolution, with the invention of machines and technologies like the steam engine, and their wealth increased exponentially. Meanwhile, India's global share of GDP dropped to 4% in 1950. The same thing happened in China, which was not directly colonized. In fact, China's per-capita income was even lower than India's at the time of independence. During the 1750s, China's per-capita income was higher than India's. Therefore, if we say that Asian countries are poorer because of colonization, then what happened to countries like Nepal, Bhutan, Ethiopia, and Liberia, which were not colonized? It's worth noting that Nepal has a similar history and culture to India, yet it is the poorest country in Asia. The fact that Nepal was not colonized by the British undermines the argument that colonization is solely responsible for a country's level of poverty.

[@ENGBriseB]

How about the Dutch the Danish and the Portuguese and also the French. That country alone was there 300 years. These countries all together Took alot out.of India.

[@bogdanobradovic7621]

Even today without Indian emigration into the west, the west would have collapsed.

[@arunnaik3375]

Quit moaning, and start learning history.

[@deepmohn]

​@@jeanettewee8805is that how history is taught in the Uk?

[@charliejames6434]

This makes me truly so sad. My Nanna was born in India in 1934 to a British soldier who met her mother (my great grandmother) as a catholic Indian. They all returned to England together to have a better life, which is why I was eventually born in England. I visited India in 2019 after my Nanna passed away and it was like going home in so many ways. Even now it is a beautiful country with the kindest people you could possibly meet. I wish one day India will fully thrive once again 🙏

[@sarahramkissoon8537]

I don't quite understand. Is your grandfather married to a british female soldier?

[@charliejames6434]

@@sarahramkissoon8537 Sorry it wasn’t written too well! So my great grandfather was a British soldier from The North Staffordshire Regiment, and my great grandmother was an Indian woman from Bangaluru. They met during the early 30s and had a child together, who was my maternal grandmother.

[@sarahramkissoon8537]

Thanks for the clarification.

[@jeanettewee8805]

​@@charliejames6434In 1750, India had 23% of the world's GDP because it had 25% of the world's population. However, Britain was already a wealthy country even before it colonized India. If we look at the per-capita income of India and Britain in the 1750s, Britain's per-capita income was three times that of India as per Maddison's data, and India's per-capita income had been declining for a century before Britain won the Battle of Plassey. Comparing the total GDP of India and Britain in the 1750s to argue that India was richer than Britain is like saying that Uttar Pradesh is richer than Goa today. Later, the Industrial Revolution occurred in the Western world after the Scientific Revolution, with the invention of machines and technologies like the steam engine, and their wealth increased exponentially. Meanwhile, India's global share of GDP dropped to 4% in 1950. The same thing happened in China, which was not directly colonized. In fact, China's per-capita income was even lower than India's at the time of independence. During the 1750s, China's per-capita income was higher than India's. Therefore, if we say that Asian countries are poorer because of colonization, then what happened to countries like Nepal, Bhutan, Ethiopia, and Liberia, which were not colonized? It's worth noting that Nepal has a similar history and culture to India, yet it is the poorest country in Asia. The fact that Nepal was not colonized by the British undermines the argument that colonization is solely responsible for a country's level of poverty. For more information about this topic watch Indian historian Zareer Masani Oxford speech about colonialism.

[@gearhead8875]

You may want to look up details on "Anglo Indians". Only British men came to India when East India Company was in control of India. Most British men in India during that time had Indian women as concubines - not as wives or members of family. Many had children with Indian women - they primarily worked as domestic servants, or later on for railways in India. Very few "Anglo Indian" people went to the UK after the British men returned after India’s independence.

[@vivianeverleig]

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[@CapitecBank-nh8ve]

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[@CapitecBank-nh8ve]

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[@nomortimothy7851]

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[@josirismeldazu]

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[@bennyhinu]

Yes! I'm celebrating £132K stock portfolio today... Started this journey with £13K.... I've invested no time and also with the right terms, now I have time for my family and life ahead of me.

[@aldoluro3065]

Bharat is not just country is a civilization 🇮🇳 I’m so happy for this nation, god bless you from Mexico 🇲🇽…Viva bharat

[@dailydoseofgaming3593]

🙏😊♥️Love and respect to Mexico from Bharat

[@aldoluro3065]

@@dailydoseofgaming3593 always bro 😎

[@PK-se2jh]

❤❤❤

[@siarauthan9818]

stop saying bharat for God's sake😂

[@Dataism]

I would argue it is several civilizations and not a single one. After all for a majority of it's history India was not united

[@Ram90ification]

Its crazy that Indians are still alive and thriving. For every Indian alive it is crazy to think what their forefathers had to go through for it to be possible for them to be alive.

[@jeanettewee8805]

In 1750, India had 23% of the world's GDP because it had 25% of the world's population. However, Britain was already a wealthy country even before it colonized India. If we look at the per-capita income of India and Britain in the 1750s, Britain's per-capita income was three times that of India as per Maddison's data, and India's per-capita income had been declining for a century before Britain won the Battle of Plassey. Comparing the total GDP of India and Britain in the 1750s to argue that India was richer than Britain is like saying that Uttar Pradesh is richer than Goa today. Later, the Industrial Revolution occurred in the Western world after the Scientific Revolution, with the invention of machines and technologies like the steam engine, and their wealth increased exponentially. Meanwhile, India's global share of GDP dropped to 4% in 1950. The same thing happened in China, which was not directly colonized. In fact, China's per-capita income was even lower than India's at the time of independence. During the 1750s, China's per-capita income was higher than India's. Therefore, if we say that Asian countries are poorer because of colonization, then what happened to countries like Nepal, Bhutan, Ethiopia, and Liberia, which were not colonized? It's worth noting that Nepal has a similar history and culture to India, yet it is the poorest country in Asia. The fact that Nepal was not colonized by the British undermines the argument that colonization is solely responsible for a country's level of poverty. For more information about this topic watch Indian historian Zareer Masani Oxford speech about colonialism.

[@123KBT456]

Yikes, these mental gymnastics are kinda impressive ngl.

[@kk7420]

​@@jeanettewee8805it's you again, copy pasting everywhere. just thought i'd say this so that others knoe about you.

[@aarushikhurana6461]

​@@jeanettewee8805 so your logic is that the only reason asian countries are poor is because they're just inferior?

[@Yadav_bhai_3003]

​@@jeanettewee8805Don't spread rumors kid I wonder what they teach you all in history books

[@अभियांत्रिकी_क्षेत्रज्ञ]

Thanks! The British do not have the humility to acknowledge the crimes they did. This is an eye-opener for young Brits.

[@OddCompass]

That’s frustrating how they don’t teach it! Even in the US, growing up they taught us extensively about the colonial genocide of Native Americans.

[@TheManHimself94]

I'm a British teenager and we had a whole few months learning about the British empire and it's doings in history lessons. And this is in year 8 before we even picked our GCSE subjects so everyone learnt about it atleast in our school

[@deepakpoonia6749]

​@@elyrexo we don't need white MP's in our country. Now it's our time to rule you be ready we are coming 👿.

[@TheManHimself94]

@@अभियांत्रिकी_क्षेत्रज्ञ you can 'imagine' what they teach us but you don't actually know do you? Take it from me who has recently studied it at school in the UK, they are pretty open about lots of the horrific things the empire did. Things like the Irish potato famine, slave trade, the famines in the Indian subcontinent and plenty of other things. Well that was some of what my school taught us atleast

[@TheManHimself94]

@@अभियांत्रिकी_क्षेत्रज्ञ Not all of the things you listed but we did look at looted artifacts (not just from India), famine, the empire during WW1 & 2 and the rebellion of 1857. Could my school have covered it more? Yes! but then again this is 150 years in a country with over 2000 years of history, and within the British empire we also studied it's negative effects on other countries too. Also I'm not sure if this was in the national curriculum or something my school decided to do themselves.

[@zanedietlin7645]

it will make you cry. those poor innocent souls. so many. im actually crying. thank you for informing people.

[@わわ-l8w]

Great India respect from Japan. and Chandra Bose. Chandra Bose's tomb is located in Tokyo. He cooperated with the Japanese Empire and worked hard for the independence of Asian countries.🇮🇳🇯🇵

[@mauricebuckmaster9368]

You mean - he gave Japanese atrocities the stamp of his approval? . . . .

[@binskee677]

@@mauricebuckmaster9368 i wouldn't throw stones from a glass house ...

[@mauricebuckmaster9368]

@@binskee677 Neither would I. So - what was the point you were trying to make? . . .

[@binskee677]

@@mauricebuckmaster9368 simpel, if you are british, american or from any of the former colonial countries you don't get to critize Japan. i agree japan did some really evil things back then, but so did all western nations, it's just that most of that history was erased, the winner writes the history obviously.

[@mauricebuckmaster9368]

@@binskee677 P.S. What history has been “erased”, when, and by who? . . .

[@thomasnever2552]

Greetings from Germany. Decades ago I drank a beer at evening sitting on the veranda of the 'Civil And Military Hotel' in India. For an hour I truly felt like one of those sahib gentlemen of old times. Without the loot and plunder.

[@pgek5vz]

British are good they provide English education and connected india western scientific research institute They develope india as Modern India They provide open school for Dalit community and also give scholarship to dalit community .Dalit had face 3000 year atrocities by Brahmins kshatriya hindu religion. But when British came india they gives dalit to hope live life a equal men British destroy caste system of Brahmins Hindu culture now I am also dalit we thank to British came india to independent Dalit from Brahmins Hindu religion atrocities Dalit are not allowed get education before British But Now Every Dalit Become Doctor Engineer Scientific Research Scholar it provide Under by British Empire Rule Why does everyone body want fake news against British Rule because it is a fake news by Brahmin Hindu religion higher caste . Brahmin hindu have fake god fake religion book Brahmins rape Dalit women but British Empire Rule destroy Brahmins Hindu Culture. British are great People

[@Ducktility]

😅

[@kukukakikakakkukaku]

As an Indonesian myself, we do lost a lot from VOC and Dutch Colonization, even we colonized two times longer than India. But we are recovering together my brothers and sisters. The moment when i saw the news that you guys landing on the moon for the first time, i'm tearing feel proud of y'all 🥺 Warm greetings from Indonesia 🙌🏼 🇮🇩🤝🇮🇳

[@msdolly6101981]

Thank you

[@Limabean1125]

Thanks

[@souravphogat3055]

❤from India🇮🇳

[@94503]

Before Europeans Islamic invaders came and brutally looted India

[@hypergg681]

​@TPDTND you dropped your 🧢

[@dankeykang2981]

British response: " BuT wE BulILT ROADS so ungrateful" lol

[@Overwatch17]

Correct. The "stolen" resources were spent on development in India.

[@dankeykang2981]

@@Overwatch17 did you even watch the video lmao.

[@Theworldsucks-kg5jv]

​@@Overwatch17 they were used in Army and the British who lived in India It was, spent in India but only British Benefitted it

[@dankeykang2981]

@@veteranclips007 yea you need to stop getting your history from your biased british propaganda side lol. read it from anywhere else. it is very clear to literally everyone in the world what British did in india was just straight evil. Poverty? India was the wealthiest nation before Britain stepped in. was there poverty in some places sure every nation has but, Britian made it way worse. Your acting like Britian helped everyone get along. Their strategy was literally divide and conquer, they exploited religous and regional differences to make it even worse. Infrastructure? The railways and most things built were to transport raw materials to british ports not in the interest of local development. You are the minority that think that British was great for India general consensus among many historians, particularly post-colonial scholars, is that British rule caused profound suffering, poverty, and cultural disruption in India, leading many to regard it as one of history’s more destructive colonial enterprises.

[@dankeykang2981]

@@veteranclips007 1. India was the wealthiest nation in the world before Britain stepped in. was there poverty in some plaves over course every nation has it 2. You act like britian helped unite everyone. Their strategy was literally called divide and conquer exploiting religious and regional differences to sow long term divisions. So that was also worse after British came in. 3. prety much all the infrastrcture that was built was built in mind for british rule not for the local people. Railways so they can send raw materials to ports. Ports so they can send raw materials back to Britain. Roads so they can easily move around troops and also for resource extraction (sure some indians benefiited from it but it was not built with them in mind). No one said India was a perect Utopia before Britian, stop creating a strawman argument. The general consensus among many historians, particularly post-colonial scholars, is that British rule caused profound suffering, poverty, and cultural disruption in India, leading many to regard it as one of history’s more destructive colonial enterprises. You are the minority that think Britian was a net positive. maybe stop getting your facts from british side and get it from a more unbiased perspective. you probably think winston churchhill was a great righteous man LOL, not sure why i am even bothering.

[@nps7742]

There is a story that is commonly told in Britain that the colonisation of India - as horrible as it may have been - was not of any major economic benefit to Britain itself. If anything, the administration of India was a cost to Britain. So the fact that the empire was sustained for so long - the story goes - was a gesture of Britain’s benevolence. New research by the renowned economist Utsa Patnaik - just published by Columbia University Press - deals a crushing blow to this narrative. Drawing on nearly two centuries of detailed data on tax and trade, Patnaik calculated that Britain drained a total of nearly $45 trillion from India during the period 1765 to 1938. It’s a staggering sum. For perspective, $45 trillion is 17 times more than the total annual gross domestic product of the United Kingdom today. How did this come about? It happened through the trade system. Prior to the colonial period, Britain bought goods like textiles and rice from Indian producers and paid for them in the normal way - mostly with silver - as they did with any other country. But something changed in 1765, shortly after the East India Company took control of the subcontinent and established a monopoly over Indian trade. Here’s how it worked. The East India Company began collecting taxes in India, and then cleverly used a portion of those revenues (about a third) to fund the purchase of Indian goods for British use. In other words, instead of paying for Indian goods out of their own pocket, British traders acquired them for free, “buying” from peasants and weavers using money that had just been taken from them. It was a scam - theft on a grand scale. Yet most Indians were unaware of what was going on because the agent who collected the taxes was not the same as the one who showed up to buy their goods. Had it been the same person, they surely would have smelled a rat. Some of the stolen goods were consumed in Britain, and the rest were re-exported elsewhere. The re-export system allowed Britain to finance a flow of imports from Europe, including strategic materials like iron, tar and timber, which were essential to Britain’s industrialisation. Indeed, the Industrial Revolution depended in large part on this systematic theft from India. On top of this, the British were able to sell the stolen goods to other countries for much more than they “bought” them for in the first place, pocketing not only 100 percent of the original value of the goods but also the markup. After the British Raj took over in 1858, colonisers added a special new twist to the tax-and-buy system. As the East India Company’s monopoly broke down, Indian producers were allowed to export their goods directly to other countries. But Britain made sure that the payments for those goods nonetheless ended up in London. How did this work? Basically, anyone who wanted to buy goods from India would do so using special Council Bills - a unique paper currency issued only by the British Crown. And the only way to get those bills was to buy them from London with gold or silver. So traders would pay London in gold to get the bills, and then use the bills to pay Indian producers. When Indians cashed the bills in at the local colonial office, they were “paid” in rupees out of tax revenues - money that had just been collected from them. So, once again, they were not in fact paid at all; they were defrauded. Meanwhile, London ended up with all of the gold and silver that should have gone directly to the Indians in exchange for their exports. This corrupt system meant that even while India was running an impressive trade surplus with the rest of the world - a surplus that lasted for three decades in the early 20th century - it showed up as a deficit in the national accounts because the real income from India’s exports was appropriated in its entirety by Britain. Some point to this fictional “deficit” as evidence that India was a liability to Britain. But exactly the opposite is true. Britain intercepted enormous quantities of income that rightly belonged to Indian producers. India was the goose that laid the golden egg. Meanwhile, the “deficit” meant that India had no option but to borrow from Britain to finance its imports. So the entire Indian population was forced into completely unnecessary debt to their colonial overlords, further cementing British control. Britain used the windfall from this fraudulent system to fuel the engines of imperial violence - funding the invasion of China in the 1840s and the suppression of the Indian Rebellion in 1857. And this was on top of what the Crown took directly from Indian taxpayers to pay for its wars. As Patnaik points out, “the cost of all Britain’s wars of conquest outside Indian borders were charged always wholly or mainly to Indian revenues.” And that’s not all. Britain used this flow of tribute from India to finance the expansion of capitalism in Europe and regions of European settlement, like Canada and Australia. So not only the industrialisation of Britain but also the industrialisation of much of the Western world was facilitated by extraction from the colonies. Patnaik identifies four distinct economic periods in colonial India from 1765 to 1938, calculates the extraction for each, and then compounds at a modest rate of interest (about 5 percent, which is lower than the market rate) from the middle of each period to the present. Adding it all up, she finds that the total drain amounts to $44.6 trillion. This figure is conservative, she says, and does not include the debts that Britain imposed on India during the Raj. These are eye-watering sums. But the true costs of this drain cannot be calculated. If India had been able to invest its own tax revenues and foreign exchange earnings in development - as Japan did - there’s no telling how history might have turned out differently. India could very well have become an economic powerhouse. Centuries of poverty and suffering could have been prevented. All of this is a sobering antidote to the rosy narrative promoted by certain powerful voices in Britain. The conservative historian Niall Ferguson has claimed that British rule helped “develop” India. While he was prime minister, David Cameron asserted that British rule was a net help to India. This narrative has found considerable traction in the popular imagination: according to a 2014 YouGov poll, 50 percent of people in Britain believe that colonialism was beneficial to the colonies. Yet during the entire 200-year history of British rule in India, there was almost no increase in per capita income. In fact, during the last half of the 19th century - the heyday of British intervention - income in India collapsed by half. The average life expectancy of Indians dropped by a fifth from 1870 to 1920. Tens of millions died needlessly of policy-induced famine. Britain didn’t develop India. Quite the contrary - as Patnaik’s work makes clear - India developed Britain. What does this require of Britain today? An apology? Absolutely. Reparations? Perhaps - although there is not enough money in all of Britain to cover the sums that Patnaik identifies. In the meantime, we can start by setting the story straight. We need to recognise that Britain retained control of India not out of benevolence but for the sake of plunder and that Britain’s industrial rise didn’t emerge sui generis from the steam engine and strong institutions, as our schoolbooks would have it, but depended on violent theft from other lands and other peoples.

[@jeanettewee8805]

The $45 trillion figure is a mathematical construction, not something that actually happened. It's a speculative projection, not what occurred in the real world. $45 trillion was never transferred from India, Utsa Patnaik herself estimates the actual figure as about £1 billion pounds in total, the rest is manufactured from compound interest rates up to the year 2016. It should be obvious that a calculation at a 5% compound interest rate to the year 2016 and beyond should not be represented as the “drain” on the Indian economy 1765-1938. Shame on those who understand this and yet knowingly spread it on the internet, they clearly have some kind of agenda. It's misinforming the public, and a gross distortion of the truth.

[@unwisely]

​@@jeanettewee88051 billion in over 200 years of exploitation is an understatement.

[@jeanettewee8805]

@@unwisely it's not adjusted for inflation. Adjusting for inflation it may worth upto 500 billion US dollars.

[@unwisely]

@@jeanettewee8805 still too low. India went from holding 27% of world GDP to 3%. I don't think that number will only add up to 5 billion from 1700s to 1947.

[@jeanettewee8805]

@@unwisely In 1750, India had 23% of the world's GDP because it had 25% of the world's population. However, Britain was already a wealthy country even before it colonized India. If we look at the per-capita income of India and Britain in the 1750s, Britain's per-capita income was three times that of India, and India's per-capita income had been declining for a century before Britain won the Battle of Plassey. Comparing the total GDP of India and Britain in the 1750s to argue that India was richer than Britain is like saying that Uttar Pradesh is richer than Goa today. Later, the Industrial Revolution occurred in the Western world after the Scientific Revolution, with the invention of machines and technologies like the steam engine, and their wealth increased exponentially. Meanwhile, India's global share of GDP dropped to 4% in 1950. The same thing happened in China, which was not directly colonized. In fact, China's per-capita income was even lower than India's at the time of independence. During the 1750s, China's per-capita income was higher than India's. Therefore, if we say that Asian countries are poorer because of colonization, then what happened to countries like Nepal, Bhutan, Ethiopia, and Liberia, which were not colonized? It's worth noting that Nepal has a similar history and culture to India, yet it is the poorest country in Asia. The fact that Nepal was not colonized by the British undermines the argument that colonization is solely responsible for a country's level of poverty.

[@mimimarcus]

I'm not Indian and I was seething through my teeth watching this video!!! Just pure evil... I hope the Indian people will heal and rise again with love and peace

[@BambiTrout]

I'm British, and I am absolutely sickened by the actions of my ancestors.

[@thisisrajatkumar]

yes India is rising. Now UK is behind us.

[@jeanettewee8805]

In 1750, India had 23% of the world's GDP because it had 25% of the world's population. However, Britain was already a wealthy country even before it colonized India. If we look at the per-capita income of India and Britain in the 1750s, Britain's per-capita income was three times that of India as per Maddison's data, and India's per-capita income had been declining for a century before Britain won the Battle of Plassey. Comparing the total GDP of India and Britain in the 1750s to argue that India was richer than Britain is like saying that Uttar Pradesh is richer than Goa today. Later, the Industrial Revolution occurred in the Western world after the Scientific Revolution, with the invention of machines and technologies like the steam engine, and their wealth increased exponentially. Meanwhile, India's global share of GDP dropped to 4% in 1950. The same thing happened in China, which was not directly colonized. In fact, China's per-capita income was even lower than India's at the time of independence. During the 1750s, China's per-capita income was higher than India's. Therefore, if we say that Asian countries are poorer because of colonization, then what happened to countries like Nepal, Bhutan, Ethiopia, and Liberia, which were not colonized? It's worth noting that Nepal has a similar history and culture to India, yet it is the poorest country in Asia. The fact that Nepal was not colonized by the British undermines the argument that colonization is solely responsible for a country's level of poverty.

[@mariow7818]

@@jeanettewee8805 You trying to justify colonization and drying up booming economy, forced exploitation and unreasonable taxes as well as utter devastation of traditional manufacturer hubs in India just because some other countries even without those hardships didn't flourish is like justifying holocaust because all jews didn't die, and they are still some of the wealthiest people on earth.

[@BambiTrout]

@@jeanettewee8805 China was repeatedly invaded by the British with backing from other European powers throughout the 19th century. In the 18th century, China was almost entirely self-sufficient, and was a mass exporter of tea and luxury goods in return for silver - Britain had nothing else they wanted or needed. The British East India Company was running out of silver and wanted to bust open the Chinese market to force them to buy British goods, so in the late 1700s they started smuggling opium (which was illegal in China) across the border to manufacture an opium epidemic, making huge profits selling an addictive drug, while also crippling the Chinese economy. By 1833, British and American smugglers funded by the East India Company were selling over 2000 TONS of opium to China every year, funnelling massive amounts of silver into British hands, which were then used to buy Chinese goods - essentially buying Chinese products with their own money. Eventually in 1839, the Chinese government decided to blockade Canton (Hong Kong) and seize ALL opium found in the port. In retaliation, Britain decided to invade in order to claim "reparations" and force China to accept the future trade of opium indefinitely. After losing the First Opium War in 1842, China was forced to cede control of Hong Kong to the British, open 5 more ports to European traders, and pay 21 million dollars to Britain in reparations, as well as exempting British citizens from Chinese laws. 14 years later the Second Opium War was started after a Chinese governor seized an opium merchant's ship and crew, as opium was still technically illegal. Britain bombarded Chinese cities from the coast with assistance from France, until they conceded defeat. This time, Britain and France demanded total legalisation of opium, the exporting of Chinese labourers to British and French colonies as replacements for freed slaves, free travel for British and French citizens throughout China, as well as exemption from all tariffs and internal transit duties, and the opening of further ports to British opium and further reparations. Following this, China was invaded by Russia (1858), France (1884-85), Britain (1888), Japan (1894-95), the Eight-Nation Alliance (1900), Russia (1900), Britain (1903-04), Japan (1905), Japan (1931-32), the USSR (1934), Japan (1937-45). As a result of the Opium Wars and all following conflicts and unequal treaties - many of which were "mediated" by the British even if they weren't directly involved in the conflict, China's economy was crippled, its population drugged, millions were killed or treated as little more than slaves, its territory gradually chipped away, and guess who stepped in to fill the gap left in the market by China? Britain, using resources taken from India.

[@VacayAdventures]

Last year, we were in the observation deck of the Top of the World building at New York City, where we met an old British couple. Casually, we started chatting. we came to know that both of them worked as government officials in an island which was a British colony until recently, and then they asked about us, we said we are from India. They specifically wanted to know which part of India, we said Bengal and it seems they know about the place and they exclaimed. After these small chats, just before leaving, the old man said, "I would like to apologize on behalf of my country for what we did to India" There was genuine apology in his eyes, and we were spell bound...we did not know how to react, because these is something we never expected to ever happen to us. I could just manage to say, "Thank you, I appreciate". But the impact of what just happened within a few minutes is beyond my capacity to express! So, yes, even they know what they did, just that there are very few people like that old man who has the courage to accept it.

[@burgerboi0689]

and then the whole rooftop clapped

[@cziffrathegreat666]

yup, and the heavens, the queen and yourself too!@@burgerboi0689

[@mauricebuckmaster9368]

What a bs story. . . . .

[@noobtube373]

looks like a movie script.

[@anusha2465]

Imagination that is your creation hero

[@uzairahmed4992]

The biggest loot ever done in the history of mankind. Is how britishers looted each and everything from india. Which was once called a golden bird before British colonial rule in india.

[@muslimhassan8924]

Yes but that's because Muslims ruled here from 8th century (Conquered by Ummayyads, to 18th Century Mughal Empire)

[@Ario55-cc]

​@@muslimhassan8924and yes, brutally converted your forefathers

[@muslimhassan8924]

@@Ario55-cc That is not something to be proud about, even if it's true the person who is forcefully converted does not have to actually convert, I highly doubt it though! And the opposite is true, today we have right-wing extremist hindutva and RSS goons forcefully making people chant their slogans, like "Jai Shree Ram" but since it's the people you have a soft spot for, you won't talk about that ever!

[@mercedesbenz3751]

​​​@@muslimhassan8924Point to be noted is, INDIA was already looted to an extent by the Islamic invaders even before the arrival of British. But India still had enough wealth that it was still the wealthiest country on earth. The Islamic invaders bot only looted our wealth, coverted people but ultimately took 2 big parts of our land too in 1947😥 I feel absolutely terrible when I see the ancient map of India. No country becomes a super power if they it keeps loosing its Land. India's wealth was looted by many turks, mughals and invaders from central Asia, and Afganistan. What the hell you are talking about?

[@muslimhassan8924]

​@@mercedesbenz3751 Yes, that I can agree with.. India was so rich but could not afford to protect itself? I can only imagine.. Those who invaded were not Islamic Invaders, they were Muslims.. In Islam there are rules for Invasion, No invasion can take place unless there is oppression in the lands and Muslims are called upon for help, Even then the Caliph (Leader) sends letters first, inviting the other leaders to Islam and to fear GOD (Allah s.w.t) that they may be answerable on the day of Judgement, IF the letter is answered in a positive way then there is no need for invasion or war, If they refuse and continue their tyrranical ways then Caliphs (Leaders) gather their forces and start the invasion. But one thing I should mention, In Islam, Caliphate (Leadership) ended after the Fourth Caliph Ali Ibn Abi Talib (AS) was assasinated by his former follower in 661 CE. From then on, Caliphate (Islamic Leadership) was replaced with Kingship. What you said correct, but that's a little anecdote that I would like to share with you, and it means the Emperors and Kings were in fact Muslims and they fought for Land, Power and Money etc. which they still do, even the poor raggedy arab bedouins are now competing to build 1000 storeyed buildings in a desert.. Such a shame what Muslims have come down to be , once the protectors of the world peace are now enslaved to their desires, riches and power.

[@cariyaputta]

It's brutal. The French also forced Vietnamese farmers to grow cash crops, which led to a shortage of food and the deaths of an estimated 2 million people.

[@ghosthost100]

I'm half-Filipino, the Spanish fucked up the the Philippines indigenous culture.

[@khangaroo8166]

wasn't that the japanese?

[@BruhTNT4258]

@@khangaroo8166 It was French, Vietnam defeated the French in the end with support from China.

[@khangaroo8166]

​@@BruhTNT4258 no, i know that, but the french didn't starve 2 million people, that was the japanese who invaded and occupied vietnam.

[@Kathakathan11]

Was it French or Japanese? Either way the same colonial mentality

[@CATLANCER]

And they say people in power aren't psychopaths...

[@wutrudoin]

Nobody says that

[@CATLANCER]

@@wutrudoin the people in power do 🤪

[@Classikh]

A lot of people have that laying dormant, power brings it out

[@BlueberrySummertime]

Who says that? 😂

[@Jeed92]

Dont generalize. For most its true yes, but not all.

[@gerrardjones28]

Geuinly hope India can recover and become even richer than before, I'm british and have known quite a few Indian people they are kind and don't hold a grudge which i appreciate, big respect to there country!

[@mauricebuckmaster9368]

"their" country. . . .

[@gerrardjones28]

@@mauricebuckmaster9368 so your mocking my spelling just cos I disagree with you, wow

[@mauricebuckmaster9368]

@@gerrardjones28 Mocking? I think you meant correcting. . . .

[@gerrardjones28]

@@mauricebuckmaster9368 I really don't care if my spelling is bad as long as I get get message across, are you a grammar n*zi or something lol?

[@mauricebuckmaster9368]

@@gerrardjones28 "Geuinly [sic] hope India can recover . . . " - Recover from what? " . . . and become even richer than before." - Before what? "I'm british [sic] and have known quite a few Indian people they are kind and don't hold a grudge which i appreciate, big respect to there [sic] country!" - I'm also British, and have also known quite a few Indian people. I too have found them kind. But they aren't the ones posting their hate and lies on here, are they? . . .

[@angelarowland4893]

I'm British, this video is heartbreaking, cruel exploitation, India will rise again.

[@ahmed_samii]

Growing up in Bangladesh, me literally crying. Not only economical, their government used to make policies to corrupt & ruin our ethical and moral strengths. It may need a hundred years to rise again.

[@rasithak.kk.k710]

Britsh civized us huge respect

[@ahmed_samii]

@@rasithak.kk.k710 🤦‍♂️

[@rasithak.kk.k710]

​@@ahmed_samii is there any india before British 😂 one of the poorest country britsh made 4 th high gdp country

[@ahmed_samii]

@@rasithak.kk.k710 thank you, have a great day bruh!

[@gejx1]

Thanks for making this video, the details you have presented are still unknown to many Indians. I knew British rule was cruel & unjust but did not know to what extent. Your video puts things in a different perspective for me.

[@NEXTER.ANALISIS]

Bro 8k.. cool..

[@the_nomadic_ajith]

If you get a chance, you should visit Andaman islands too. That gives you more idea about how the freedom fighters were treated.

[@gejx1]

@@the_nomadic_ajith Haven't visited, but have read stuff and watched similar videos on the plight of our freedom fighters on those islands.

[@danieledwardbennett]

A different, but inaccurate perspective. Indian textiles were actually given preferential access to the British market, which eventually over many decades made products from Manchester uncompetitive. This was so debts owed by India to the UK, for loans and development funds could actually be repaid. The reason Britain didn’t hold on to India? Because the amount we paid Indian soldiers for their service during World War 2 massively indebted the UK to India, meaning we could no longer afford to administrate it effectively.

[@sharatisareaper]

@@danieledwardbennett A classic case of a brainwashed pommy ! I bet you believe the colonial loot you have staged in the British Museum, London actually was unearthed somewhere in the West Midlands !

[@addyishere]

As an Indian, this brought tears to my eyes. Many unspeakable things were done, no doubt! But our spirit has not and can not be broken.

[@skp8748]

Yes it has. You still work for anglo nations. Prop up Canadian economy praise rishi, Sundar ect

[@gagworks]

​@@skp8748lol how is that even the same thing? The Indian economy is also being built by Indians. We are running the world, by our own will.

[@jeanettewee8805]

In 1750, India had 23% of the world's GDP because it had 25% of the world's population. However, Britain was already a wealthy country even before it colonized India. If we look at the per-capita income of India and Britain in the 1750s, Britain's per-capita income was three times that of India, and India's per-capita income had been declining for a century before Britain won the Battle of Plassey. Comparing the total GDP of India and Britain in the 1750s to argue that India was richer than Britain is like saying that Uttar Pradesh is richer than Goa today. Later, the Industrial Revolution occurred in the Western world after the Scientific Revolution, with the invention of machines and technologies like the steam engine, and their wealth increased exponentially. Meanwhile, India's global share of GDP dropped to 4% in 1950. The same thing happened in China, which was not directly colonized. In fact, China's per-capita income was even lower than India's at the time of independence. During the 1750s, China's per-capita income was higher than India's. Therefore, if we say that Asian countries are poorer because of colonization, then what happened to countries like Nepal, Bhutan, Ethiopia, and Liberia, which were not colonized? It's worth noting that Nepal has a similar history and culture to India, yet it is the poorest country in Asia. The fact that Nepal was not colonized by the British undermines the argument that colonization is solely responsible for a country's level of poverty.

[@skp8748]

@@gagworks 🙄😂

[@mayankbhaskar1654]

​@@jeanettewee8805bruh stop spamming this everywhere 💀 , Before british Came 25% of the world had 23% of wealth And they fucked_em so hard that after they left , 20 to 25 percent of population had less than a single percent of the wealth

[@nitinabhishek5863]

Thanks As an Indian I am shocked that the history which we were tought as a kid and history which each and every kid in Indian Street knows is not known to the world in its original version !!! Its shocking to see now a days, when Britishers keep their spirit high thinking they have done good by colonising country . This video is doing justice to the country after seventy six years of independence. World is amazing place 🙏

[@OddCompass]

I’m happy to spread some history knowledge with the world! Thanks for supporting the channel.

[@maghamsateshkumar6355]

Spend little money and read books of SRI VIVEKANANDA SWAMY JI he you will fall down what great great astonishing history of India. How many Indians know that Buddha told that he is 25th Buddha then who are those 24 Buddha..Now india needs spiritual leaders who can took BHARAT into glorious country ..We have everything but what we don't have is time..

[@maghamsateshkumar6355]

In order to take back into glorious country we need STRONG SPIRITUAL LEADERS NOT SOFTWARE PROJECT LEADERS. These SPIRITUAL thing is permanent and will change entire world into glorious thing.What world is lagging is SPIRITUALITY which BHARAT has surplus.EVERY BHARATIAN HAS TO BECOME SPIRITUAL LEADER WHICH IS PERMANENT THING.EVERY ONE HAS TO FIGHT FOR BRAHMA KNOWLEDGE RIGHT RIGHT FROM CHILDHOOD.Our education has to completely change to acquire this knowledge eradicate present education which is ruthless given by British and ignored by our culprit politicians. Present education system teaches how to ear money only but don't teach moral values.JAI BHARAT MATA KI JAI

[@gozzilla78]

You would not believe how often I’ve heard that “yeah, but at least Britain left India with democracy and the English language”. Sure, thank you very much…

[@arunnaik3375]

@@gozzilla78 Oh, the resounding echoes of colonial benevolence! How could one possibly fathom the depths of gratitude we should all feel for Britain's gracious bestowal of democracy, rapes, looting, torture, savagery, indentured labour, and the English language upon India? It's as if centuries of exploitation, cultural suppression, and oppression were mere trinkets in the grand treasury of imperialism. Yes, thank you ever so much, Britain, for your selfless act of leaving behind a "democracy" where the decisions were made across continents and an "English language" that replaced millennia of linguistic diversity.

[@joohn3456]

Bharat's contribution to global GDP: Before islamic invasion : 33-34% global GDP. Before british invasion : 24-26% When british leave (1947) : ~3%

[@derekjetter4039]

india simply had a large population. this became less of a factor as the world advanced. Nepal was not colonized and is now dirt poor.

[@hello64879]

​@@derekjetter4039 Ok India contribute 1/5 of world population But similarly 1/3 of world economy in past

[@derekjetter4039]

@@hello64879I dont know if those figures are true but so what. Economy is more based on smarts now than population size and natural resources.

[@hello64879]

@@derekjetter4039 Its just cause industrial revolution The countries who were independent during 19th century went through industrial revolution ,so they became bigger economy While the colonized one's remain undeveloped ( exception the places / ports which were used by some colonizers to do trade) And about the datas..... its all based on historical records Any source u choose ,u will find India was largest economy of the world until 16th century

[@physicsstudent9701]

Per capita was higher under islamic invasion

[@RomaInvicta202]

I'm not Indian, but when I hear one saying that colonization had good sides it boils my blood - this video should be mandatory for students both in India (so they stop saying stupid things) and in UK - to once and for all prove Brits where "their" wealth came from

[@minophilic6577]

Thanks brother.

[@RomaInvicta202]

@@minophilic6577 Sister ;)

[@baslatz_]

Nice brother

[@jeanettewee8805]

@@RomaInvicta202 No one is saying colonization was good, but many things in this video are factually incorrect.

[@sunnyboynfs]

@@jeanettewee8805Its most accurate info. Go cry and praise your ancestors somewhere else.

[@dhirajshetty6385]

One of the contributing factors to the longevity of ships produced in historical India was the utilization of teak wood, while furniture was crafted from materials like teak and Indian rosewood.

[@jeanettewee8805]

Hey, the figure of 45 trillion dollars was calculated by a Marxist economist named UTSA Patnaik, using a flawed methodology of compounding the loot taken by the British with a 5% interest rate. This method is inaccurate as the inflation rate in the 1950s was around 3.68%. Additionally, Patnaik arrived at a figure of 9 trillion pounds using this flawed method, which was then converted to dollars by multiplying it with 4.68. You can find these details in her article. Furthermore, Patnaik made an exaggerated claim that the British killed 1.8 billion people in India, which is obviously false. It's puzzling that channels like Vice and Wion omitted her outrageous claim of genocide. Unfortunately, spreading lies and misinformation is not uncommon in India. For instance, some stories claim that the Vikramaditya Empire controlled 40% of the world's land, or that India had airplanes 7000 years ago during the Vedic period. These are clearly baseless claims. There is also a story that Shivakar Talpade invented the airplane 8 years before the Wright Brothers, but that the British stole his idea and gave it to the Wright Brothers. India needs to stop perpetuating such false claims.

[@gengis737]

@@jeanettewee8805 Tens of millions of death by famine under British Raj is documented by non-marxist British historians. Read "Late Victorian famine" for example. For the same episode of worldwide drought due to strong El Nino episod, Russian czar provided rescue to Russian and Ukrainian peasants, while British governors forbade rescue to Indian peasants.

[@himsincha]

@@jeanettewee8805 You know that inflation rate changes every year right so if he did compound at 5% average over the course of 200-300 years then it is not flawed. While 1.6 billion figure and vikramaditya empire control claims are definetly absurd. India did have more gdp than the entire europe before british came to India. Colonial british people were worse than the nazi's period. Fuck the monarchy hope they all go to hell.

[@jeanettewee8805]

@@gengis737 Agreed, just adding the fact that the population of India increased from 170 million to 370 million during the colonial period. But still that doesn't justify how British handled the famines.

[@varun2250]

​@@jeanettewee8805Spamming this nonstop eh?

[@cuptaeke9750]

As someone who lives in England as of now, its shocking to see how the country just shoves its past under the rug

[@ejmproductions8198]

You used the right words European colonialism. The limeys will fokus on other countries, but will deminish their own involvement

[@vaibhavvb9898]

@@overwatch17least delusional colonial apologist.

[@VED036]

Maybe you should take citizenship in India. That might cure you.

[@andrewst9797]

Don't worry, its not all true..

[@sanjaiyadav2080]

​@@andrewst9797says a brit with 0 facts.....😂😂

[@kshitijranbagle9403]

The fact is ,Britishers looted 45 trillion dollars from India, that's why UK become developed and rich country .💯

[@rasithak.kk.k710]

India is poor until britsh came 😂

[@Boldtruths]

How they hell they ruled 1/3 rd of the entire world?? Using money extracted from India.

[@Joshpox]

45 trillion is higher than the entire global GDP in 1950. You are quoting racist propaganda

[@Boldtruths]

@Joshpox You have white Brain. They have ruled for 190 years, extracted all natural resources from India. If you calculate that and convert it into present times mathematical equivalent it will be 43 trillion dollars. Learn atleast high-school mathematics.

[@lekevire]

Britain was already a middle class nation by 1818 (When colonization of India had been complete).

[@md.jahidulislamjihad3417]

The Indian subcontinent will rise again, stronger than ever. We still have the blood of those brilliant people in our veins. I'm a Bangladeshi and I believe in the resurrection of the glory in this region.

[@EnzoLarnaca]

No absolutely not, don’t listen to people like Shashi Tharoor, matter of fact his party is one of the reasons why India is poor right now (I’ll come back to that later). The global share of economy of India was 24% before the Europeans came around and after colonization it was 3%. Some people argue that British had plundered India and taken away al of our wealth. Some people even argue that, British took home 45 Trillion dollars worth of wealth from us. It could be said that India was economically well off place in 1500s, but in between the 1500s and 1945 Europe went through an era of Industrial revolution, India never went through that, as their of economy grew and our economy was stagnant. As a result our share of global economy dropped to just 3%, not because they plundered all our money, but because their economy grew and ours didn’t. This continued on until 1945, world war was just ended and Britain was in rubbles, France was in rubbles, Germany was in rubbles, Japan was in Rubbles, China was in Rubbles every major country was in Rubbles, including India, British left India just as it was during the 1500s in the dark ages. But they were not well off either, their cities were broken as well. One country was untouched during the war, you guessed it Murica, they started to help war torn countries and newly independent colonies through economic aid (debts), America was at India’s doorstep waiting with millions of dollars, but one man turned it down, Nehru. Nehru was a socialist, so he supported the soviet union, what did the soviet union give in return, nothing just ideologies and political theories. US turned their back on India because they were soviet allies, whereas Korea, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia endorsed US and got money. Matter of fact all of these countries were in the same position as India was. Post colonial or war torn. Back home did he do anything good, nothing he just kept nationalizing industries and bombarding businesses with regulations and Tariffs, he came up with plans on how to socialize India and make it into a socialist country. India’s economy was stagnant, totally fucking stagnant. His policies were in effect until 90s, then Manmohan Singh open up the trade borders and started to de regulate the economy. But by that time, China, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore Europe, every one else was back on track where as India was just entering global stage. Because of one man’s socialist dream, an entire country was stagnated for almost 40 years. While their party could not lift India out of poverty they kept coming up with explanations on how India was poor because of British, they failed to address the elephant in the Room - Nehru and his socialist Utopia. People like Shahsi Tharoor constantly keep claiming that Britain just looted all our wealth in the past, and just keep blaming them for basically everything wrong with India. But actually they were the ones who ruined our country.

[@goofygrandlouis6296]

Hum... First you need to solve your internal issues : - cancel the caste system, which creates a brain drain of smart indians to other places (like the US) - more unity, less regional divisions - pollution and infrastructure management (which China is doing, by building energy plants, bullet trains, highways, modern buildings, etc etc).

[@thomaskennedy5728]

​@@goofygrandlouis6296bs,china is far from managing pollution. It is second biggest polluter after USA.

[@markusionizer]

infra is something government is working on tech is not a problem in india brain drain is a lot @@goofygrandlouis6296

[@21stCenturyLemonade]

First - we need more people like us to care enough to do something about it. Be homies.

[@Dstar-km9fi1hs2j]

I cried watching this, my grandfather was born during colonial rule and told me how as a kid he experienced extreme impoverishment, his father(my grandpa) was a weaver and because of the brits he left weaving(because he was trapped in debt and it took everything to repay it)and became a cultivator, they had to pay exorbitantly high taxes and at one time they had to sell all jewelleries and valuables they had to pay taxes, entire gangetic plain region became the poorest region of India after goras left it.

[@richbob9155]

those high taxes and the lack of exports had nothing to do with Britain as both came AFTER the British left. They were mistakes by the Indian government and to blame the British is just silly.

[@Dstar-km9fi1hs2j]

@@richbob9155 Did you even watch the video or just came here to comment?

[@RRB8745]

It’s so sad! And the monarchy lived/lives unnecessary luxurious lives off of everything they stole from people around the world. It’s disgusting.

[@jeanettewee8805]

@@Dstar-km9fi1hs2j In 1750, India had 23% of the world's GDP because it had 25% of the world's population. However, Britain was already a wealthy country even before it colonized India. If we look at the per-capita income of India and Britain in the 1750s, Britain's per-capita income was three times that of India as per Maddison's data, and India's per-capita income had been declining for a century before Britain won the Battle of Plassey. Comparing the total GDP of India and Britain in the 1750s to argue that India was richer than Britain is like saying that Uttar Pradesh is richer than Goa today. Later, the Industrial Revolution occurred in the Western world after the Scientific Revolution, with the invention of machines and technologies like the steam engine, and their wealth increased exponentially. Meanwhile, India's global share of GDP dropped to 4% in 1950. The same thing happened in China, which was not directly colonized. In fact, China's per-capita income was even lower than India's at the time of independence. During the 1750s, China's per-capita income was higher than India's. Therefore, if we say that Asian countries are poorer because of colonization, then what happened to countries like Nepal, Bhutan, Ethiopia, and Liberia, which were not colonized? It's worth noting that Nepal has a similar history and culture to India, yet it is the poorest country in Asia. The fact that Nepal was not colonized by the British undermines the argument that colonization is solely responsible for a country's level of poverty. For more information about this topic watch Indian historian Zareer Masani Oxford speech about colonialism.

[@gmanlee575]

And now you can type the masters language perfectly and wish to live amongst them if you haven't already, ancestors must be proud👍😉

[@login2earth]

My respects to you brother for making this video. This video highlights the plight of British ruled India but should also provide viewers an insight that 200 years of plunder led to struggling independent India. Many western commentators berate India for poor human indices. Atleast video like yours will make them understand that it takes time to get back what we lost (finance, culture, education, character) over 2 centuries. It’s only the resilient nature of Indians that despite all these setbacks, in just 70 years we have become 5th largest economy, beating the very same tyrants, Britain, who pushed us into poverty in the first place.Thanks!

[@jeanettewee8805]

India was the 6th largest economy in 1950s. Countries like Japan and Germany had less GDP than India at that time. The reason why India is still poor is because they are still blaming British for their own post-colonial failure. If British were the reason why many countries are poorer then why non colonized countries like Nepal, Bhutan, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Liberia etc. are poorer than India? Why many colonized countries like America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand are one of the richest countries in the world. India had 23% of world's GDP in 1750s only because it had 25% of world's population at that period. Countries like Britain, Netherland had 3 times the per capita of India even at that time. Looking at the per-capita, India was one of the poorest countries in the world even in 1750s. Most of the east Asian countries, Middle eastern countries, European countries had more per-capita than India in 18th century. Saying India was one of the richest countries in 17th century just because it had large share of GDP in the world is like saying at present India is richer than UK because India had more GDP than UK. We have to look at per-capita income to find which country is richer and which is not. Countries like Singapore, Hong Kong had accepted British colonization brought more positives than negatives to them. Singapore’s first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, said that before the British arrived, “there was no organized human society in Singapore, unless a fishing village can be called a society”. Countries like Singapore are richer than India now because they had honest politicians like Lee Kuan Yew who don't unnecessarily blame Britishers and had the courage to accept the fact that colonialism brought more positives than negatives to them unlike Indian politicians.

[@workhardt2]

@jeanettewee8805 This write up is a joke. First off America, canada was only a colony until 1776. India was a colony until 1947. So, India was a colony of Britain for nearly 150 years longer. On per capita yes, Netherlands, Britain was wealthier than India but not by much. There is chart historical gdp by regions that lists the numbers. This data was compiled by famous economist Angus Maddison. Europe moved ahead bc of its intrests in sciences. Britain did as this video points out extract all or most of India's wealth. What Europe did to Asia and India. To draw a similarity they got ahead fairly ( bc of their progress in science, ship building etc..) but once ahead to kill competition they dug ditches its others pathways so to keep these Asian, Arab and African societies behind. By 2050 India will be the second largest economy and hopefully by the end of this century it will be the largest economy..

[@7_77_.]

@@jeanettewee8805 Japan and Germany are great powers and industrialized countries before WW2 and they are just a puppet of US after WW2 so it's easy for them to return to their past economic superiority. countries like Canada, australia are populated british they are carbon copy in the other words extension of UK, British saw them as their own people were india on the other hand seen as a inferior, resourceful countries, UK intention is just to drain wealth and resources from India not to develop us but in the case of NZ, australia, canada not like that.

[@akashchaudhari1548]

@@jeanettewee8805 Your views on colonialism is weird so far you must come to india to see the actual reality and then give your opinion

[@sridharkrishnan1591]

Okay. Now that the Brits are no longer here, what stopped us from liberalising the economy? India is still poor because, it has adopted all the bad policies of both socialism and capitalism. Look at the PSUs and their sloppy products. Yes, I agree, the British did all the dirty works on Indians. But, still blaming the British is like kicking the dead horse.

[@3vii678]

I bet they don’t teach this in British schools

[@eybaza6018]

They don't

[@trivanannakkarage9893]

As a Sri Lankan, I can reasonably say that it is a matter of time that India regains its former glory and this time.... there is no turning back.

[@rohitkanwar-livit]

Thanks. ♥️ I hope Sri Lanka soon recovers from its economic troubles, and is also a prosperous nation in the future. Love from India. ❤❤❤

[@omkarmavlankar6611]

​@@rohitkanwar-livit Agree 👍

[@trivanannakkarage9893]

@@rohitkanwar-livit thank you and that really means a lot 🙏🏼

[@Ankitcse913]

@@trivanannakkarage9893 I hope that it will agains become 'sone ki lanka' (Golden Lanka)

[@Yomomma-jf9iy]

Awesome. Copy Korea's manufacturing process, then. We can all learn from Korea, or Netherlands.

[@souravmandal4093]

The wealth that looted still be recoverable. But the wisdom,temples,Ancient knowledge,Ancient Universities, Ancient libraries that we lost. Broke the Backbone of our Society 😢

[@mauricebuckmaster9368]

It was the British who saved your cultural heritage for you! . . .

[@arunnaik3375]

The British colonization of India led to significant destruction and distortion of its rich cultural heritage. They ravaged historical buildings, temples, and monuments, while imposing English as the primary language and undermining indigenous languages and education systems. The British policies exploited India's economy, leading to the decline of traditional industries and crafts. Moreover, colonial interference clashed with Indian customs, impacting religious, social, and cultural practices. Artifacts and treasures were looted and taken away, affecting India's historical legacy. Overall, British rule severely disrupted and damaged various aspects of India's cultural heritage, leaving a lasting impact that India continues to grapple with in preserving its cultural identity.

[@sk-un6vw]

​@mauricebuckmaster9368 in their museum loots?

[@danielnigel6920]

Yeah I am sure you would have been first to land on Moon 😂

[@sk-un6vw]

@@danielnigel6920 why you people no Shame?

[@michael_stefanko]

I hope that India continues to flourish over the next few decades and finds its place as a preeminent economy and power once again; India is a natural ally for the United States. I was ignorant to the 35 million deaths caused by colonial rule -- this fact shocked me. I will continue to read about India to understand its history.

[@globalcitizenn]

I recommend the podcast “Empire”

[@nicolkatanji1980]

Lies

[@anukalgudi6216]

It's actually 100 million, by our estimates. He was being nice, saying 35 million

[@D402S]

​@@nicolkatanji1980my boy coping hard

[@MarkMcAllister-ni9sf]

India's population exploded under the Raj, going from about 100 million in 1700, to almost 500 million, by 1947. If you are going to blame them for 35 million deaths, then you must also give them credit for 350 million births.

[@united1206]

Indian people were so humble that they didn't resist and fight against Britains rule instead of dying in famine

[@harshpanchal3131]

It's called cowardice not humbleness.

[@sumitsingh-CANDY]

No the reason behind of all this attrocities is that they applied simple rule "divide and conquerr"

[@arunnaik3375]

@@rasithak.kk.k710 Yes.

[@somjack41]

Thanks man! You have very nicely presented our story, especially the comparison of holocaust, stalin and mao’s killing. People actually forget how brutally we were tortured and killed

[@Ragebait01]

but Indians are not weak unlike other victims. WE STAND TALL

[@somjack41]

@@Ragebait01 absolutely. But the atrocities needs to called out. Even jews are not weak but then don’t forget to remind people about the atrocities. If you don’t speak people won’t know.

[@thepronoob1529]

British had signs saying No dogs and Indians allowed Now UK PM has indian origins and a pet dog Jai hind

[@somjack41]

@@thepronoob1529 hahahahhaha. You just dropped a nuclear bomb on pro colonists. 😂😂

[@82abhilash]

Brutality in India was not a British invention. If anything brutality reduced during the Raj.

[@bernardogoncalves825]

This is disgusting. I hope India can recover from the disgrace that has been imposed by the greedy british and become once again a global superpower. Much love from Brazil 🇧🇷❤️🇮🇳

[@theslimgolfer]

What is more disgusting is the British think their years of colonialism quest was benevolent and even justified. So evil.

[@yourconscience27]

Now, We have got our own govt to do all that the brits did. Two billionaires own the country now while our govt is pimping it to them. You should look at the tax rates on the poor, middle class now. We have the highest wealth inequality gap now since bristish time. Our ancestors who fought the british for our country would weep looking at the situation we're in now.

[@NationalistBhartiya]

Finally we got independent from 70 yr britis puppet Congress Now we had pm MODI who is working to keep west away & changing brainwashed history books.

[@NationalistBhartiya]

​​​@@yourconscience27Finally we got independence from 70 yr britis puppet Congress rule Now we had pm MODI who is working to keep west away & changing brainwashed history book.s

[@Emperorli90]

There were lots of "greedy people" during colonial times....including your "greedy Portuguese" ancestors.

[@harishmurthy7854]

Watching this on Indian independence day and me being an Indian feel bad for all my ancestors who suffered British oppression 😭

[@julions777]

Bro, that’s past, and we are the result of the past, conquerors and conquered is the history of the whole world not only India, we only have our future to make it better, greetings from Mexico

[@ecnalms851]

I'm British and I feel bad for all my ancestors who suffered from Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish Vikings.

[@oxherder9061]

@@julions777 Imperialism is definitely not in the past...

[@Santanibalak1]

Done worry bro, they will pay for it we forced them to pay price not through money but also through there life there self respect and others ways Work on progress You will see all results in next 40-50 years I know many of our still mentally colonised bharat varsh people say that forgive them or that's is part of history or others But We teach them ( turkish Race or brittish Race) a strong lesson for 1 millennium of humiliation

[@jeanettewee8805]

@@julions777 In 1750, India had 23% of the world's GDP because it had 25% of the world's population. However, Britain was already a wealthy country even before it colonized India. If we look at the per-capita income of India and Britain in the 1750s, Britain's per-capita income was three times that of India as per Maddison's data, and India's per-capita income had been declining for a century before Britain won the Battle of Plassey. Comparing the total GDP of India and Britain in the 1750s to argue that India was richer than Britain is like saying that Uttar Pradesh is richer than Goa today. Later, the Industrial Revolution occurred in the Western world after the Scientific Revolution, with the invention of machines and technologies like the steam engine, and their wealth increased exponentially. Meanwhile, India's global share of GDP dropped to 4% in 1950. The same thing happened in China, which was not directly colonized. In fact, China's per-capita income was even lower than India's at the time of independence. During the 1750s, China's per-capita income was higher than India's. Therefore, if we say that Asian countries are poorer because of colonization, then what happened to countries like Nepal, Bhutan, Ethiopia, and Liberia, which were not colonized? It's worth noting that Nepal has a similar history and culture to India, yet it is the poorest country in Asia. The fact that Nepal was not colonized by the British undermines the argument that colonization is solely responsible for a country's level of poverty. For more information about this topic watch Indian historian Zareer Masani Oxford speech about colonialism.

[@Kish34630]

British didn’t just divide on lines of caste & creed . But religious grounds too!

[@Overwatch17]

Other way round. Britain created a united India by defeating the Hindu nationalist Marathas, the Muslim nationalist Mughals and the Sikh Empire

[@austingkud4065]

​​@@Overwatch17 by bribing the Mughals and backstabbing the marathas . No wonder india lost,1857 first war independence as a consequence india had to face untold colonial atrocities.and by divide and rule strategy they broke india internally in the basis of religion, ethnicity, colour and language there can be no unity among the indians so they don't rebell against the British imperialism.

[@robobrain10000]

This is eye opening. I had no idea this is how economic history played out in India. Can you do a follow up on how the British managed to keep India under their control for so long? Were there any significant revolts that came up during the colonial period?

[@priyadarshi8548]

1857 revolt is considered the most important one British policy of 'Divide and Rule' made it possible to hold India for so long. Look it up👍

[@aintnoslice3422]

maybe you've never heard it becuase this video is oversimplistic and misleading BS.

[@aintnoslice3422]

@@shrey._.77s those "british propagandists" did a bad job "covering" up claims made countless times. If anything this is propaganda: overslimplistic, tribalistic, black-and-white, propaganda full of blatant misinformation and exaggeration (not least that "modern economists" 45T estimate). Its a comforting "evil britian" and "victim India" narrative which the Raj certainly wasnt.

[@mvalthegamer2450]

There was always some revolution against British rule somewhere. But by and large, extreme revolution was avoided by a well oiled propoganda machine and regional administration ensuring that most people scarcely knew of the true profiteers of their misery

[@r1a933]

Guns

[@kushgohil15000]

The effects of British colonialism have been reduced to a few main events in the eyes of mainstream discourse. I appreciate this video for going in-depth and covering the lesser known effects. As we currently see, once India reasserts itself and begins to recover from colonial hangover, it is able to recapture its position as one of the world's largest economies even from the clutches of former colonial masters.

[@desiputtar89]

Nope. We haven't recovered. We are still writing in English 🥴🥴🥴🥴

[@jeanettewee8805]

@@desiputtar89 Hey, the figure of 45 trillion dollars was calculated by a Marxist economist named UTSA Patnaik, using a flawed methodology of compounding the loot taken by the Britishers with a 5% interest rate. This method is inaccurate as the inflation rate in the 1950s was around 3.68%. Additionally, Patnaik arrived at a figure of 9 trillion pounds using this flawed method, which was then converted to dollars by multiplying it with 4.68. You can find these details in her article. Furthermore, Patnaik made an exaggerated claim that the British killed 1.8 billion people in India, which is obviously false. It's puzzling that channels like Vice and Wion omitted her outrageous claim of genocide. Unfortunately, spreading lies and misinformation is not uncommon in India. For instance, some stories claim that the Vikramaditya Empire controlled 40% of the world's land, or that India had airplanes 7000 years ago during the Vedic period. These are clearly baseless claims. There is also a story that Shivakar Talpade invented the airplane 8 years before the Wright Brothers, but that the British stole his idea and gave it to the Wright Brothers. India needs to stop perpetuating such false claims.

[@gagworks]

​@@jeanettewee8805stop pasting the same comment again and again you troll. All serious historians are 'Marxist' of some sort. Stop trying to diminish what the British did. No need to be hung up on the actual figure. Even a single rupee taken is exploitation. Are you seriously saying the Brits 'administered' India out of benevolence? Are you stupid?

[@saumyadave7040]

⁠@@jeanettewee8805looks like a british cuck doesn’t like what it says in the video. I agree that you think that this is exaggerated to some extent, but it could be around a few trillion. You can’t believe that a country which had global share in world trade was reduced to shit and the generations of wealth that was accumulated over thousands of years was not even worth 45 trillion usd. I see how you try to discredit her by saying she’s a marxist woth delusional claims and by also saying this is common in india. This really says how much of a british sympathizer you are that you have to spam in every comment by sharing your inconclusive ideals of still trying to preserve the image of genocidal colonialists.

[@arnavgautam319]

​@@jeanettewee8805keep spamming keep crying

[@krishnareddygudeti4723]

Thanks for explaining this important aspect of our history in such accessible way. You are doing great work.

[@beydingeh]

❤️❤️

[@sanchan2216]

Spark of motivation like this will go and inspire more creators... 👍

[@OddCompass]

Of course! Thank you for the support and encouragement.

[@khittaykachoudhary2360]

@@OddCompass British took India from Maratha Empire, Not Mughal Empire.

[@Abdullah-london]

​@@khittaykachoudhary2360will read up a bit more in depth. Clearly, I didn't pick up on that.

[@عالمالألغاز-ر7خ]

The essential truth about Britain that everyone needs to know

[@mauricebuckmaster9368]

All lies and distortions. . . .

[@anshbali5623]

​​@@mauricebuckmaster9368yup you guys are liars and mother f****** Bloody british

[@Abhilash-.]

India should Forgive but never forget, our ancestors held this land for 5000 years and our culture is still living and it’s the duty of current generation of Indians to make sure the culture and country can rise again.

[@ancientdreamer6940]

We shouldn't forgive either.

[@Obelixlxxvi]

In this mad world of power. It's highly illogical to forgive and let go. They still make money till date of all the looted treasures + money they invested in monuments/ art/ tourism/ development of their nation. You need to make them pay back/ reparations + give India back all the stolen arts/ jewels/ antiques or take away their resources.

[@sztypettto]

No forgiveness without accountability and reparations.

[@Dheeraj-y4f]

No forgive we will invade the whole europe by end of this century

[@yashb.suryawanshi9936]

@@Obelixlxxvi usa gifted back India 104 antiques when modi visited New York or Washington which city I forgot about that but this antiques, sculptures will play an important and divine role in making British India Bharath 🇮🇳 again...

[@Yash-fz7kw]

Despite the staggering $45 trillion looted by the British 🇬🇧, India's unwavering spirit has propelled its economy to reach $3 trillion today. Remarkably, 🇮🇳India proudly secures its place among the top 5 global economies by GDP. This remarkable journey showcases India's resilience and unyielding determination to rise above adversity.

[@RaulGonzalez-sw5dn]

Britain did not loot 45 trillion that number is hypothetical if india had industrialized which it didn’t

[@Userkangjihoon23451]

That's just because your population was too overpopulated, billions of people contributing each one individual GDP per capita.

[@mohamedsaleh7540]

@@RaulGonzalez-sw5dn Britain looted what’s equivalent to $45 trillion in todays currency. Did we watch the same video?

[@tobiasmccallum9697]

​@@mohamedsaleh7540Britain took what India was too weak to keep. Cry me another river snowflake

[@fsh9390]

Yeah but GDP per capita is bottom 160! Making the indian people one of the poorest in the world.

[@notes2thyself]

As an Indian, this made me so angry and sad. Life for modern Indians is unbelievably unfair and cruel.

[@digitalcommunist6335]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@namenl2205]

I'm laughing how White Europeans now fleeing Europe HAHAHHAHA @@digitalcommunist6335

[@ElPavesaroTergestin]

You should only be angry with your compatriots: this video is fake and it is thanks to the British and Western technology that you are better off. The problem is that you have children like rabbits.

[@StrangeGamer859]

Skill issue Should have built stronger institutions

[@MrKiljeaden89]

well how else if not for your exploitation would the Empire have flourished?

[@NidzShah-ps6kr]

My grandmother lived through Hitler's downfall, India's independence and all the wars India has fought and won. The stories she tells me are wild, she died at 107 years. This video reminds me of everything she had to live through.

[@cvenkat7766]

According to Pliny , the Roman historian , India used to export almost 59 items to Rome that include textiles , spices , leather products , ivory , perfumes , precious stones , wild animals etc . In turn , India used to import from Rome only 4 items ie gold , silver , tin and glass . Pliny also wrote that Rome had a huge trade deficit with India , and that was the main reason for the downfall of the Roman Empire .

[@razraza3183]

Rome paid India in gold and silver.

[@kerankerai7872]

Downfall of Rome had nothing to do with India. That was spending on civil wars in the empire brought down

[@markusionizer]

okh westoid@@kerankerai7872

[@ptliang011]

I think you are talking about China.

[@cvenkat7766]

@@ptliang011 . I am talking about India only .

[@AnashuaBanerji]

A thoroughly well researched video to substantiate my rants on the postcolonial psychological and infrastructural limitations we still have to get over. Big thanks.

[@OddCompass]

Haha, I’ve had too many similar rants myself! Glad the video was enjoyable, and thanks for the support ✌🏽

[@nikhilchaubey7]

kangana ka dialogue yaad aa gya aapka contribution dekhke.😂

[@Chaprii_hu]

Yar paisa kyu Diya yar didi

[@rollthetape88]

this does seem like propaganda though... @@OddCompass

[@JAYHINDPS49]

Hey Queen, you dropped this..👑 ❤

[@denzeljackson6505]

As an Indian who's forefathers were brought to South Africa by the British in 1860 to work on the sugar cane Fields this truly makes me sad, angry and all other emotion's

[@richbob9155]

brought? They chose to go for economic benefits and were treated like whites in Africa and not like the locals who received endless racism. Unless you are telling me everything ghandi wrote about Africa is lies? The Indians were famously the most anti-black racists in Africa, far more so than the Europeans. Learn your own history. They went there as colonisers the same as the British. Nothing about Indian involvement in Africa back then was any better than what the British did.

[@RS-ln3ns]

YES, AND MANY INDIANS WERE ALSO BROUGHT TO THE CARRIBBEAN ISLANDS AND ESPECIALLY, MAURITIUS, BY THE BRITISH, DURING THE 1800'S, TO WORK ON THE SUGAR CANE FIELDS. THE BRITISH NAMED THESE INDIANS, THE " COOLIES " WHICH MEANS UNSKILLED CHEAP LABOUR WORKERS. THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT RELIGIONS IN MAURITIUS BUT MOST ARE HINDUS.

[@souptikchakraborty2004]

​@@RS-ln3nsAs an Indian, this makes me really sad You comment was really sad... and also quite informative Also could you please turn off your capslock from the next time you type... because according to the rules of netiquette (internet-etiquette), typing with a capslock on, implies that you're shouting, either angrily or excitedly... I know, for you it might look like a cool font type thing, but its quite odd tbh...

[@RS-ln3ns]

@@souptikchakraborty2004 NO, I WILL NOT BECAUSE THERE'S A GOOD REASON WHY I USE CAPITAL LETTERS IN MY COMMENTS AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE I'M SHOUTING. IF I WAS SHOUTING, I WOULD DEFINITELY, END MY COMMENTS WITH AN EXCLAMATION "❗" MARK WHICH EXPRESSES SHOUTING. USING CAP LETTERS ONLINE MAY MEAN SHOUTING BUT PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS USE IT FOR THAT PURPOSE. YOU SHOULD ASK ME FIRST, WHY I USE IT IN MY COMMENTS, INSTEAD OF MAKING THE ASSUMPTION THAT I'M SHOUTING BECAUSE ONLY THEN YOU'LL FIND OUT THE TRUE REASON, WHY I USE IT.

[@souptikchakraborty2004]

@@RS-ln3ns hey, i wasn't trying to offend you dude.... Ok, tell me why you use caps

[@chiragGupta-o2z]

As an Indian I promise that there will be no uk soon

[@LatinW321]

Deport.

[@TheRajmah]

This video literally made me cry. I have heard stories of my forefathers eating in gold and silver plates but when british Left india our family didn't even had a roof on their heads

[@forret]

Yes they all drove Rolls Royces, smoked cigars and drank champagne too

[@MonkeyBrung86]

😂

[@TheRajmah]

@@forret read first hand accounts of foreign travellers to india. You will get to know. India was a very prosperous nation and gold and silver dinnersets was common . Even today after barbaric loot having a sliver plate as your dinner plate is pretty common for Indians. Almost ever middle class household will have silver plates and glasses at home. Do your research before replying else people will dismiss you as an ignorant person.

[@forret]

@@TheRajmah yes, most Indians eat from silver dinner sets. They all did when I lived there. Perhaps it is you that needs to do some research, rather than getting the history of India from a Marxist teenager on KZbin.

[@SmartArtzzz]

@@forretyou’re an ignoramus

[@cynicalidealist11]

It’s crazy for me to think that my grandmother was alive when India was still in British control.

[@sangeethnandakumar2534]

​@Dr.Kay_R True I'm from Kerala. The first europian (Portugeese) Vasco Da Gama landeed in India on Kerala's Kapad beach situated in Kozhikode (British can't pronounce it and call it 'Calicut'). At that time Kerala was doing high volume spice trades with Arabs, Egyptians and East Asian countris. Mostly black pepper, gold and stuff where valued as treassures and Kerala is abundant with it. Vasco Da Gama tried to make a deal into that time's King of Kozhikode Samuthiri (British can't pronounce it and calls 'Zamorin') to make a trade deal. The Arabs where loyal trades unlike british. They bring goods from Arabia and Persia however Britishes had bad intensions. To everyone who's confused about Kerala and South India in particlar. This is how Islam comes to south India. Through loyal trade and trust. That's why you see a difference in people's attitude towards Muslims in Kerala or south India compared to North where Islam comes with war and brutal killings. So it's obvious. Also that's how India's first Mosque has been build. It's called 'Cheraman Juma Majsid' where 'Cheraman' was a Hindu King of that time. It's still standing proud in our state. By the way although all these happened and had many fights with British Kerala was relatively safe. And that's because Britishes had more focus on today's Kerala Karnataka border which is a small part at north of Kerala. Southern kindgoms like Kochi (Cochin), Kozhikode (Calicut) and Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) somehow resisted it by making some deals

[@rocinantesh8391]

I don't have enough words to express how grateful we are that you bought this in light for the whole world to see, thank you.

[@jeanettewee8805]

In 1750, India had 23% of the world's GDP because it had 25% of the world's population. However, Britain was already a wealthy country even before it colonized India. If we look at the per-capita income of India and Britain in the 1750s, Britain's per-capita income was three times that of India as per Maddison's data, and India's per-capita income had been declining for a century before Britain won the Battle of Plassey. Comparing the total GDP of India and Britain in the 1750s to argue that India was richer than Britain is like saying that Uttar Pradesh is richer than Goa today. Later, the Industrial Revolution occurred in the Western world after the Scientific Revolution, with the invention of machines and technologies like the steam engine, and their wealth increased exponentially. Meanwhile, India's global share of GDP dropped to 4% in 1950. The same thing happened in China, which was not directly colonized. In fact, China's per-capita income was even lower than India's at the time of independence. During the 1750s, China's per-capita income was higher than India's. Therefore, if we say that Asian countries are poorer because of colonization, then what happened to countries like Nepal, Bhutan, Ethiopia, and Liberia, which were not colonized? It's worth noting that Nepal has a similar history and culture to India, yet it is the poorest country in Asia. The fact that Nepal was not colonized by the British undermines the argument that colonization is solely responsible for a country's level of poverty.

[@GTXBOY1650]

Bro is just copy pasting the same thing in everyone's reply

[@giogiovideos4347]

I'd like to help @OddCompass to freely offer him italian and Spanish transcription to extend viewer. How can I contact you? Best

[@shounakbarat2819]

Literally just copied Shashi Tharoor's book btw

[@radhamanohar2307]

@@jeanettewee8805GTFO and have some life🤣🤣

[@BatmanNinja420]

My grandfather was born in 1914 , and I'm only 27 years old , i wish i was born earlier to hear what his life was like during the british rule.

[@kc4276]

Not just for India and the entire subcontinent, but for the unheard (i.e. ignored) voices of the Global South - Thank you.

[@jeanettewee8805]

The $45 trillion figure is a mathematical construction, not something that actually happened. It's a speculative projection, not what occurred in the real world. $45 trillion was never transferred from India, Utsa Patnaik herself estimates the actual figure as about £1 billion pounds in total, the rest is manufactured from compound interest rates up to the year 2016. It should be obvious that a calculation at a 5% compound interest rate to the year 2016 and beyond should not be represented as the “drain” on the Indian economy 1765-1938. Shame on those who understand this and yet knowingly spread it on the internet, they clearly have some kind of agenda. It's misinforming the public, and a gross distortion of the truth.

[@culturedealer4464]

@@jeanettewee8805 lol, that's just one piece of the story. Of course it's a mathematical construction - but your rebuttal also doesn't account for what the construction is attempting to say. The economy of India was truly pillaged from the leading one in the world to the dearth of poverty, all for british greed

[@jeanettewee8805]

@@culturedealer4464 India's economic growth during colonial period was way higher than that during mughal rule. From 1850 to 1947, India's GDP in 1990 international dollars grew from $125.7 billion to $213.7 billion, a 70% increase, or an average annual growth rate of 0.55%. This was a higher rate of growth than during the Mughal era (1600-1700), when it had grown by 22%, an annual growth rate of 0.20%, or the longer period of mostly British East Indian company rule from 1700 to 1850 where it grew 39%, or 0.22% annually.[12] Source:Wikipedia

[@culturedealer4464]

@@jeanettewee8805 of course - the mughal empire degraded India (not just financially, but along other vectors) - India's gdp was high despite the mughal empire, not because of it. India's global share of gdp drastically reduced during the span of the mughal empire. Also this is a ridiculous point anyways since global gdp increased drastically during this time. What you need to do is compare gdp growth as compared to global gdp growth rate during mughal rule vs british rule. The global gdp growth rate was incredible post industrialization - and I guarantee the proportional growth during the mughal empire was greater than the proportional growth during the british empire You're using statistics in a malicious manner to push your agenda. You should be ashamed of yourself

[@jeanettewee8805]

@@culturedealer4464 In 1750, India had 23% of the world's GDP because it had 25% of the world's population. However, Britain was already a wealthy country even before it colonized India. If we look at the per-capita income of India and Britain in the 1750s, Britain's per-capita income was three times that of India, and India's per-capita income had been declining for a century before Britain won the Battle of Plassey. Comparing the total GDP of India and Britain in the 1750s to argue that India was richer than Britain is like saying that Uttar Pradesh is richer than Goa today. Later, the Industrial Revolution occurred in the Western world after the Scientific Revolution, with the invention of machines and technologies like the steam engine, and their wealth increased exponentially. Meanwhile, India's global share of GDP dropped to 4% in 1950. The same thing happened in China, which was not directly colonized. In fact, China's per-capita income was even lower than India's at the time of independence. During the 1750s, China's per-capita income was higher than India's. Therefore, if we say that Asian countries are poorer because of colonization, then what happened to countries like Nepal, Bhutan, Ethiopia, and Liberia, which were not colonized? It's worth noting that Nepal has a similar history and culture to India, yet it is the poorest country in Asia. The fact that Nepal was not colonized by the British undermines the argument that colonization is solely responsible for a country's level of poverty.

[@kaushikvsmaniyan]

Our history shows the price of being economically rich but militarily poor. Military power is the basis of lasting prosperity

[@Knaeben]

The psychological technologies that came about in the enlightenment dictated that any impedances to the flow of energy (a.k.a. capital) had to be eliminated, no matter how tragic, ridiculous, or wasteful. So having a military doesn't really matter in the long run. The Brits kind of came in under the radar.

[@googane7755]

Is the Hindu caste system the problem with weak militaries? India has been invaded and ruled by foreigners since like ancient history.

[@jeanettewee8805]

In 1750, India had 23% of the world's GDP because it had 25% of the world's population. However, Britain was already a wealthy country even before it colonized India. If we look at the per-capita income of India and Britain in the 1750s, Britain's per-capita income was three times that of India as per Maddison's data, and India's per-capita income had been declining for a century before Britain won the Battle of Plassey. Comparing the total GDP of India and Britain in the 1750s to argue that India was richer than Britain is like saying that Uttar Pradesh is richer than Goa today. Later, the Industrial Revolution occurred in the Western world after the Scientific Revolution, with the invention of machines and technologies like the steam engine, and their wealth increased exponentially. Meanwhile, India's global share of GDP dropped to 4% in 1950. The same thing happened in China, which was not directly colonized. In fact, China's per-capita income was even lower than India's at the time of independence. During the 1750s, China's per-capita income was higher than India's. Therefore, if we say that Asian countries are poorer because of colonization, then what happened to countries like Nepal, Bhutan, Ethiopia, and Liberia, which were not colonized? It's worth noting that Nepal has a similar history and culture to India, yet it is the poorest country in Asia. The fact that Nepal was not colonized by the British undermines the argument that colonization is solely responsible for a country's level of poverty. For more information about this topic watch Indian historian Zareer Masani Oxford speech about colonialism.

[@rajitshrivastava1769]

@@jeanettewee8805 HEY kid talk me in term of PPP

[@jeanettewee8805]

@@rajitshrivastava1769 This is what is brought out by Maddison’s estimates of GDP per capita, again in PPP terms in 1990 dollars. In 1 AD, India’s GDP per capita was $450, as was China’s. But Italy under the Roman Empire had a per capita income of $809. In 1000 AD, India’s per capita income was $450 and China’s $466. But the average of the West Asian countries, such as Turkey and Iraq, was much higher at $621. In terms of general prosperity, therefore, it was the Arab world that was doing well a millennium ago. The Caliphate in Baghdad was a centre of power at the time and both science and culture flourished. By 1500, though, new centres of prosperity had emerged. India’s per capita income was $550 and China’s $600 in 1500. The Arab world had declined. But standards of living in Western Europe at that time had already gone far ahead. Italy topped the table, with a per capita income of $1,100, the Netherlands following with a per capita income of $761. This was the Italy of the Renaissance, the Italy of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, of Raphael and Titian. The UK was not far behind, with a per capita income of $714. By 1600, the centre of Europe had shifted northwards and the golden age of Holland had begun. Dutch per capita income was $1,381 in 1600, while Britain in Shakespeare’s time had a per capita income of $974. Recall that 1600 was the year the East India Company was founded. In contrast, India’s per capita income continued to be $550, while China’s was $600. Note that even Ireland, one of the poorest of Western Europe’s countries, had a per capita income of $615, higher than India’s and China’s. In short, the per capita GDP numbers mirror the changes in power, prosperity and cultural and scientific achievement. It wasn’t till 1981 that India had a per capita income of $977, beating that of Britain in 1600. And it wasn’t until 1993 that India’s per capita income of $1,399 surpassed what the Dutch had achieved in 1600. Maddison’s calculations show that in 2008, India’s per capita GDP ( in 1990 dollars, PPP terms) was $2,975, slightly more than one-third of the world average of $7,614.

[@himavamsi8980]

Western media are saying that Indians should learn more about holocaust due to recent Bollywood controversy. But I bet they will not even accept about this genocide in India. Even I did not know till now that soo people died in my country under their rule. 😞

[@gravewalker34]

They don't care about us, we shouldn't care abt them. We are subhuman in their eyes. Animals. They don't acknowledge our contributions at all.

[@mayankbhaskar1654]

What was the controversy?

[@himavamsi8980]

@@mayankbhaskar1654 kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5fPZWeZm856eac

[@gravewalker34]

@@mayankbhaskar1654 nothing. They want us to cry abt their killer and celebrate our killers.

[@akshaykareem6334]

2 things can be correct at the same time. India does treat its minorities like shit AND the British were also shit. Both are true. An educated person can see that

[@AKSHAYBHOPANI]

Wonderful Research 💯

[@peacelover3208]

Until 1000 AD, India had an incredibly prosperous economy constituting to around 33% worlds GDP or 1/3 of the whole world.

[@Dale_The_Space_Wizard]

How many British were in India in 1000 AD?

[@Dale_The_Space_Wizard]

@@vin-bharatmahaan6569 How many British invaded India in 800 AD?

[@Dale_The_Space_Wizard]

@@vin-bharatmahaan6569 Britain was invaded by the Dutch and the House of Orange was put on the throne, a Dutch Royale Family. Then the Dutch rulers used Dutch and British resourses to subdue India. Therefore it was a Dutch invasion, not British. The native British were victims and had absolutely no say in these events taking pl;ace in India.

[@GAURAV-dm1gm]

​@@Dale_The_Space_Wizard so is queen elizabeth, queen victoria Dutch? If so then change ur flag to the dutch flag

[@jeanettewee8805]

@@Dale_The_Space_Wizard In 1750, India had 23% of the world's GDP because it had 25% of the world's population. However, Britain was already a wealthy country even before it colonized India. If we look at the per-capita income of India and Britain in the 1750s, Britain's per-capita income was three times that of India, and India's per-capita income had been declining for a century before Britain won the Battle of Plassey. Comparing the total GDP of India and Britain in the 1750s to argue that India was richer than Britain is like saying that Uttar Pradesh is richer than Goa today. Later, the Industrial Revolution occurred in the Western world after the Scientific Revolution, with the invention of machines and technologies like the steam engine, and their wealth increased exponentially. Meanwhile, India's global share of GDP dropped to 4% in 1950. The same thing happened in China, which was not directly colonized. In fact, China's per-capita income was even lower than India's at the time of independence. During the 1750s, China's per-capita income was higher than India's. Therefore, if we say that Asian countries are poorer because of colonization, then what happened to countries like Nepal, Bhutan, Ethiopia, and Liberia, which were not colonized? It's worth noting that Nepal has a similar history and culture to India, yet it is the poorest country in Asia. The fact that Nepal was not colonized by the British undermines the argument that colonization is solely responsible for a country's level of poverty.

[@manishgadia]

Thanks! Keep such facts about India coming in!

[@rimrm2232]

I grew up with my grandparents, hearing first hand stories of the times towards the end of the british rule in india. My grandfather's elder brother had slapped his british boss because he verbally abused his staff saying "bloody natives" so he had to run away from his district (now Jessore, Bangladesh) to now India as he would be arrested if he visited. My grandfather had to look after his brother's family and bring them to the Indian side of the border during partition of Bengal. I listened to how my ancestors secretly listened to Netajis radio transmission to masses and engaged in freedom movements. I heard the horrible first hand stories of the times between 20-40s so I do not stand by anyone saying or believing the British did good for us

[@findingbeautyinthepain8965]

Calling someone a blood native isn’t verbally abusive. The word bloody is equivalent to silly. That would be the same as me calling a Native American a silly native. Depending on the context, it might not be the nicest thing to say, but it certainly isn’t abusive. If you heard what African slaves, Italian immigrants, and Irish immigrants were called by their bosses in the USA, you would truly understand abusive language. Today, it’s Hispanic illegal immigrants who are verbally and physically abused by their bosses here. They can’t even do anything about it, like go to HR, because they are working illegally. It’s very, very sad, but adults often need to let a mean words roll off their back, in order to support their families. It’s so sad that your uncle lost his temper and put the finical support of his family on someone else. That wasn’t fair to your uncle’s family, and it definitely wasn’t fair to your grandfather, who had already worked his whole life and raised his family. My heart breaks that your grandfather couldn’t have it easy in his older years. He is a saint!

[@rimrm2232]

@@findingbeautyinthepain8965 thank you. While I don't deny anyone's suffering, I can understand why the situation came to be that way. India's struggle for independence is often underrated and watered down mostly in western countries, but if you ever come to know about the real situation at that time it was bad for us. The slap resulted from years of abuse and the atrocities caused by British everywhere around them. Especially around the first and second world wars the independence movement rose at its peak, and not one Indian was immune to it. We just wanted our freedom back. Many of my family members were directly and indirectly connected in some way with this movement. Even if it can be seen as a selfish thing to do with mouths to feed, anybody can do lash out if they face years of oppression. Ironically today is my country's independence day, and I am glad and proud of all my ancestors who helped in even the most micro way possible to give me this freedom! Coming to your kind comment about my grandfather, Yes he was the kindest man I ever saw in my life. He actually paid for his brother's entire family - and they had 8 children! He never stopped helping others till his last breath. I grew up with him, holding to my heart all the stories about those days, idolizing him and I miss him terribly now that my best teacher is not here anymore.! I hope we can all come out of the hate and oppression and become like him!

[@andrewmclaughlin2701]

lol ... plumbing is still overwhelming

[@rimrm2232]

@@andrewmclaughlin2701 justifying your own ignorance through the means of sarcasm isn't something to be proud of.

[@jeanettewee8805]

@@rimrm2232 Have you ever wondered how a tiny island was able to conquer a subcontinent 20 times it's size from a distance of 5000 km. It's quite difficult to believe if India was such a rich country how a tiny island was able to conquer it. Even Shashi Tharoor acknowledged that the whole subcontinent containing more than 300 million people was ruled by 100,000 Britishers. Have you wondered how this happened? It's because most Indians at that time found British to be more benevolent than the native rulers. That's why Sikhs, Gurkhas, lower castes, many industrialists like tata supported Britishers. Many social reformers like Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Sree Narayana Guru, Savitri Phule found Britishers to be good. Look at their quotes on the British Empire. BR Ambedkar was a person who even opposed Quit India movement. Is it British fault that Brits were more benevolent than native rulers. It is not because of colonization many countries are rich and many are poor. Just look at the top 10 richest countries in the world in terms of Per-capita PPP, 7 of them are British former colonies. Look at most richest countries in Europe ie Scandinavian countries, Ireland, Switzerland who hadn't colonized other countries etc. They are more rich than Britain. It's because Brits were more technologically and economically advanced that they were able to colonize other countries. Same reason why Germany conquered half of Europe and America able to influence other countries. Look at the richest countries like Switzerland, Singapore, Ireland they having less resources and haven't colonized other countries. Look at Singapore, Ireland which was an ex-colony British Empire having per-capita double that of Britain. Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew accepted that before British colonization Singapore was a fishing village. Just Google Singapore Quarell over colonialism. Singaporean leaders have the balls to accept the positive impact of British colonization unlike Indian leaders crying even after 75 years claiming nonsense like British looted 45 trillion dollars, killed 1.8 billion people, prevented Shivakur Talpade from inventing aeroplane, cut the thumbs of weavers etc. That's why Singapore is 100 times more successful than India. To have a more understanding on this topic watch Indian historian Zareer Masani Oxford speech about British Empire. Also watch the debate between Shashi Tharoor and Zareer Masani. Just because these videos have less views than 45 trillion dollars loot, Vikramaditya Empire doesn't make the latter one true.

[@BloodRaven11116]

Good unbiased video.thanks🇮🇳❤that's why I love west.because West freedom of speech inspires all of us. Lots of love.😄👍👍👍👍

[@snehasis28]

Its 1 am at night and I am almost teary after watching this video. The effects of the colonisation can still be felt in India today. The mindset of the people has become poor. But its changing. The global order is changing and India will regain what it lost.

[@whykoks]

How?

[@abhijitbhushan]

@@whykoks Through technology and education

[@whykoks]

@@abhijitbhushan tell those institutions and their funding who will help India regain its lost glory...

[@Maolana_ModiG]

Yet u hv no shame and pride. Following them

[@justmyopinion9883]

After watching this video, I can see that Africa isn’t the only continent that has been mercilessly exploited. So sad. 😢

[@Aubrey2004-j4k]

They exploited everything these people

[@Aubrey2004-j4k]

Greedy bastards

[@knightsebas]

The americas: "First time?"

[@thevault5828]

The fact of the matter is that Islamic Nations from the Middle East and Africa spent 2000 years before this trying to invade and conquer Europe. Once European technology had advanced past the Islamic nations, they were finally put on the defensive for the first time and now in the modern age they’re crying victim.

[@controversialpsychologist3052]

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[@reginageorgetownuni]

As indians, we have to focus on improving our country and improving our quality of life. Competing with other countries doesn't matter.

[@EmpressKiera]

I have a lot of respect for you for saying this. Too many people just want to point fingers and spread hate instead of making something from what they DO have. The past is in the past, the only thing anyone can do now is move forwards. Your mindset is one everyone should aspire to have.

[@Indianguy_]

famine also genetically changed indians to have skiny fat... women in india must breed with genetically stronger indian males ao that after 150 years our grandkids get free from skinny fat

[@gappergob6169]

For india to develop, they'll gonna needs to takes US and Allies market one day. They'll get similar treatment as Chinese if they ever get that big.

[@reginageorgetownuni]

@@gappergob6169 yeah, that's true. But the thing is, India's rise is not the same as that of China. China is imperialist exactly like the US. And China is aggressive towards US allies (Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea) unlike India (who's not aggressive against anyone, only defensive towards Pakistan and China). India is not a US ally, India's Army poses no threat to that of US, India's interests and those of US do not clash, US is not debt trapping India to keep it on it's side. Indian Government is smart enough (has learnt from China's mistakes) to keep the interest of the country and countrymen at heart, instead of wanting to "grow big" and clash with the US.

[@reginageorgetownuni]

@@gappergob6169 I guess India is taking the African and the "Global South" market first. That's why Modi was in a hurry to add the African Union to G20 and made it G21.

[@nabarunghoshal560]

An important thing has been omitted in this video. While leaving, the British divided our country to create Pakistan, that has led to a saga of unending wars and proxy wars that are draining our wealth in buying newer weapons from other countries.

[@rasithak.kk.k710]

India is poor until britsh came 😂

[@NationalistBhartiya]

​Lol you're still spaming continuously from tomorrow?😂?@@rasithak.kk.k710

[@nabarunghoshal560]

@@ps6572 partition was created by the British in the nineteenth century. At that time, the British did not understand the religious difference among the Indians and called them "Hindoo" in a derogatory sense. (A character in Arthur Connan Doyle's novel "The Sign of Four" was named 'Mahomet Singh') 😄 As the British faced the united struggle of the Hindus and Muslims in 1857, they realised the need to divide the Indians in religious line. They sent a retired IAS officer named Allan Octavian Hume who created the Indian National Congress that was principally composed of elite Hindus close to British rulers. Soon after they created the Muslim League led by the Muslim elite. As a consequence, another organisation called the "Hindu Mahasabha" was born that contained the more radical Hindus. This division was utilised by the British to ease their colonial rule and ultimately they split the country into India and Pakistan, creating a permanent enmity between the two parts of the subcontinent. As a result, the taxpayers of both countries have to bear the burden of an unnecessary military budget, that hinders the growth of the two countries in other spheres.

[@derekjetter4039]

the british made the pakistanis and indians hate each other. Wow, special british powers.

[@ikeu6433]

The worst part is the amount of effort that so many British put into maintaining the lie that India was always like that. They have the audacity to imply the Indians should be grateful.

[@Alejojojo6]

India 300 years ago was poorer than it is today. Dont be fooled by ego and patriotism. This video has a lot of bias.

[@psy8917]

​@@Alejojojo6yeah, Brits were here 300 years ago that's why. Thanks for your input.

[@Alduizard]

@@Alejojojo6 And that relative prosperity is no thanks to the british, and all thanks to Indians themselves. India is THE only post-colonial nation that has managed to stay a democracy and is a thriving nation, atleast on the Eurasian continent between Israel and South Korea. The natural fate for post-colonial countries can be witnessed in Africa. At India's independence, british left India with per capita GDP equivalent to(and even lower in some parts like BIhar, which was historically the economic/cultural heartland of the region) that of sub-saharan africa, which has never been the case before in recorded history. It is precisely patriotism and our unique strength and perseverance that we are thriving as a country. Not bcz of some pasty tyrants of the past who couldn't even manage their own nations properly in the absence of such erstwhile tyranny.

[@matgranger5061]

@@Alejojojo6 Britain was poorer that's why it colonized and looted resources from India and many other countries.

[@matgranger5061]

@llamagaming8998 You are a fool.

[@BeyondRhythms]

This boils my blood. We knew this from history but the numbers are staggering. India is resilient and will be back to its old glory. Jai Hind!!

[@HelloThere-jd8vd]

How can she slap?

[@suprememajd3090]

Under Islamic Rule India was flourishing for 800 years, Then under British rule india was ravaged in less than 100 years...

[@moonootoo]

Right now, the most important thing India needs to do is to stop the indiscriminate rape of Indian children and women.

[@tpxchallenger]

The numbers are staggering because they are made up. These numbers are based on a hypothetical situation where India industrialized at the same rate and accrued capital at the same rate as Britain starting in 1700. Britain was at that point inventing industrial steam economy. At that time India was not a single country but several hundred different states ov various sizes and as war torn as Europe. And bear in mind, the standard of living for working people in Britain actually declined during the early Industrial Revolution. More importantly, perhaps, Britain was creating capital through the slave based sugar and tobacco trade, followed by the slave based cotton trade. This I don't think modern Indians would pursue.

[@richardwills-woodward]

No, it wasn't. You simply lie to yourself. India wasn't a country and as recorded fact India was full of hundreds of warring tribes that couldn't even speak the same language as one another. The British rediscovering Sanskrit were warned by Indians that wider knowledge of this would create a myth for Indian nationalists to live by. Clearly they were right and here you are - lying to yourself and others. @@suprememajd3090

[@kuntal_singhvi]

My blood boils on hearing about the atrocities inflicted upon my ancestors! And Britain can't even seem to acknowledge the fact that they did something wrong

[@ivanexell-uz4mv]

Ironic when you support coutnries like Russia Edit: Jesus I upset 80% of the Indian populations lmao 😂

[@kuntal_singhvi]

@@ivanexell-uz4mv we support those who support us...and India is not aiding Russia in the war in terms of military involvement...we are buying oil because it's cheap

[@jeanettewee8805]

@@kuntal_singhvi Hey, the figure of 45 trillion dollars was calculated by a Marxist economist named UTSA Patnaik, using a flawed methodology of compounding the loot taken by the British with a 5% interest rate. This method is inaccurate as the inflation rate in the 1950s was around 3.68%. Additionally, Patnaik arrived at a figure of 9 trillion pounds using this flawed method, which was then converted to dollars by multiplying it with 4.68. You can find these details in her article. Furthermore, Patnaik made an exaggerated claim that the British killed 1.8 billion people in India, which is obviously false. It's puzzling that channels like Vice and Wion omitted her outrageous claim of genocide. Unfortunately, spreading lies and misinformation is not uncommon in India. For instance, some stories claim that the Vikramaditya Empire controlled 40% of the world's land, or that India had airplanes 7000 years ago during the Vedic period. These are clearly baseless claims. There is also a story that Shivakar Talpade invented the airplane 8 years before the Wright Brothers, but that the British stole his idea and gave it to the Wright Brothers. India needs to stop perpetuating such false claims.

[@ragethewolf]

@@jeanettewee8805you seem to be crying everywhere bot

[@DesiMotorcycleDiaries]

@@ivanexell-uz4mvmuch lesser evil, the British killed much more than Stalin or the Nazi wake up

[@visheshmishra0]

My great grandfather was also a freedom fighter, the British imprisoned him for 16 years.

[@NationalistBhartiya]

Huge respect for ur grandfather 🔥

[@justmynickname]

Greetings from Poland to India ;-)

[@strivingforsuccess88]

Lots of love from India 🤗❤️

[@b.b7039]

respect/love Poland. I went to school with only Muslims and Polish people and a few Indians my self. have to say my best friends were always Polish! great people. I dont like muslims. suffering from Islamophobie. onewrong move and they become terrorist hurting innocent.

[@WarsawPolandPL]

Dzeinkuje

[@pgek5vz]

British are good they provide English education and connected india western scientific research institute They develope india as Modern India They provide open school for Dalit community and also give scholarship to dalit community .Dalit had face 3000 year atrocities by Brahmins kshatriya hindu religion. But when British came india they gives dalit to hope live life a equal men British destroy caste system of Brahmins Hindu culture now I am also dalit we thank to British came india to independent Dalit from Brahmins Hindu religion atrocities Dalit are not allowed get education before British But Now Every Dalit Become Doctor Engineer Scientific Research Scholar it provide Under by British Empire Rule Why does everyone body want fake news against British Rule because it is a fake news by Brahmin Hindu religion higher caste . Brahmin hindu have fake god fake religion book Brahmins rape Dalit women but British Empire Rule destroy Brahmins Hindu Culture. British are great People

[@Danxyy14]

Hitler- (I'm sorry)

[@thecrow30]

Love Indias rich history and hopefully rich future 😊 Love from Austria

[@tHewaNNabeThInkER-re3jw]

Except they're horny af.

[@gorkaaustin5306]

@TPDTNDschizo

[@harshalpathak8847]

​@Horus-j3f Muslims are also going to ensure britain never rise again😂😂

[@StrumVogel]

As someone who’s country is also a subjected to Dutch and British colonialism, I can completely relate to our Indian brothers plight.

[@alareiks742]

South Africa?

[@dragano556]

@@alareiks742 Every other African nation kicked they’re colonizers out but SA still slunking on the matter and putting up with foolishness!

[@elaine1034]

England has been raping Canada of resources since Freemason J. A. MacDonald was our first PM. Our parliament has a throne, a governor general who represents the now King of England who gets *crown land* revenue, Royal Canadian Mounted Police and an upper and lower house of representatives. Canadians were conscripted to fight in 2 world wars that were English wars.

[@somethingelse9535]

Why? India wasnt plundered at all. This video is a load nonsense.

[@elaine1034]

@@somethingelse9535 You must be one of the *dumbed down generation*.

[@Johnny-pi1vk]

British gave education equality dignity to lower castes people Bramins have destroyed Indian culture through the cruel and unjust castes system Without British Indian culture wouldn't have been development

[@rayalaseema6728]

Warm wishes from Bharat 🇮🇳 🚩 you tell our ancestors legacy to the world 🌎 ❤

[@mrbecker7628]

As a non Indian, I shed tears while watching this 😞😞😞😞😞

[@razraza3183]

British implemented Final Solution on India, just like Hitler implemented Final Solution on Jews.

[@thekeyboardrattles]

Then know this, this video does not even cover 0.00000001% of actual pain and suffering of the native populations. I am an Indian, and I've met people who were part of freedom fight.

[@AryanSharma-xy8oo]

As an Indian, I'm just disappointed, imagining what a great and prosperous country we may have been if not for the Britisher, we could've theoretically become an Asian version of the US, a democratic China... So sad.

[@mauricebuckmaster9368]

@@AryanSharma-xy8oo Amusing. If it hadn’t been for the British, you’d still be a conglomeration of endlessly warring petty states, mired in conflict, starvation and barbarism. . . .

[@mauricebuckmaster9368]

@@AryanSharma-xy8oo As it is, India is on course to be a world power, economically, militarily and politically. You can thank Britain for that. . . .

[@danieldpa8484]

Those riches of India made the British empire. A powerful people, when divided, will always be pray to a better organised aggressor

[@lobbyskids2]

Natural resources are valueless when they stay in the ground. Why didnt the Indians use them to better their civilisation? Why were they so far behind technologically and culturally that they couldn't defend themselves?