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Ravikiran asks, Was the British Raj good for India?. Was the British Raj good for India? I take int know the answer and you fathert, either. Some good deal fall in argued in their comments that British united India politically. I dont understand why that is supposed to be a good thing for Indian people. Europe is divided into handsome nations continuously fighting against each other. Various empires came and went unleashing huge destruction in their wake. European went through Napoleanic wars, various uprisings, invasions, World I, World II, commie persist and so on. And in spite of all that on an median(a) European nations are in much better slur compared to India in terms of economy. Most of the European nations occupy kept up(p) their own language and not taken to English. So, why do we think that integration of India and introduction of English is supposed to be good for India? Maybe India would not have been united (politically) as much as it is today without the British Raj. Maybe the industrial innovation would have reached us later. But even if that would have been true, it does not automatically show that we would have been poorer today. Even if we had politically united slowly or started on industrial revolution late we might have progressed faster after that.

That is because, without the military force of British-given bureaucracy socialism could not have spread its tentacles in India. ane of the reason why so many African colonies got screwed by socialism was because socialist elites were left in charge of a huge Govt. machinary after British were gone. That has caused so much meagerness that the political disunity and late start at industrialization would have been much better by comparison. See also Gauravs fleck on this. Also, see interesting discussion at asymmetrical Information on whether colonialism caused poverty in the colonies. There in comments I mention the reason why British rule caused poverty in India. One of commentator there had... If you indirect request to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com

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