来自MSN26 天
Colonial Shadows: How British Rule Shaped and Altered India's Identity
This was pre-colonial India—a civilization not just thriving but dazzling. But the story took a darker turn when the British arrived, wielding not swords alone but policies and manipulation to ...
Hindustan Times20 天
UK's richest 10% took half of colonial India's extracted wealth, ‘enough to carpet London ...
Rights group Oxfam's latest report released on Monday said that the UK extracted $64.82 trillion from colonial ... British of “industrial scale” poppy cultivation in poorer areas of eastern ...
europastar.com28 天
Swiss watches in colonial India
The introduction of Swiss watches to colonial India can be traced back to the 19th century, when the subcontinent’s increasing interactions with Europe made Swiss horology accessible to the privileged ...
ndtvprofit20 天
UK’s Colonial Exploitation Of India Led To Mammoth $64 Trillion Drain: Study
was a product of the colonial era and many colonial corporations employed their own armies to ruthlessly crush rebellions, it said. The East India Company’s army in India totalled 260,000 soldiers -- ...
Indiatimes5 天
How British rule crippled the Indian economy for 190 years
An Oxfam report has revived the debate about whether British colonial rule helped or harmed India. Here are two empirical markers to settle the debate once and for all ...
The National20 天
Amount stolen from India by colonial Britain revealed in Oxfam report
The report follows Coldplay’s Chris Martin (above) comments as he thanked fans in Mumbai on Saturday for “forgiving” Britain's colonial past. The band are in India for their Asia leg of their tour as ...
The Hindu2 天
Colonial legacy of death penalty still continuing in India, says Chelameswar
Some say that we are getting rid of the colonial ... British rule, Mr. Chelameswar tried to shed light on the factors that had driven the people to participate in the movement. “In those days ...
CNN-News1813 天
General Knowledge: This Indian State Could Never Be Colonised By The British
India’s heritage and traditions are renowned for their richness. The prosperity of this land is evident in the fact that the British colonised it for the sole purpose of exploitation. Their 200-year ...
The Indian Express17 天
The British Raj through George Orwell’s eyes: How colonial India shaped the literary legend
It was in Burma’s oppressive heat, amid the contradictions of colonial rule, that Eric Blair began his metamorphosis into George Orwell — a writer determined to confront power in all its guises. Even ...
Indiatimes21 天
UK's richest 10% took half of India's wealth during colonial era: Oxfam report
"This would be enough to carpet the surface area of London in British ... undermined India's industrial growth potential," the report added. During World War I, disruptions in colonial trade ...
Business Line21 天
Oxfam: UK extracted $64.82 trillion from India during colonial era, $33.8 trillion ...
In India during the British colonial period, the caste system was formalized through legal and administrative measures, which reinforced its rigid boundaries. The report also talked about the ...