Question

Effects of colonialism in India

Answer 1

Industrial sector was in desperate need of modernisation, diversification, capacity building and increased investment. Foreign trade was mostly in favour of rapidly expanding British Economy.

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Answer 2

The effects of Colonisation in India is far and wide, and one can argue about it's good or bad effects but there is no doubt that it has left a grave impact on India and on the life of Indians which are felt even today.

Explanation:

• The Oxford dictionary defines Colonisation as the practice of acquiring a land and extending control over another country, occupying the natives and economically exploiting the country.
• India was the largest colony of Britain, and more than 49 percent of the then population of Britain is said to be benefitted directly from the money coming from India.

• One may argue that Colonial rule was beneficial for India, but one cannot ignore the grave and horrific treatment of Indians by their British superiors.

• The British Colonial rule on India lasted for about 200 years, starting from 1757 and then finally ending its rule on 15th August, 1947.
• Through this entire time, there was no increase in the per capita income of the people living in the entire Indian subcontinent.
• During the colonial rule, the life expectancy of the people in Indian subcontinent fall dramatically by 20 percent.
• The British induced famines have killed around 12 - 30 millions Indians. The most infamous among those famines was the Bengal Famine of 1941, which was deliberately induced by the then Prime Minister of Britain, Winston Churchill to have a buffer stock for the British soldiers in the Second World War.
• The Railways which is often considered as the British gift to India was actually made to serve the British, for the transportation of their goods and products, and not for benefitting the Indians.
• All these are few of the thousand points which can be pointed out about the devastating effects of colonial rule in India.