what if The British never left India and instead started ruling in the interest of Indians?
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So I have jotted down few points which I think would have been the case if The British wouldn't have ruled India for 200 years.
1. A United India: Many think that it was British who brought all tiny provinces, which were in existence before their invasion, come together to form a strong united country India to fight them. But there is a counterpoint to it where Maratha's were on the rise and they were waging a war on all the princely states either to surrender or fight them. This was to establish what they called 'Akkhanda Bharath'. Gautamiputra Shatakarni was also another warrior who tried to unite the India. Therefore a United INDIA would have been possible whether or not the British entered India.
2. Development: When the British entered India our GDP (Gross Domestic Product) was about 23% and when they left India it was merely 1.5%. That's the kind of damage these people have done to our economy. They have also ruined our Textile Industry which was blossoming at that time. We were forced to use foreign products. They weren't any development happening in India but our tax paid money was only used to feed the United Kingdom. Trains were something which was introduced by British for their own necessity. But we were paying the highest amount per km to travel. Though they introduced Railways, they looted money in other forms. Machinery is one thing I give credit to them. I think Industrial Revolution would have happened but it would have taken time.
3. World War: With Indians being under the regime of British, we had to be a part of the World War. In World War II alone 2.3 million soldiers were sent to fight in the war and 89,000 of them died in military service. Approximately 1.3 million Indian soldiers served in the World War I and over 74,000 of them lost their lives. That's not at all a small number. We were used as pawns to protect them. Therefore if we weren't under British, definitely we would not have lost so many people in those wars. We may have stayed neutral and not participating in Wars.
4. Cultural Diversity: India is a secular country today. In this land, all the religions in this world live in peace with each other. World’s largest religion, Christianity, never existed in India until the British invaded India. For example, World’s largest missionary leader Mother Teresa, being a Christian, lived in India and served everyone irrespective of caste and creed. Despite all the differences and diversities, it was our hatred against British maybe, which made us united.
5. Social Evils: Under British rule, initially these social evils were tolerated but under sustained campaigning by Christian Missionaries few of these Social Evils were abolished. The ban on Sati, effected by Lord William Bentinck in 1829, was largely due to the efforts of both Christian and Hindu reformers such as William Carey and Raja Ram Mohan Roy. This was followed up by similar laws by the authorities in the princely states of India in the ensuing decades, with a general ban for the whole of India issued by Queen Victoria in 1861. Therefore I feel these would have been prevailed for long time if Britishers did not come to India
6. Partition and Wars against Pakistan: If there was no British rule then there would not have been a partition. Therefore no wars between India and Pakistan. We would have all been together if we were united or lived peacefully as two countries who supported each other in times of needs.
7. English and Cricket: I am not sure whether I would have been writing this article in English if we weren't ruled by British and also would be wasting my whole day watching India play Australia in a test match. Though English never wanted us to excel in both English and Cricket we with our interest and love towards these excelled in these two. Fortunately or unfortunately, the irony is that the constitution of India is written in Hindi as well as English.
8. Would we have opted for Democracy or President Rule if we were united or a group of countries like Indonesia called itself Sub-Continent? Just imagine, we are still ruled by an emperor in 2017, following naïve traditions!! Or is it like, communism would have taken over? Aristocracy or democracy, Monarchy or Communism, I think it a point to ponder over.
9. This one which every Indian would have heard about the Queen still wearing it, 'The Kohinoor Diamond'. It would have been in a PM's clothing or in a Museum as a national attraction.
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