Write debate points on the topic British rule had positive or negative effects in India....
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Positive effects of the British rule in India:
1.The transformation of India from independent monarchical states to an united democracy.
2.It helped in generating a feeling of nationalism inside people’s heads. This in turn helped in organizing various social reform movements.
3.The conservative and uptight nature of the then British society can also be seen in its colonial administration.
4. The inadequate measures by the British government took to advance education in India were often guided by reasons other than philanthropy such as ensuring the supply of cheap educated Indians to subordinate posts in the administration and hope that educated Indians would expand the market for British manufacturers in India.
Negative effects of the British rule in India:
Economical - They bled India dry, exploited Indian natural resources, market and labor while giving them minimal returns.
Political - They started the divide and rule policy, effectively creating an enmity between Hindus and Muslims and fanned the narrative that the two communities cannot peacefully coexist. The paranoia was of course used by the Muslim Nawabs and feudal lords who like their Hindu counterparts (Maharajas and zameendars) did nothing for their commoners. The partition, at least the way it was implemented by the British is another example of a political blunder, the burden of which we still bear.
Social - The British mistreated Indians, distorted their history and had them live as second class citizens in their own country for around 200 years. They believed that Indians were inferior to them and there are literally thousands of acts of atrocities that they had committed on Indians. People died in famines, British did not care, Indian soldiers died fighting battles for them, British did not reward. When they left, we were economically broke, socially divided, thousands of refugees on either side due to an ill managed partition. Luckily, for India we had secular leaders, who did not let the madness go on for much longer and luckily for India we joined NAM which paid back 30 years down the line.