Britain Stole $45 Trillion from India, We never got it back - Vijay Prashad 

I once heard a kinda related joke: The only reason why the pyramids are still in Egypt, is because they were too heavy to be transported to the British museum...

The biggest "Chor Bazar" in the world.

And they say india is poor.It's like destroying a person's life and making him poor and when he is trying to stand up and grow again the world laughs

We can't change the past but we can stop it from reoccurring

Great Chor bazaar of modern world : UK

Europe's problems are world problem but world problems are not Europe's problems. - s jaishankar

The British plucked every feather from the golden bird, pulverised it and slashed it into three pieces and left!!!

There should be an international court for colonoal crimes.

He clearly said everything that I really wanted to say

England's that one kid that doesn't allow you to touch his toys, but plays with your toys and breaks them.

UK = United Kingdom ❌ UK = Udhari Kanjoos ✅

India is the greatest. Jai Hind 🇮🇳🇮🇳

"Our system acts very much like a sponge, drawing up all the good things from the banks of the Ganges, and squeezing them down on the banks of the Thames" John Sullivan

Correct...... DONT FORGET SPAIN .. IN THE PHILIPPINES 🇵🇭

I love the attitude of this guy. Next level confidence and plus the fact he had the guts to speak out the right thing. Hats off👒👒

Very true sir Jai Hind Vande Mataram Jai Bharat 🇮🇳💐💫❤️‍🩹💎😇🙏

That's the power of education Not Hindu muslim Hindu muslim 100% agreed

British stole thooousands tons of our gold and they still keep our sculptures...

Napoleon: finds some cool stones The British: *our stones*

Brilliant... Hats off

India will soon be number one. I really feel bad after hearing this i wish you all the best ❤

Every Indian's Words to Britian

True :if u ever see to fish fighting in a river , a British man has passed by😊

Does britain cry about the vikings and romans invading them? No.. it happend a long time ago grow up

The Philippines and Spain Philippines: It sounds so familiar.

Exactly why the world is where it is today. GREEEED👀

Indian origin president ruling over Britishers 🤣🤣🤣

People have got to understand that india would be divided without britain and all the different states would be at war with each other

"if you are in india and anything valuable gets stolen from your house there's a higher chance you'll find it in a British museum rather than india" ~me (2022)

Wow that's amazing.. I have never thought in this way that they are giving our money back to us..

HERE HERE!!! Get this man in every British and American high school auditorium. Haiti desperately needs a French speaking version of him ❤️💔

I'm not responsible for the history of my British government being arseholes. I had no say in where I was born.

They Stole. They destroyed. They split us into three parts :(

They did the same In Zimbabwe Africa and we are still under sanctions for taking our land back from white colonialists

£45 trillion is a rather high figure. I'd like to see that itemized.

The golden bird will rerise to glory, stay united and accept each others differences, up skill yourselves and contribute to the nation. This, no next generation will do it. We will do it.

I am Pakistani and regularly listen to him, he makes so much sense and such a intellectual man, I love his reasoning, kudos guru.. one day I'll love to meet you

45 trillion pound sterling = 4,57,82,45,85,59,99,999 Indian rupees

No evidence for this.

I am from Pakistan and here its the same situation and at the end they split us into three :(

세계사적으로 영국은 완전 개썅양아치솈히에 해당하지!

You are a lier... That is called development came to India...we hot missionaries , aids, hospitals, railways,... Educations... Trusts, laws... Before British came to India... There was worse community discriminations, ... difference in community and people ... High castes ruled innocents low caste people ... Myths, superstitions... Honors killings... Pandits, namboodiries dominated poor people ... But british people came india and corrected us...

British Who fight for woman rights lord William bantnik Who fight for girls school Who united the India Why you speaking in English language English is british language if british don't come our india you can't talking English like that .remember it Who make india . If british not come our india girls wii be still on dark age remember it Who agree

Yes true Mr Shashi Tharoor said that before in front of British parliament.

Britishers left the chat

That's unbelievable amount of looting British Isles did from India.

And now they cant even give that money because they dont have enough money 😂

मुझे इंग्लिश नही आती पर आप ने जो भी बोल है उससे लगता है कि आपने अंग्रेजो को करारा जवाब दिया है।

All south asians show this man respect we need our own kind to give us the truth and motivate us. I have much respect for this man

45 trillion 😂 Bro indias todays gdp is around 5 trillian and you are talking about that era when inflation was nothing And seriously 😂.do you even know that britain total gdp was around 3 trillion dollar Stop assuming guys I inow they looted but they only looted around 150 million

You know what that sounds like, not a British problem

True 100%! Queen still wear stolen diamonds in her crown!

on behalf of a bengali from bangladesh Thank you for your speech. I heard from my grandfather how did they fight to survive when there was no food to eat in 1943. They just had stolen our properties and 4.3 millions of bengali died without food.💔

Yeah and recently the England goverment under boris Johnson was about to fall apart because two INDIAN ORIGIN members resigned simultaneously.. 😂😂 Entire europe is a bloody joke these days.. 😂😂

Britain the strongest 💪🏻🇬🇧

Fun fact : here's no comments of those british thieves' sons

Truth..... These Bloody hypocrites

Queen Elizabeth Is dead now Indians: *HAVING PARTY ALL DAY 🎊* *I am indian too*

Hats off to this guy . These are the exact words I want to shout out to every Englishmen's face when they criticise us . Jai hind 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

We never got our land even after beitish left India🇳🇵❤️🇮🇳

When we were weak we did not became burden on world ,and now when we are developing very fast and within a decade we will also be a superpower then we will not rule others..💙 - Pm Narendra Modi ji

Be thankful you were only colonised. My ancestors were colonised and thrown into slavery for a few centuries. You still have your original family names and can trace your family history. You're recovering well. Africa is still in the crap and currently enforcing colonial era laws.

Did he count money up until 45 trillion? Hindus stole 990 trillion from those who are not brahmins or affluent and thats how they became rich. It's payback time with 100% interest.

You're absolutely correct, bro

One of the greatest speech by Vijay. Legendary stuff … 💯 Respect ✊

They did not steal it. They owned you. Get over it. You don’t hear the USA saying the UK stole our money. We just made more. India needs to grow up and make their own money and stop worrying about money they never had.

This angst is so genuine, we have accepted the invaders and conquerors as past masters ... We were tormented,we revolted,we sacrificed... The politicians took advantage and undermined the pain the common India from the subcontinent had gone through

I would definitely support it if the indians would ask to get everything back. 🇩🇪🤝🇮🇳

lol make india british again

I'm English and if I was the leader I'd try to resolve the issue and become friends. I doubt we can give the money back but we can surely help India.

The truth comes out, and evil is revealed, all over the Earth. Take heart, we are winning. Good verses Evil, it is up to us. This is a man speaking. So proud.

How come we never heard of this guy before? I wonder what really gave him courage to speak the truth?

I’m British and very embarrassed with my country’s history. To be fair the government hasn’t changed .

Imagine being the second largest country in the world getting totally dominated by a tiny island on the other side of the planet.

India was one if not one time the wealthiest country in the world. This is true. immensely rich country in gold precious gems ex cetra. Hope they sort things out with Britain.

Moreover we had puppets of British like Mr. Gandhi and womaniser Nehru... The ideologies of Gandhi gave rise to Pakistan who is a threat to India on a daily basis.

Someone is standing up while other still sit silent just to impress the world,

You know what? I want to see a British point of view. Because this whole comment section is Asian/Indian propaganda. The true definition of biased. I’m French-Luxembourgish-Bulgarian-Australian, and I gotta say thx Britain for making Australia a 1st world country.

The GDP of India in 1800 was $1// billion while in 1950 it was $339 billion, ie, average $258 billion in today's prices at PPP. So, the aggregate GDP for 1950-1800=150 years was $258x150=$38,700 billion or $38.7 trillion. Since the entire GDP of the Subcontinent for the 150 years was less than the alleged $45 Trillion, it is unlikely that the British stole 45 out of 38.7 trillion USD. All the figures cited above are at the current prices and, not the then prevalent prices. Thus, both the Nominal GDP and the GDP at PPP were much less than that, both, more so the Nominal GDP. For instance, the Nominal GDP of India in 1950 was barely $21 billion, not $337 billion. Now, as regards the Aggregate GDP over the 150 years of British Rule @ $38.7 trillion, the Per Capita GDP was barely at the Subsistence Level. So, out of the $38.7 trillion, most must have gone towards the subsistence by way of food, clothes, houses, healthcare, education etc. Thus, how much was left by the populace to pay the taxes are are anybody’s guess

Now we have this thing called the internet that united us all .. It is time to move forward .. I don't know anyone back then knew how much things would change

Another fun fact in British history in world war II when everyone started buying war bonds England promised they would pay them back and then after the war ended they created a law just so that they wouldn't have to pay anything back, to this day England owes hundreds of billions to the descendants of the people who bought the bonds

There are Indian historians and economists who have disputed the 45 trillion dollar claim made by Manmohan Singh. These include Tirthankar Roy, Amartya Sen, Rajiv Kumar, Sanjay Subrahmanyam and Audrey Truschke. They all argue that while it is undeniable that India was looted by Britain during colonial rule, the real figure of how much money was taken out of India is likely to be much lower than $45 trillion dollars and there were some benefits such as increased agricultural productivity due to new infrastructure projects implemented during this period. There are other historians who dispute Manmohan Singh's claim that the British looted 45 trillion dollars from India. These include Fariha Kebiralui-Jolly, Prasannan Parthasarathi, Kaushik Basu and Beenash Jafri. Each one disputes various aspects of Manmohan Singh’s claim as well offering arguments counter to it such as alternate strategies for dealing with similar problems or estimates on how much money Britain actually took out of India during colonial rule. Sure! Other Indian historians who dispute Manmohan Singh's claim that the British looted 45 trillion dollars from India include Gyanendra Pandey, Utsa Patnaik, Dipesh Chakrabarty and Partha Chatterjee. Each offers a different perspective on how much money was actually taken out of India during colonialism and other aspects of colonial rule such as wealth redistribution or inequitable gains by certain sections of society due to increased trade opportunities. Absolutely! Other Indian historians and economists who dispute Manmohan Singh's claim that the British looted 45 trillion dollars from India include Ramachandra Guha, Sumit Sarkar, Amiya Bagchi and Harbans Mukhia. Each offers their own perspective on how much money was taken out of India during colonialism as well as other aspects such as increased agricultural productivity or wealth redistribution among certain sections of society due to new infrastructure projects implemented during this period. Manmohan Singh is an Indian economist and politician who served as the 14th Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 2014. He has a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Punjab University, Chandigarh (1952) and Masters degrees in both Economics from Oxford University (1954) and Cambridge (1966). He was awarded honorary doctorates by Amity University, Nalanda Open University, Panjab University at Chandigarh, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha Univeristy and Pondicherry Central university. Manmohan Singh was also given the Padma Vibhushan Award by the President of India for his service to public life in 2008.

Blaming people from the past on your problems today is only done by the lazy and most ignorant of all humanity!!!!

Thanks to Gandhi, Bose, Nehru, Bhagat singh & many more beautiful people for helping us to stand independent inspite of all these things. They never took their step back or pleaded for mercy inspite of harsh rule so yes they are our unforgettable leaders of country🇮🇳.

A british report duing colonial rule stated that every year in India 7 million people die due to hunger. Who was responsible for that? Britan got more rich during colonial rule while Indians were dying of hunger.

Respect brother I kind of crying

All Europe was panicked when ottomans destroyed way toward India cause thats how Europeans lived. Indias was way for you. You robbed a rich country.

13% literacy for 200 years of rule, Mughal ruled for 800 years 1% literacy talk about them also

Yess true.. that's our money 👍👍

As a Pakistani I can agree with him that India should get the money the lost back

Should've came together sooner instead of killing eachother, wouldn't have gotten conquered

It's called hypocrisy they tend to lecture is about our backyard is full trash but all those are came from them thrown to us just make there yard clean.

It’s all my money and I want it all back

Dear british people, let me tell u one thing that you took our money and say that that is ur money , you didn't lend us money , we lend you 45trillion$ and u looted so much gold from our temples,but we are still the one who import the highest amount of gold . We have bigger economy. This is not to offend british people this is to teach them that india was best is the best and will be the best!!!!

There is pain in his voice 😢

I wish england get the same what they deliver

Yeah, that's it, and now thieves must return every cent, one way or another...

That's why i don't like to read modern history

He said Everything I wanted to say To CHOR BRITISH

Thanks to Shashi Tharoor for getting this information to us🙏