Shashi Tharoor on the Consequences of British Colonialism in India 

Read the book a few years back. Highlighted all important points. This book should be selected as textbook in every school.

Genocidal, warmongering Britain is arguably the most evil nation/union/kingdom in the history of the world. BRITAIN HAS COMMITTED GENOCIDES ACROSS FIVE CONTINENTS (from neighbouring Ireland in Europe to North America to Africa to Asia to Oceania), a fact they shamelessly continue to deny. Britain has commited so many crimes against humanity (and crimes against the planet), it would take several volumes of books to explain their countless acts of cruelty. Britain (and it's predecessor state) has committed multiple genocides in neighbouring Ireland, from the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland to the Great Irish famine/genocide to the murdering and torturing of Irish Republicans by the Black and Tans to murdering innocent civilians in the Dublin Monaghan bombings and the civilians gunned down in two Bloody Sundays in Ireland (google all of it). Britain was the second largest enslaver in the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, a trade which resulted in the deaths of millions of African slaves as they were treated like cattle and worked to near death. Britain abolished slavery after paying reparations not to the slaves but to the slave owners!!!. Britain continued with slavery in another name with indentured labour, where the plight of the labourers was no better than that of the slaves. Britain maintained concentration camps in the Boer War where tens of thousands of men, women and children perished (google 'Boer war concentration camp'). Britain committed genocide in the 1950s in Kenya (google 'Caroline Elkins Imperial Reckoning'). In addition to committing slavery and genocide in Africa, Britain looted the resources of several African countries and stole away countless valuable artefacts, artefacts which the British Museum shamelessly continues to possess. During their rule in India, Britain siphoned off 45 trillions dollars in today's money (watch the VICE video on it). Hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of Indian rebels were tortured and murdered in the aftermath of the 1857 war of independence (entire rebel towns were 'cleansed'). Tens of millions of Indians starved to death during the dozens of famines as the inhumane British rulers looked away. In modern day Sri Lanka, in the aftermath of the Uva rebellion, the entire male population was put to death (google 'Uva rebellion'). The Bengal Famine of 1943 was genocide committed by a genocidal racist bastard called Winston Churchill (google 'Madhushree Mukherjee Churchill's Secret War'). The British murdered countless innocent civilians in massacres like Jallianwala Bagh massacre, Quissa Khwani Bazaar massacre, Pathorughat Massacre (google them all; these are the ones we know of, imagine the countless massacres Britain destroyed all records of). British forces murdered tens of thousands of Indians during the Quit India movement. In China, Britain fought the Opium Wars. Britain also used 'divide and rule' to turn different groups against each other. Btw, all the railways, ports, infrastructure Britain built in India were to help them transport the resources it stole. Britain committed genocide in North America (google 'small pox infected blanket). Britain committed genocide in Oceania (google 'British genocide in Australia'). If you thought that was all in the distant past, think of the Iraq War in 2003 twenty years ago where the UK illegally invaded and killed thousands of Iraqis. Also think of the bombing of Libya by British warplanes, the funding of Al Nusra by Britain (google 'Britain Al Nusra'). Britain is a shameless, genocidal, warmongering nation that continues to deny, deflect and obfuscate it's countless crimes against humanity.

Why ? Just because he can utter few words in English ! Pathetic !

That position would most likely corrupt anything good in him so I would disagree

​@@indianspeaks8957 no cause he's smart and not just a face like Modi but I agree he shouldn't be PM

and a murderernow

@@madtitanoboa462 No person murders their own spouse...comm'on...!!

Murder wife

Not saying "sorry", but to return all the art entities that the Brits stole and shipped off to London. Even a temple from South India which the British Museum is putting on display now in the India Hall, British Museum , thinking enough time has elapsed to make the Indian public disregardful of the theft.

Hi huu

Indians can't handle truth

Why do you think that is a bad thing

What's so wrong with reading the questions? That makes her delusional - if she is, then you are an idiot

I could be wrong, from what I remember he called it a Genocide.

well its a question time, not to deliver speech

@@highgate67 that point could have been said and reinforced with outmost humility, but she chose to be outrightly rude.

He very much answered that question ...for the question that was asked by the individual was followed by a different question by the lady there for the question s were on the same lines ....therefore , he decides to answer them both once both of then finished their questioning on the same matter....

Sreejith Balakrishnan you will be given Bharat Ratna for this explanation by my govt.

Britain came to trade and then invested huge sums. The British created an Indian coal industry from nothing, a valuable natural resource for India. Coal was used to power the railways. Without coal India could not have a modern steel industry. Tata Steel was founded by Indians in 1907 and is now one of the largest steel companies in the world.

"And on the other side of the balance sheet were the immense British investments in Indian infrastructure, irrigation and industry. By the 1880's the British had invested £279 million in India, not much less than one fifth of their entire investment overseas. By 1914 the figure had reached £400 million. The British increased the area of irrigated land by a factor of eight, so that by the end of the Raj a quarter of all land was irrigated, compared with just 5 per cent of it under the Mughals. They created an Indian coal industry from scratch which by 1914 produced nearly 16 million tons a year. They increased the number of jute spindles by a factor of ten". Niall Ferguson, Empire

"The East India Company didn't cause a decline in the economy of India, the reverse is true. . .[and] could never have survived without the collaboration and partnership of thousands of Indian merchants, agents, artisans, bankers, and transporters. The Company was the biggest business firm in the world of its time, and therefore, made many Indians fabulously rich. Some of the most famous entrepreneurs and business families of nineteenth-century India made their money trading with the Company or with European merchants. Palatial homes in the north of Calcutta attest to that wealth. These profits were much larger in scale than the profits the Company sent back to England". Quotation from: The East India Company. The World’s Most Powerful Corporation. Tirthankar Roy, 2012 Penguin Books. Tirthankar Roy, Professor of Economic History, born and educated in India.

"Prior to the Company’s takeover around 1757-65, the strongest military power in India belonged to the Maratha Empire. Just before Company takeover, Maratha forces invaded Bengal, killed and robbed merchants, destroyed crops, and raped women. Merchants fled from this horror to Calcutta, then under the Company’s possession. Certainly, the average Bengali or Marwari merchant of that time would have felt positively about the Company. Similar sentiment prevailed among the Parsis of Bombay and Surat, and the Telugu and Tamil merchants of Madras. The most influential Indians in the port cities like Calcutta, Bombay, and Madras actively welcomed Company’s rule over Indian ones.". Quotation from Tirthankar Roy, Professor of Economic History, born and educated in India

As for as a civilizing influence: "the British Raj brought with it from the West certain standards of humanity which Indian society had not yet attained. Early action was taken to suppress female infanticide. After long hesitation and in the teeth of orthodox Hindu opposition, to aid and abet a performance of suttee was declared to be culpable homicide and, if it were involuntary, murder. The gangs of Thugs, who strangled harmless wayfarers in the service of the goddess Kali, were broken up. Human sacrifice, which had lingered on in some primitive hill districts, was stamped out. The slave trade was stifled, the legal status of slavery was abolished, and in 1860 the owning of slaves was finally prohibited". Re-statement and Balance Sheet. Sir Reginald Coupland. 1945

we don't want your opinion... Do care of your country which is going to become beggar Soon !

Keep Modi in for another year and you will be there soon my friend. Your money will be in the pockets of Albani and Modi's pockets.

Take care of you.. Now Pakistan will not be there on map of the world... We elected Modi again...

All the war which India fought against Pakistan, were in Congress era and believe me he's very much congressman...Congress in india like democrats in usa. They look good outside but inside they r horrible

NAHH! JAISHANKAR next pm of India...

@@vinaynk after Indianising they created Pakistan ... !!

Satyamev Jayate Kashmir is an issue because of the british and not because of Islam.

@@warnpassion did Britain sending militants to Kashmir today ??

@@satyamevjayate1601 Do you think religion has got anything to do with the Kashmir problem? The real reason is poverty. And guess who created poverty and sectarianism in the Indian subcontinent?

@@sudhannv4590 wiki is not something you can quote on, it is not a legitimate work, and hence cant be taken as correct source because people like you and me can write anything and it will be published on it

Tell me all the museums started by Indians in India

Tell me all the museums started by British in India

Did the Indians save the Taj mahal from ruin or was it the british?

@@donkeydesiamericanprofessor ARE you actually saying that the BRITISH has redeemed themselves for their role in destroying the INDIAN economy by opening museums in INDIAN states, or is that justification for the brutal rape of an entire continent and it`s people, please explain because I am at a total loss with your contribution..... SIR.

Bakwas. Britishers made India as a country. British colonization was one of the best things ever happened. They brought modern education, schools, university, made railways everything. Without Britishers, India wouldn't even exist as a country. In 70 years, the same leaders like Tharoor has turned country into the largest slum of the world. And look where Britishers stayed- The US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand etc all TOP countries. Indians are taught fake history and politicians repeat the same fake history because Indians LOVE to hear that they are always the victims. This is how people rather blame 'outsiders' than asking these same politicians WHY INDIA IS A FAILED COUNTRY IN 70 YEARS WHEN INDIANS ARE RULING IT? It is sad that Britishers left India. It would have been next US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand etc. Free education, free healthcare, cleanliness, rule of law............everything.

@@breezeanonymous6034 Teach your fucking lies to that racist european shite of an island. Fuck off english twat!

The British treat everyone one like that. Even the Americans! They have some superiority complex.

Sashi Tharoor is wrong. Either uneducated or a liar. Indians are fools

But Shashi Tharoor himself is a non brahmin. He is a Nair, I think.

What do you suggest? reservation on the stage?

It's called being modern women.

@@knightf8648 exactly 😂😂😂

Tell me all of the museums in India started by Indians

Tell me all the museums started in India by British

Who saved the Taj mahal from ruin? Indians or British

are you saying that muslims are the root cause of every problem in india because as per you india was meant only for non muslims that is why pakistan was created based on two nation theory but still 15% of muslims are present in india, and kashmir being a muslim majority state legally belong to India, so if you want india to leave kashmir only because it is a muslim majority state then 200 million muslims should also goto pakistan or any other arab state God bless

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The same way you selectively studied vocabulary.

What's wrong with Muslims in India? Nehru it's solely responsible for separation and 1 million Muslims killed by Hindus

Who saved the Taj mahal? Was it the British or the Hindus

Temple desecration under the Muslim rule in India was a continuation of the policy the ruling dynasties pursued in the pre-Islamic period. Hindu kings victorious in battles plundered the temples their vanquished rivals patronised, ferreted away the deities installed there, and in extreme cases, even broke them.

Sashi Tharoor it's simply wrong either uneducated or lying Claims the British only wanted to educate an elite class brown in color but white in education First of all the British were better educated in science medicine why wouldn't that be good for Indians, with the creation of universities in India Secondly, Sashi Tharoor is wrong. More money was spent educating children than University students and for the first time girls could go to school Massachusetts Institute of technology, all of Engineering in America 50% women or more Why didn't IIT give up 50% of their classroom seats benches to women? They didn't do it. They added 20% more seats and still women are not 20% of IIT You are Indian, you should be better educated, I am simply American

Indians today are harassing transgender and gays, why are you blaming the British for what you do?

Reconquista: Hinduism What is so significant to speak about Muslim colonialism?

Reconquista: Hinduism Do you not understand what is the context here. It is about reparations, which in other words is, related to monetary matters. Hence there was no need to type anything after the jizaya statistic, unless you're a Hindu fanatic. So I'm just going to consider your reply up till the jizaya argument. Indeed, there were invasions from the far middle east into India like the Ashrafid dynasty and the origins of the Mughal empire. They also looted and plundered into every treasury they got their hands on after waging war against the local kingdoms. However they spent their loot, assimilated in India and adopted to the local culture, unlike what their white European imperial counterparts did, which is loot local rulers of their money through taxes, ancient artifacts, diamonds, precious stones, etc., transfer it to england, sell all of it away at a price six times than its original buy seats in the british parliament and live the rest of their lives as kings. Your argument of the economy reducing from 33% to 25% is invalid. Do you have any proof of that?

@@warnpassion Proof is universal. India was the richest civilization , a highly developed one for 1000 years Read Oxford Scholars research Agnus Madison , economic history of India. Islamic was a barbaric civilization which was far from being great. All the contributions were plagiarisms from hindus , Greeks and Chinese. Yes. Islamic rule was more brutal than british invasions. And its not just about India. Most of the Africa , Asia , eastern and Central Europe was looted and dominated by muslims

@@warnpassion They did NOT assimilate into local culture. It's a myth. The examples given of this are meagre , fringe and unfounded and short lasting. Like Dara Sikoh , who was attached to hindu scriptures was killed by his own brother Aurngazeb

@@warnpassion Read this : en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_history_of_India Gdp contribution during 1 AD - 33% Gdp after muslim invasions 25%

will you agree if the Islamic and christian Majority countries boycotted from their society ? i guess you should also do ghar wapsi, because according to muslims everyone is born a Muslim

How about boycotting Indians based on their religion in my country?

People are saying that people are converted to Christianity by one section of people...it's actually they volunteer to embrace other religions just because HINDU as a religion not treating them equally...best example DR.Ambedkar who embraced Buddhism!!!!!

Racist

What about the Invasion of Aryans !!!

Eng. Anwaar Alawi - The aryan invasion only happened in your head.

Tushar Dayal - Mughals were Mughals - not Indians. They never became “us”. There were Indians who converted to a different religion after Mughals came and they continue to be the sons of soil. There may be some insignificant number of “Mughals” who remained after the infightings and wars but I bet you most of them ran to Pakistan during partition.

Go to world History and recently proof from Grave yards of Original people of region in Haryana, visit The Lallantop website, do not mind if you remain a Hindutva the Hate Bhakt. Hindostan Zindabad !!!

@on the fence You said it very rightly ! He is making his point that Shia-Shunni divide is because of Britishers , but he is forgetting that This phenomena became world wide !/ War b/w Saudi and Yeman , Conflict b/w Saudi and Iran , PEW research say that 80% of Sunni Mulslims of Afghanistan and Pakistan think that Shias are not true Muslims ! Just think that if most of Muslims are not ready to Accept Muslims in Minority as 'True Muslims ' , how do they have feelings for Hindus and other Non -Muslims ????? Just think About this fact! And Having these true facts how can he calim that This shia Sunni divide is because of Britishers ??? And how RSS could be blamed for Hindu Muslim Divide ? Bigotary In Muslims became very violent Social Evil , but not one has dare to speak about it !

dylan thomas A quote given by one of the biggest racist, genocidal, drunkard and fat piece of shite to ever walk on this planet. There may be imperfections, but power is in the hands of people who are a thousand times better than the white imperial bastards who ruled over India for 200 years. Edit: spelling corrections.

Just listen to yourself. I know its fashionable to blame it all on the British! This chap Tharoor has impressed everybody by his Oxford speech and even this uneducated Modi about how much the British owe us! But look at the real history of the world! We were OK 2000 years ago. But when the British came we were ruled by selfish, untrustworthy Pimps who called themselves "RULERS". every few years we had wars among ourselves. There was violence and slaughter everywhere. They connived against each other and only their few cronies and their own people prospered. Their chamchas (like the Nehru family) lived royal lives. When the British came we only had handlooms and spice industry! Just think of this - if we were that superior, we would have been going up in stature in the last 70 years instead of spiraling down. All I am saying is that "this Fay guy" predicted correctly!!!!

pooran gattu What seems to be so fashionable to you? Are arguments stating the facts and truths about India's colonial history brushed off as being fashionable? As I say again, we may have imperfections (which country is?) but we are still a thousand times better than the thieving, avaricious and murdering board of directors of the corporation that ruled over us for 100 years and the white queen, Victoria and her fucking family which ruled over us for the 90 years that followed. What was the average GDP growth during those two centuries? It was 0.01%. What is the GDP growth rate now? It is between 7 - 8% continuous for the last decade. There are many areas where we need to improve but the seeds of the problems which were left behind by the british dive and rule policy will take some time to get solved. What do you mean by 'only' the handloom and spice industry? It was the most profitable and booming industry in the medieval world, just how IT is today. It seems to me that you are an empire apologist or severely suffer from an identity crisis.

Agree with you 100% - the problem is we like to believe all the untruths about how we were exploited!! If we were good we would have discipline and fairness in everything!

Dylan Thomas we will never have the support here. We still have a population who have been taught that it is our fate to pursue the profession and the culture into which we were born in. Even today we are ruled by a well organized cast based set of rulers who will never change! Every single Ordinance that ever did India any good came from the white man and continues! Just last week the "me-too" thing has come to India! Ajso every month or two the Supreme Court of India borrows an idea out of the White man's Law Book! Let me repeat what you just said and if you go through it I believe its more true today than ever before:“Power will go to the hands of rascals, rogues, freebooters; all Indian leaders will be of low calibre & men of straw. They will have sweet tongues and silly hearts. They will fight amongst themselves for power and India will be lost in political squabbles.”

his speeches and talks on this subject are driven by the apologist movements for colonial history springing up everywhere in britain at the moment

Owleyes firstly: deficit at the time of independence was so large that it took almost 65 years to bridge the gap. It will take another 5 years bridge the gap fully across the country(conditions apply). Second : socialism did play its part in delaying bridging the gap for 60 years.

i bet you are ignorant enough not to know basics of world history, so stop pretending as some kind of master who has seen it all. why dont you go and read about india before and after independence you racist filth

You uneducated moron

Stealing 45 trillion dollars Leaving us in third world poverty Your nation killing 60 million of my people

So you remember it

Sunanda

tera baap murderer

Indian Court is not sure about it. But you seem to be quite sure

His natural simplicity does not vouch for such vulgar allegation .

Not at all. In fact, you were quite short and unsanitary. The Mughals and other European nations did most of the work for you.

@@smilee2566 Stop that right now. I will hear no ill words spoken of the Portuguese. They are our oldest allies, even if they are Catholic. [Edit] And you don't need to bring the Mughals into it. They weren't white Europeans and so they weren't inherently evil.

Sashi Tharoor claims that the British destroyed the Indian shipbuilding business, but look at the boats that Indian pirates were using versus the British and Portuguese man of war. And why wouldn't the British and Portuguese Navy defend their trading ships from Indian pirates. Look at the Indian maratha empire grabs and gallivat boats compared to British Portuguese trading ships and British Portuguese Navy man of war. Indians were just pirates in a tiny boat blasted out of the water by British cannons. Did you see Tom Hanks movie? Did the British Portuguese Navy lose a battle at Sea to the indians? Yes they did have you ever had roaches mice in your house? Ants? Did you ever hear of somebody dying from being stung by a swarm of bees?