tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6231564.post3358976795864456973..comments2024-03-02T06:44:49.136-10:00Comments on Far Outliers: British India's Problem of 565 Princely StatesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6231564.post-56921094267870072212016-10-08T06:10:15.858-10:002016-10-08T06:10:15.858-10:00THE BRITISH RULE IN INDIA WAS NOT UNBLEMISHED.BUT ...THE BRITISH RULE IN INDIA WAS NOT UNBLEMISHED.BUT IT WILL BE ABSOLUTELY WRONG , VEHEMENTLY WRONG TO CLAIM THAT THE PREVIOUS RULERS HINDUSCAND MUSLIMSCALIKEVWAS ANYTHING BETTER. THEY WERE MUCH WORSE.THE CONSISTANTVEMANCIPATION OF COMMON PEOPLE EN MASSCIN THIS COUNTRY AT LEAST STARTED ONLY UNDER THE BRITISH RULE.THAT IS RAW FACT. PREVOUS BIDS LIKE BUDDHISM AND BHAKTI MOVEMENTS DIDNOT SUSTAIN.WE MUST GIVE THE BRITISH RULE THE CREDIT IT DESERVES.OTHERWISE WITHOUT THIS VERY SIGNIFICANT RULE WITH ALL ITS LIMITATIONS INDIA WOULD BE AN AFGANISTAN OR ETHIOPEA WHICH NEVR HAD ANY FOREIGN RULE.hellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08578213257531888667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6231564.post-74771686877872455502008-12-12T08:15:00.000-10:002008-12-12T08:15:00.000-10:00Thanks - I got this out of the library on your rec...Thanks - I got this out of the library on your recommendation, and it really is a cracking read.yatimahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08142518546357757874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6231564.post-34188309592544294792008-12-12T07:08:00.000-10:002008-12-12T07:08:00.000-10:00Most Indian rulers were good. The centuries of wea...Most Indian rulers were good. The centuries of wealth for ordinary people proves that: India was the richest country in the world until the British looted, er, ruled it. They purposely created a race of princes educated in British ways and totally deliberately distanced from their country. Also created a race of clerks to facilitate British rule: the English speaking Indian.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com