Debate On British Rule In India

By the end of the 19th century india was britain s biggest cash cow the world s biggest purchaser of british exports and the source of highly paid employment for british civil servants all at.

Debate on british rule in india. Due to the british rule india was much more cleaner healthier and wealthier. While technological development helped people lakhs of unemployed village young men started migrating to cities. In 1824 the export of british muslins to india hardly amounted to 1 000 000 yards while in 1837 it surpassed 64 000 000 of yards. Yes the british should rule india again because they were effective rulers.

Consider the fact that indian written history stretches back almost 4 000 years to the civilization centers of the indus valley culture at harappa and mohenjo daro. The very idea of the british raj the british rule over india seems inexplicable today. This ground breaking impact of british rule in india truly has benefited india in the long run carving out a prestigious position of india in the world map. This migration destroyed.

People knew the real meaning of ethics. There was a taste in everything happened then. Countries that had british rule for a long period of time are more economically stable today than countries that didn t. Disadvantage drawbacks of british raj in india.

Knowledge of english was essential to earn a job in the british bureaucracy in the british trading firms and of course in the british army in the officer s level. It is better than other countries because of the influence of british rule. Due to economical policies of east india company starvation rate increased and people started getting poor. Shashi tharoor ripped apart the british rule in india once again in a panel debate shashi tharoor was asked what were the good aspects of the british rule in india in his opinion.

Indians should have fought for freedom but not have asked british to leave india. But at the same time the population of dacca decreased from 150 000 inhabitants to 20 000. The rule first came into existence during the lord curzon viceroy who divided the bengal province into three. From 1818 to 1836 the export of twist from great britain to india rose in the proportion of 1 to 5 200.

Divide and rule policy. Another example of this is kenya. Everything that happened was in a systematic way. The standard of living was high.