>>120678
It's trvke even if you want to cope otherwise. It's all INC's fault, Kolkata was the Hong kong of it's time before commies turned it into what it is today. Kanpur was also an important industrail bases before unions ruined it etc
>>120678
He is not entirely wrong. British rule wasnt that bad. It brought stablility, industries, modern medicine and tech. Indian population actually increased and famines were not a new thing. They used to happen before. Famine codes enacted by brits put an end to famines and barring bengal famine due to wartime complications there wasnt a single famine post 1900.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Famine_Codeshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Famine_Codes
British empire also created influential global indian/hindu diaspora be it gujarati businessmen in africa, descendants indentured labourers in mauritius and trinidad
https://youtu.be/AuOCcr9oPN0?si=ijtwN5Y_6FnCwcurhttps://youtu.be/AuOCcr9oPN0?si=ijtwN5Y_6FnCwcur
There are lots of other myths like how india went from 25% to 3% gdp saar but its bs when you understand europe and japan underwent large scale industrialisation thereby dwarfing the share of gdp of all non industrial societies.