What a common man mean by colonialism? Colonialism is known as phenomena of suppressing the other by entering in their territory. Was Indian Colonialism the same? The answer is no. Surely, British came to India for trade but they never wanted to rule over India. Actually Colonialism was a matter of conflict as well as collaboration in India. Isn't it shocking?
The fact is many times during the colonialism Indian themselves wanted British to rule India. For example Raja Ram Mohan Rai himself requested British to teach English to Indians. Indian accepted themselves as uncivilized people and they accepted that British are here to civilize them
On the other hand when British tried to impose laws like if one wants to make salt he needs a license from British govt, Indian opposed the. Even today Indian army is formed in the way British formed in 1857. after independence the structure of Indian army does not change.
Whereas we created our own constitution after independence. The maximum great freedom fighters were lawyers. This indicates the Indians did not accept British justice system.
The other side of the coin is British brought the Railway to India very first. They connected major cities like Bombay, Madras & Calcutta. British only opened the first university in Bombay.
The moral is do not think that British were the bad people who ruled us cruelly. There exists pros & cons of this.
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