5/8/2023 0 Comments An era of darkness written by![]() ![]() As Tharoor points out, even the British themselves estimated that “taxation was two or three times higher than it had ever been under non-British rule, and higher than anywhere else in the world”. A world region that had been known for making textiles, steel and ships was basically reduced to a raw-material producing colony. The British blocked India’s industrial development, as Tharoor shows. At that point, the British state took over after having quelled an Indian uprising. The East India Company was the sovereign power until 1858. It was set up in 1600 to trade in silk, spices and other goods and soon controlled most of India. From the start, the British East India Company was a profit-driven enterprise. ![]() The colonialists were not on a civilising mission they brutally exploited the subcontinent. His new book convincingly proves that right-wing apologists of the British empire are wrong. ![]()
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