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Socialist and labor politician Jeremy Corbyn's proposal about inclusion of Black history as part of British history in the school curriculum was criticized and opposed by Tom Loughton, conservative MP for East Worthing and Shoreham (reelected in 2019) who said ''Britain should be proud of its many legacies''
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What are Britain's legacies according the honorable MP Loughton? He never mentioned about those British legacies that the country is proud of.
The British empire was so big the sun had never set on it. So is the long history of cheating, looting, massacres and brutality of the Empire with blessing from the British Royalty. The Natural History Museum in London is something like a huge den of Ali Baba and Forty thieves which is a repository of thousands of looted stuff from the British colonies. The other museum being the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
The following are some of the historical facts that are the indelible marks of British legacy in the colonies that Britain once controlled:
Slavery - Selling humans from Africa as commodities by the British traders for gain of personal wealth.
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Corruption and nepotism: East India company never failed to follow the divide and rule policy for their profits and they laid the foundation for corrupt practices in the government in India and elsewhere.
Illegal gratification: Getting commission, expensive gifts such as gold jewelry, etc., from the warring rulers in order to make quick bucks to lead a luxurious life of Nabobs back in England was a way of life for the early British officials. In the later period, the others followed suite. .
Land grabbing binge: Illegal capture of Indian kingdoms to improve company's or British Crown's revenues was a prime motive, Diabolical as it was the cunning moves by tricky Bobs rendered countless rich rulers - Indian Maharajahs and Nawabs powerless tools in their hands. Through manipulation, gullible Indian rulers were stripped of their crown and of their rich land with some dole and and funny titles 9bestowed by the crown). The beneficiaries were the British government and the Royal family.
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| subsidiary alliance, India under EIC. .slideserve.com |
Good examples of stratagems conceived by the British are the Doctrine of Lapse introduced by Lord Dalhousie (in force between 1848 and 1856) and the Doctrine of subsidiary alliance (introduced by Lord Wellesley of EIC). see the images.
The Industrial Revolution in England in the early and later stages was financed by the vast revenue from the colonies, in particular, from the Indian subcontinent
Resorting to brute forces, violence by and imprisonment of weavers by EIC:. They burned the villages and broke the looms and cut off the weavers' thumb to kill the production of handlooms. Apart, they fixed low prices for the textiles to make them go broke and to vastly improve import of finished textiles from England (cotton was sourced from India during the American Civil wars between the Union and Confederate states in the 18th century.
Forcing Indian farmers to raise opium plants; To improve their gold / silver reserve for international trade, EIC focused on exporting processed opium to China. In 1770s the British brought many areas in India under opium cultivation in north Indian states and got a large sum by way of tax on one hand and made enormous profits by exporting it to destinations like China. In mid 1830s the EIC was exporting opium worth 15 million dollars annually, a whooping sum in those days. Indian peasants were compelled to raise opium in their lands which were rendered useless in the later years. The farmers were given far less price for the opium. produced by them. Much of the profit went to the company and the Crown in London.
Producing zombies in China: Excess exports through normal process and illegal exports of Opium from the Indian harbors to China had a big impact on the large Chinese population and made them opium-dependent, affecting their physical and mental well-being. This caused a couple of Opium Wars with China.,
India's demand for freedom: The Indians had been denied freedom since the early part of the 1900s and freedom protests were subdued with an iron hand by the Crown Administration in the 1900s When the Crown imposed tax on Salt, there was widespread protests across India in 1930s.
Participation of India in World wars: Indians were forced to take part in the two wars WWI & WW II in the 1900s. India provided the needed manpower, produced large amount of arms and ammunition, military uniforms, tents, boots food and other stuff for the wars . The Crown collected money for the wars through heavy taxes from the Indians and the princely states. In WWI 1.3 million soldiers took part, out of them 74000 died in the battle. In WWII 2.3 million soldiers served, out of them more than 80000 got killed in the battle. The British promised to free India after the wars, but nothing was done after them. Reason; They needed India's huge revenue. Nothing is mentioned in the English school history books about India's role in the crucial wars. Nothing is mentioned in the English school history books about India's role in the crucial wars.
Hindu -Muslim disunity: In 1905, the government under the Crown headed by Viceroy Lord Curzon divided Bengal into Hindu and Muslim sections; this division was revoked after strong protests. Britain also encouraged the formation of the Muslim League of India in 1907. In 1942, Britain sent an envoy to India, led by the British Labor politician Stafford Cripps (1889–1952), offering future dominion status in return for help recruiting more soldiers. Cripps may have made a secret agreement with the Muslim League, allowing Muslims to opt out of a future Indian state.
Gilgit-Baltistan riddle; The present POK - The problem was started by the British military officer William Alexander Brown based in British controlled India. He instigated the Muslims in the area under the Gilgit Agency, part of Kashmir to topple the Hindu ruler Maharajah Hari Singh. He helped newly formed Pakistan to invade Kashmir in 1948 which became part of the Indian Union. A part of India's Kasmir was illegally occupied by Pakistan. This mess was created by the then senior British officials based in India to further destabilize the Indian subcontinent.
India-Pakistan partition 1947 : In one sitting in 1947, Cyril Radcliffe drew the border between India and the newly created state of Pakistan. This splitting along the religious line was done without any proper planning and the newly drawn map officially published with countless errors on the western border. The late publication of official India Pakistan (west) map caused chaos and mayhem among already uprooted several million million Hindus, Sikhs and others in Pakistan. This was followed by sectarian violence between two communities resulting in the loss of a few million people. Last gov. Gen. Lord Mountbatten oversaw this unfolding tragedy without any remorse and was highly criticized by the media for his poor administration.
The British Museum and the loots: The popular British Museum in the Bloomsbury area of London, UK is a public institution dedicated to human history, art and culture. it is home to permanent collection of some eight million works and is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence; widely sourced during the era of the British Empire. There are countless several centuries old historical artifacts from India on display here. About looted expensive antique jewels and gemstones from India according to one Sanghera,“Our museums and the royal family are in possession of billions of pounds worth of Indian loot. It was a systematic part of colonial rule. The royal family was given the king’s share of that loot.
The British has no history or proud legacy of mixed culture without colonies and slavery.
https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/indian-history-and-distorted-narratives/article34193380.ece
https://www.thoughtco.com/the-british-raj-in-india-195275
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_Compensation_Act_1837
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