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Engelbert Humper asked this question about An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India:

As an Indian I find this writer's venom against Britain more than a bit embarrassing. Britain left India about 70 years ago and with all the resources of modern technology India could have solved its problems of poverty long ago, instead of being the world's greatest reservoir of human misery. The British did a lot of good in India and in their empire, as well as a lot of evil. United India without them? A joke.

Pranav "The British did a lot of good in India and in their empire, as well as a lot of evil."

I find your ignorance on this topic embarrassing. Especially s…more"The British did a lot of good in India and in their empire, as well as a lot of evil."

I find your ignorance on this topic embarrassing. Especially since you claim to be Indian. If you had read the book you would know every "good" that apologists of the Empire claim in India, the intention behind was control and exploitation. Destruction of the traditional education was systematic in it's attempt to create a more servile class of indians.(less)

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