Indians React to History of Britain in 20 Minutes!

[hiramabiff]

For all our Island's faults and mistakes, the British Empire is still the only Empire throughout the history of time to ever devote itself to the abolishment of slavery all over the world. Up until Britain made it so, slavery was acceptable in every corner of the globe. From abolishing slavery to the exporting of women's right to vote, our Island can hold it's head high....

[TransoceanicOutreach]

18:55 'How we indians suffered' - you suffered the same as you had done under your previous rulers, the mongol-turkic Mughals. However the UK also left you with trial by jury, independent courts, democracy, and the concepts of equality and human rights. Under the Mughals the indians had none of those things, and were divided by caste and gender. Tens of thousands of british people went to india to try and improve the lives of indians and even gave their lives in that pursuit. If you would rather still be ruled by the turks or mongols then I'm sure they would be happy to take you back.

[robbanks]

The Koh-i-Noor Diamond is not a stolen object. It was given voluntarily by Ranjit Singh to the British as compensation for help in the Sikh Wars.

[zigman]

It is sad that we in the UK actually recognise India as a close relative, our joint history had nothing to do with the British people, just like I don't care one bit about the centuries of the roman occupation, I don't hate the Scandinavian people for what the vikings did, we are all nations who at some time in our history of building a nation were both the master and the slave.
Iam very disappointed in what iam hearing in India and the fact that as soon as you won your independence that you killed Gandi and basically split into two nations that hate each other (India and Pakistan), with the exception of kashmir.
So please I am not your enemy and I had nothing to do with what history has dealt you.
What I am is a person trying to survive in this absolute hell of a world were all this hate is more important than the fact we are alive...

[coot]

One thing he didn't have time to go into detail about is that it was the British who ended slavery from Africa. They spent ships, money and lives capturing slave ships and setting the slaves free at the same time as fighting Napoleon. All nations have done terrible things in the past for various reasons, but the most important thing is to learn from past mistakes and move forward. Great reaction you very loud people. Lot's of love from England ✌️♥️🇬🇧

[jpw]

The 'diamond' is claimed by about 4 different countries, so who do we give it back to? Pakistan?

[davidmarsden]

India suffered by gaining a legal system, rule of law, trial by jury, parliamentary democracy, railway system, infrastructure, trade, defence, telegraph, telephone, cinema, prohibition of burning the living wife on the husband's funeral pyre amongst other things.

[IanDarley]

You should watch 'The British Crusade Against Slavery' This guy was a little bit vague about this, slavery was outlawed and policed around the globe by the British at great expense to Britain in both British lives lost and money, the cost for which was only finally paid up in 2015.

[richardwills-woodward]

You didn't suffer on aggregate. For the first time Indians had advanced jobs, a middle class, world class education, democratic norms imposed where there were none. Common law, contract law, infrastructure, mining, modern global connections, without which India could never compete today (just as the British could not have risen without previous influence of being a colony ourselves and having been invaded). The world isn't perfect. It is impossible to be. Indians were under a brutal regime with the Moguls but this isn't taught in Indian schools. The Indians had no benefit. India traded with the East india Company and was not independent under Mogul rule - whom the British paid to trade. Remember, these were not people of the British state, they were traders. The Empire was an accident. There was no plan. The industrial revolution and the institutions that led to it bettered the world for all peoples despite atrocities also happening under a British watch. That said, the entire world was up to atrocities and the world was full of violent empires. The question therefore was (in the context of the time) would people prefer a British Empire or one of the others with their record? It is a difficult question that has only one answer in reality. We all live with the wealth we do today because of the British. I am grateful to those whom went before and made mistakes, so we didn't have to.

[FiannaUladh]

As a british person from northern ireland i am VERY proud of our Empire, we were the only Hyperpower in the world and still are, we developed ALOT of nations, gave ALOT of people Magna-carta (innocent until proven guilty), created parliamentary democracies where ever we went, yes there we bad things that happened but over all i think the good outweighs the bad, like slavery doesnt exist anymore BECAUSE of the UK

[evenflow]

As you can see, Britain was invaded and conquered repeatedly so were a product of their own history. Unlike a lot of conquering nations they did bring benefits as well as obvious problems. It's weird that so many nations still hold a grudge against Britain when Britain holds no such animosity towards it's conquering nations or recent opponents in World War 2 like Germany, Italy and Japan.

[stephentully]

I think India became a much better and richer country when the English were there and I believe the English gives money to India still but I'm not sure about that I also believed that India is such a strong country now and there is tension between India and China which the UK would defend India if a war broke out. The diamond is a small price to pay dont you think Thank You.

[oliversherman]

As a Brit, I hope our two countries can move forward in the future as friends. I know that we have a complicated past with Britain's colonisation of India, but hopefully we can have good relations moving forward. Much love from the UK 🇬🇧❤️🇮🇳

[gabbermensch]

If you look into the history of this very small island, it is bonkers how complicated it gets...every inch of land is contested, every line of law is questioned....we have, I would say, a "strange purpose in common when needed, but strangely uncommon amongst the daily purpose"

[hughfranklin]

India never owned the kohinoor your own supreme court ruled that.

[trevermcdonald]

Britain did not take India by force but by trade and exploiting the rivalries between the various states, The British would support rulers that were favorable to Britain and support them against those who were opposed. Britain did not loot the largest diamond, it was given as part of a trading agreement, and then passed on to Queen Victoria as a gift. There was no unified India until The British united it into one country and introduced Law and order. Before the British stopped it, it was customary for the wives to be burned alive when their husbands died, Slavery was rife between the various state until Britain stopped it, so not all of British rule was as ban as it is now made out.

[oldman]

Did the British treat the Indian people worse than the Indian people treated their own Dalits? The “Untouchables” who lives were totally controlled by other Indians Castes. Forced to do the worst jobs with no chance of improvement. I think not. In fact India was largely self-governing and British only interfered in times of trouble between Indians.
Also the British did much good. The lives of millions (yes millions) improved by British know-how. For example the colossal irrigation schemes that allowed many millions of Indian people to move to what was semi-arid land to what became fertile land. The list is endless.
We won’t mention how it was possible for a tiny island nation about 15, 000 miles away (having to travel around South Africa) in tiny wooden boats driven only by the wind and take control of a nation about 50 times greater in size.

[trevorveail]

The UK gave India it's railway system. Like the UK India had a great transport system.

[lillywhite]

Stop Victimizing yourselves in history, am English with four Irish Grandparents I understand how easy it is to do, the British have done way more good the evidence is there, look at all those Counties that Briton left are now regional powers . Egypt, America, India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Israel, etc. Ive come to see it as a fair exchange and if your still bitter about the looting come visit and see it for yourself God know's whats happened our Looted stuff over the years.

[penname]

And before the British took your diamonds and other treasures, they belonged to the rich Indian elite who no doubt profited at the expense of the common people. Ordinary Indians would never have seen or got their hands on those diamonds, anyway, so what did you really lose? In the same way, ordinary Britons wouldn’t have benefitted from or seen the “loot” either. Also, the British brought enormous infrastructure to the country, among other things. Young people today buy into a version of history they’ve been told, without doing any proper research into the facts, and then act as if they have experienced the pain themselves- when they don’t even know that their ancestors found the situation painful. It’s all projection. I’ve heard many elderly Indians lamenting the British leaving, saying the country has gone into decline ever since.