What Were Some of the Positive/negative Effects of the British Colonization of India?

Question by Liz: What were some of the positive/negative effects of the british colonization of India?
I think that the effects were probably mostly negative from India’s point of view. I know that the usual bad stuff probably happened (subjugation and exploitation of the native people, exploitation of the natural resources, etc.) but I don’t know anything more specific.

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Answer by BODHISATTVA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjK-UuqSsoA&feature=rec-HM-fresh+div
NEGATIVE FROM AN INDIA POINT OF VIEW!?!
YOU MEAN FROM A OBJECTIVE OR HUMANITARIAN POINT OF VIEW!
HISTORICAL FACTS SHOULDNT BE CHANGED TO JUSTIFY CRIMES.

COLONIAL EXPLOITATION, MISGOVERNMENT LEEDING TO FAMINES CAUSING DEATH OF MILLIONS,
INDIA WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR ECONOMIES IN THE WORLD BEFORE THE COLONIAL ERA- AFTER THE BRITISH LEFT INDIA HAD OVER 50% POVERTY.
OH YEH…. NOT TO FORGET THOSE
“DOGS & INDIANS NOT ALLOWED”
BOARD ON BUILDING IN INDIA DURING THE COLONIAL ERA!

MANY COME WITH “POSITIVE EFFECTS” LIKE:

*THE ENGLISH EDUCATION… WAS SUPPOSED TO BRING FORTH AN ENGLISH SPEAKING INDIAN CLASS FOR ADMINISTRATION WORKS, ONLY A FEW WERE EDUCATED BY THE BRITS IN INDIA.
(BY THE WAY WHERE WAS THE EDUCATION IN CHINA, AFRICA ETC?)

*RAILWAYS… WAS TO TRANSPORT THE EXPLOITED GOODS AWAY EFFICIENTLY FROM INDIA.
WAT ELSE?
EVERYTHING THE BRITS DID IN INDIA OR ANY COLONY WAS TO MAXIMISE THEIR PROFIT!… BY ALL MEANS AT ANY COST…
OR DID THE HAD THEIR COLONOES TO HELP THE POOR PEOPLE!?!

JALLIANWALA BAGH MASSACRE, FAMINES DUE TO MISGOVERNMENT… ALMOST 40 MILLION INDIANS LOST THEIR LIVES DURING THE ROUND 400 YEARS LONG COLONIAL ERA!
AS MUCH AS DURING WW2….
THAT ONLY IN INDIA… CHINA, AFRICA EN CO. STILL WAITIN…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjK-UuqSsoA&feature=rec-HM-fresh+div

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