This state was saved from the rule of the British, due to the Portuguese. They reached India in the year 1498 before the ...

How was India's economy before the British? Prior to the British invasion, India had its own economy. While the economy of the country was dominated by agricultural production, various kinds of ...

Before the British established their foothold ... making it a financial colony of Britain. Under British rule, India’s self-sustaining economy was dismantled to serve British industrial needs.

What happened was India was deindustrialised. In 1750, seven years before British rule began, India accounted for almost a quarter (24.5 per cent) of the world’s manufacturing output ...

This was the first of several famines to hit India during British rule throughout the 1700s and ... and turned into expensive clothes and fabrics before being sold at a higher price back in ...

Before British rule, there was no difference with Hindus and Muslims, people believed we were all born in India and we were all Indians. My family was Hindu, but our 'Rikshawala' (rickshaw driver ...

"It's amazing to us that you welcome us, even though we are from Great Britain," he said, alluding to past British rule over India. "Thank you for forgiving us for all of the bad things Great ...

Discuss the British perception of India and Britain’s role in the subcontinent ... 7-12 Analyze changes in Indian society and economy under British rule. 7-12 Explain the social, economic ...

The Portuguese saved this state from the rule of the British. They reached India in the year 1498 before the British. Vasco da Gama discovered the sea route to India, only after that the ...

Coldplay's Chris Martin thanked fans at their show in Mumbai, India for 'forgiving' former British rule in the nation. See the full clip.