10-02-2005, 03:19 AM
Mudy: We hear reports now and then of how the Brits shamelessly hold exhibitions of diamonds/jewels/statues looted from India without given credit where it's due.
However lot of evidence is annecdotal and not published (at least I didn't find online). I was looking in terms of some sort of economic study or GDP/GNP numbers going back say 300 years - I am not sure if it was even recorded then. I've searched InfinityFoundation essays too and didn't find much.
Couple weeks back I was having a conversation with a friend (American) who's a bit of history buff. While doing a compare/contrast of the Amercian war of independence with our own, he mentioned that Brits valued India as it's crown jewel and were not willing to loose it for US. Seems that they didn't dedicate enough resources to squash the rebellion in US and that was a primary reason bluecoats were able to drive out the redcoats within a decade or so. I don't know as to how true this is, others on the fourm might know more. Would be a good exercise to get the timelines, local battles, events, economic numbers in the period between 1750 to say 1850 and check it out.
However lot of evidence is annecdotal and not published (at least I didn't find online). I was looking in terms of some sort of economic study or GDP/GNP numbers going back say 300 years - I am not sure if it was even recorded then. I've searched InfinityFoundation essays too and didn't find much.
Couple weeks back I was having a conversation with a friend (American) who's a bit of history buff. While doing a compare/contrast of the Amercian war of independence with our own, he mentioned that Brits valued India as it's crown jewel and were not willing to loose it for US. Seems that they didn't dedicate enough resources to squash the rebellion in US and that was a primary reason bluecoats were able to drive out the redcoats within a decade or so. I don't know as to how true this is, others on the fourm might know more. Would be a good exercise to get the timelines, local battles, events, economic numbers in the period between 1750 to say 1850 and check it out.