<!--QuoteBegin-Viren+Oct 1 2005, 09:49 AM-->QUOTE(Viren @ Oct 1 2005, 09:49 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->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.
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Read Cornwallis.
He was defeated in America in 1770s and then came to India and defeated Tipu SUltan in 1795
The British made a calculation and figured out that the economic system of India was more profitable.
This decision was correct and by 1870 they were the dominant power in Europe.
This led to the rise of Germany and other empires.
But the British were able to rise to become the first global super power by 1900
The anglo saxon global trading model and the jewish global financial center in London and Bank of England is a result of this decision by British to abandon America since it was a overreach.
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.
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Read Cornwallis.
He was defeated in America in 1770s and then came to India and defeated Tipu SUltan in 1795
The British made a calculation and figured out that the economic system of India was more profitable.
This decision was correct and by 1870 they were the dominant power in Europe.
This led to the rise of Germany and other empires.
But the British were able to rise to become the first global super power by 1900
The anglo saxon global trading model and the jewish global financial center in London and Bank of England is a result of this decision by British to abandon America since it was a overreach.