08-28-2006, 08:27 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The only good thing about British rule was that it kept muslim rule in check, and bought Hindus the time to recover from our 1000 year decline.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
This is a common mistake Hindus make, British rule did not keep Muslim rule in check (except in small pockets like in Bengal or in Tippu Sultans areas), other than those two areas Hindus were the virtual masters of all other areas of India when the British attempts at take over started, Maharaja Ranjit Singh was keen on conquering Sindh and would have done so if not for the rapid extension of British imperalism, the Sikhs were ruling all the way from Peshawar to Kashmir, the rest of the provinces were under the Marathas (they had the largest area under their control), Jats, Rajputs and Bundelas, by this time Muslim rule had been smashed for good and would have been completely extinguished by Hindus if not for the British intervention, what the British intervention did was to prevent the reconquest of India by Hindus and saved Islam from the fate it deserved.
This is a common mistake Hindus make, British rule did not keep Muslim rule in check (except in small pockets like in Bengal or in Tippu Sultans areas), other than those two areas Hindus were the virtual masters of all other areas of India when the British attempts at take over started, Maharaja Ranjit Singh was keen on conquering Sindh and would have done so if not for the rapid extension of British imperalism, the Sikhs were ruling all the way from Peshawar to Kashmir, the rest of the provinces were under the Marathas (they had the largest area under their control), Jats, Rajputs and Bundelas, by this time Muslim rule had been smashed for good and would have been completely extinguished by Hindus if not for the British intervention, what the British intervention did was to prevent the reconquest of India by Hindus and saved Islam from the fate it deserved.