When Did India Become Modern

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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->But then after defeating us, they put in railroads, telegraphy, roadways, civil service, education system so that they can get the most from their conquered territories. But these also served to bring about a political unity and without that political unity, national spirit would not have emerged. This is what I have tried to establish, that consolidation helps to bring about development and the emergence of a modern state. <b>Without the British, the present modern Indian state is impossible to imagine</b>...
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<!--emo&:blink:--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='blink.gif' /><!--endemo--> Now that I understand what "modern" is, I must say, IMO, this is pre-modern intellectual exercise when western colonial dialectic was exported to natives, to legitimize colonialism.. what next? British saved India from Indians, civilized us for 150 years and handed over the country to the coconuts, who go on to spin old theories of benevolent imperialism and colonialism.. Marx too agreed with this notion - bringing progress and civilization dispelling superstition and ignorance and nonsense. Sorry, aint no big fan or follower of "culture of colonialism". Guess, that is not being modern, heck, so be it.