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I'm sure that after General Dyer gave the orders to fire at a bunch of defenseless people (including women and children), he faced a shooting squad himself. Or
by soundward 24d ago
I'm sure that after General Dyer gave the orders to fire at a bunch of defenseless people (including women and children), he faced a shooting squad himself. Or when Churchill starved Bengal, he passed away from lack of nutrition. Or when the British-controlled police beat up non-violent protesters with steel-tipped rods, they also got a dose of the baton. Or when the survivors of the 3.5 million strong who served in both the world wars for the British returned, when they didn't get anything in return, common British soldiers suffered the same fate.
Nobody's denying the subcontinent had its faults. But holding a few instances of positive work by the British doesn't nullify the millionfold negative stuff.
I'm not going to give you sources. You can research on your own. Every bit of British history in the subcontinent shows that the "customs" were nothing but a ruse to justify the loot and a fig leaf, at best, to cover up quite a lot of injustice.