British-raj Quote by Meenakshi Sundaram V.R

“In the administration of brutality, India, the former colony, has proven itself equal to its former colonial masters.”

— Angana P. Chatterji

“British rule meant not democracy -colonialism is almost by definition underdemocratic - but limited constitutional liberalism and capitalism”

— Fareed Zakaria

“India all too easily forgets its own history under British rule, and the declaration of its freedom fighters that the oppressor does not have…

— Angana P. Chatterji

“How many Indians today would want to call a vote to divest themselves of democracy, English, the railway network, the legal system, cricket and…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“When the British left, India was a multireligious, multiregional, multiethnic country, exploited, backward, and poor from colonialism.”

— Prem Kishore

Colonial rule means that power, initiative is taken away from you by somebody else who makes your decisions. If that goes on long enough,…

— Chinua Achebe

“Its just either your way or my way. There is no way that is universally right. For British, they killed us to develop their…

— Hanif Hassan Barbhuiya

“There was nothing inherently wrong with colonialism, he felt, if its administration was fair and just. He”

— Adam Hochschild

I must fight unto the death the unholy attempt to impose British methods and British institutions on India.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“Doesn't an Indian tribe finally surrender to colonization by becoming as capitalistic as our conquerors? Isn't indigenous economic sovereignty one of the sneakiest damn…

— Sherman Alexie