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- THE GOLDEN BIRD - INDIA MONTH ON BRITISH PATHÉ (MAY 2016): Newsreels of the Week: India Breaks Free.
A look back on the events of 15th August 1947 when India and Pakistan became countries independent of Britain. We also see Lord Mountbatten's arrival in India at the beginning of his time as the last viceroy of India and we finish with coverage of the twenty-first anniversary celebrations.
(Film IDs 1181.04, 1193.07, 1193.16, 2069.30)
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Jalandhar Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Britain has done her part. Before they took over, not "almost everyone was hungry in India".
The famines were created by the British during ww2. They took away the crops for their army and left the people who grew em starve to death.
Death to Britannia
@@sniffyjoe4229 Please. The British were the most backward people in the world. What sane person instigates man-made famine in a region with hundreds of millions of people, not to mention the countless massacres that took place. Individual achievements by British scientists were only possible thanks to the resources their government looted from their crown colonies.
JayJ Except in the end India won. The British were able to take over the subcontinent because luckily they came at the perfect time when the Mughal empire was on the decline. It has nothing to do with weakness
@@JaiMahadevv27 of course. All empires must fall. All empires have fallen, without exception. Can you tell me an empire that has lasted until now from the start of human civilisation? ( for 5000 years)?
@@JaiMahadevv27 in the end every empire falls. So its no big achievement that india got independence from the british. It was bound to happen as the soviets pressured the bankrupted British to leave India since soviets took a anti-imperialist and anti-western stance.
Hunger and poverty,This was what britishers left India after ruling of 300 years.They took away not only wealth but communal harmony between Hindu and Muslims.But India has proven coming out of all odds and hard times with its economy's now rubbing sholder to The Great Britain.
@Wojciech Szczęsny first read properly what he has written
And the communal harmony still prevails
@AJCdEdT
They did but British kill and looted far far far more than anyone who ever did to us. Hey at least even the mughal money still circulated in the India while the fckn British ship all the resources from India to the England
@AJCdEdT
Liar, I already done my research and British is the worse one. The British.
@AJCdEdT
LOL, then you should know that afghan, turkic people and Persian are not Arab and they are not middle Eastern. This is basic knowledge omg. I'm done with u and your facts. Keep praising you beloved British.
7 freaking million people died every year in a country that had more than 60% fertile land. I feel sorry for what they had to go through. Love to India 🇮🇳 from Nepal 🇳🇵
🇮🇳🇳🇵🇧🇩🇲🇻🇵🇰 South Asia friends forever (Exception Included 🇮🇳🇵🇰🙃)
Luv u my hindu brothers
Limited transportation, limited communication
And overpopulation problem as always
@@tiestokygoericprydz3963 Go and make these excuses in front of somebody else.
@@ThunderIndian
Nobody cried then and you are crying now
Not that you would house them if brought back to life 🤡
As a Pakistani, it's crazy to think we were once one. And now our governments are fighting as if we are opposites. 💔
Different population different time
It's because of british madarchods
@@indiano.1113 yeh 😂 proper chods
@@indiano.1113 government is different from people
A lot changes in seventy five years time
economic crisis
5:44 "Britain has fulfilled her mission" (of plundering it's colony to the ground, and ensuring that India cannot easily get up on it's feet).
Well it did anyway long live the motherland
@@sankalpthakur2503 long live the Maa Bharati 🙏🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
@@user-kt3jn7wx5f long live maa bharti comrade
Yaa they won't tell people the whole thing
That's funny considering Indian history. The Brits were angels compared to the Mughals and did bring India out of a dark age of burning widows.
7 million died of famine every freaking year.....I dont know what to say ....
And the famine was man made aka British made
That's nonsense. The two worst famines in Indian history had nothing to do with the Brits -Doji Bara and Chalisa.
@pugazh09 it is because when mortality rate increases fertility rate is bound to increase for the quest of survival people will produce more children because they are uncertain whether their generations will live or not but as india gained freedom healthcare facilities improved and mortality rate declined...i hope you understand now
Denver Britto indian news is full of lies and nationalism
@@fanofyoutubers9792 some, but not all of it
I will never forgive Britain for looting my beloved Motherland India
It's been decades, the old generation is gone, try moving on.
@@JohnSmith-fd5un yes, I agree with you there
Now UK is an ally of India
@@JohnSmith-fd5un But your older generation has left such a scar that can never be fulfilled
@@arghadeepchoudhury7250
Well, I am not from England, but I will still forgive "my" enemy (as if that can be a thing, politicians like to twist us for their convenience.) Like I said, let's not allow the past determine the future.
@@JohnSmith-fd5un But in this case the politicians are not playing any game
I know because my ancestors also fought against the British rule
You can understand how British looted as Kohinoor the Jewel of the Jewels was also taken by the Britishers from India
British rule was like a cancer to India. And we are still facing the consequences of this disease But I am happy that India not only survived but is enough developed today. JAI HIND.. 🇮🇳💓
We, hindus, are known to be the only civilization to have survived both Islamic and British (Christians) oppression and not only we overcame it, but from being a country of beggars, we, through hardwork brought India to the 5th position in the list of economy rankings. Now, we are heading towards the top spot and the world doesn't laugh at us like the way they used to 2-3 decades ago.
We still have a long way to go, but I feel proud about the distance we've covered so far.
Good luck for your future.
Indians are so delusional it’s hilarious.
@@bhavikpatel6354 I'm Christian (with Indian descent, but Canadian nationality) and the British never forced conversion on Hindus. It was just missionary work. They never mingled with the religious affairs. Christian communities in India is older than Britain itself, and they were formed 100% peacefully with zero violence. I'm not hating on Hindus; I'm just pointing it out.
@@bhavikpatel6354 still conquered LOL
@@lekevire And now the UK is a Christian minority country and you are still following the religion 😂😂😂
"In India, nearly everyone is hungry". What kind of ignorance you need to not mention your "greatest prime minister" Winston Churchill's name? Scared of saying the truth out?
Maybe not in 2021, but in 1948 this statement was true
@UA-camrs fan And dj too India produces 3x of its food grains requirement.. before independence we had famines every few years, since independent we have zero..
Almost everyone is hungry !!!! I guess you're still living in the 1950s
It’s sad, as a Englishman India has produced some great minds and it’s incredibly wrong what Churchill did. He is only seen as a hero for being prime minister when the nazis fell. Heard that he was rude to his English subordinates as well as committing war crimes.
If this doesn’t make sense I apologise I’m off my head on acid right now
It's sad to see poor people dying because of starvation on both sides and the commentator has the audacity to say that Britain has done its part
They built some nice buildings but it’s not exactly a good trade
Britain roughly doubled the GDP per capita of India in its 150 year rule
@@jamesoleary2476 yet ppl were not dying of hunger before Brits 😑
@@jimmoriarty7198 yes they were. Doji bara famine of 1790s is an example
@@jamesoleary2476 and who ruled the Bengal in 1790?
The great Britain should replace great with Thief,it suits Britain
shut up tech support scammer
@@IjeskrewRBMC How do you know he is a scammer??
@@9a22sriharshith9 its a joke lol
The meaning of great is different in great Britain, there were 2 island in UK, Britain and Ireland. Britain was called great Britain and Ireland was class lesser Britain because it was smaller in size.
@@RobertBrown-kw4of Lesser Britain is actually Brittany in France not Ireland.
Indians my brothers see video closely . This is what can happen If u do not remain united .
Jaan jae par desh na jae .
Desh prem jyada ho sarir m khun se bhi . Asse bhartiya chaiye hume .
🙏🙏🙏🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
Naman aapki baat ko🙏🙏🇮🇳
नमस्ते नमस्ते आपकी बात को।
जय हिन्द जय हिन्द आज़ादी की रात को।।
India is sinking back into its natural state - a divided land riven with sectarian infighting and warring tribes.
@@pulkit935 he said "Indians"
now I can truly appreciate our leaders from which ever party they are, I can firmly say that " India is certainly not the same " I can feel it while I am typing this comment in the video , My leaders has managed to overcome such terrible condition of our nation , still more to do , still poverty is there , we need to grow more . JAI HIND
Exactly bro
Almost someone is thinking logically not party wise.
@Tyt Xlx
Are you stupid?
India has been independent for SEVENTY YEARS and you’re still whining about the ‘Britishers’ ? The ones who united India, saved you from Mughal slaughter and full Islamisation, gave you secular democracy and the common English language which is a big leg up on the global stage - Jesus the Brits don’t even whine about the Nazis as much. Get over yourselves you bitter twisted LOSERS
@Tyt Xlx Life expectancy, per capita income, access to education and healthcare, and our overall international standing are infinitely better now. You are one delusional child if you cannot see hard data like that.
Past became sad
Present became struggling
Future became glorious
Jai hind jai bharat
Ghanta
Why Jay hind??? Hind Means What idoit
Only we console ourself above the words ever
Future will only be good if you learn to appreciate what has been given to you by the past instead of wallowing in imagined victimhood. India appears to be sliding backwards into ancient sectarianism and arrogance like it always did and that’s why it was conquerable in the first place
What a comedy show, _"The British GAVE INDIA"..._ It sounds like how generous were these Brits. Factually, they came to loot India, and did so open-heartedly. The road, rails and irrigation etc were the tools to ease their looting, which they left behind. Irrigation was to feed the Brits NOT to feed India.
Churchill alone was responsible for Bengal famine when he diverted all the food and left 3 million dead of starvation.
@@Lithium59 controversial opinion: but also I think British modernized India. I don't disagree the fact that they depleted our treasury and tortured us, but they also helped india to modernize, but it's ofcourse it was not worth all the suffering.
2:47 taking photographs
@@Lithium59 fake
Because it was regions not united
GDP per Capita always poor
Not looted. Traded - or conquered. You can’t loot from somewhere you own or that you traded for
@@Lithium59 no it wouldn’t
4:10 Biggest lie of century award goes to the narrator. 😂😂
To be honest they did give law and order... only it favors themselves and empowers the british officials and drags the poor down by making new taxes out of thin air.
@@bhindimasala3023 ignorance.....jo countries colonised nhi hui waha bhi aaj law and order hai or trains bhi chal rahi hai ...chor chor hee hota hai bhale he wo kitna bhi dikh ne achha ho.
British made bridge at godawari river is more reliable than the bridge made by corrupt politician
right? frikkin colonizer. He thought he did something there smh
@@bhindimasala3023 What new taxes? The taxes were specifically designed to not affect the economy. Why are you all lying about the past? Why are grown men making themselves out to be the victims of other men who aren't even alive any more?
the 5th largest economy of the world went through those days...it's been a long path we've covered. many more golden days are ahead. i am very grateful to be the part of such a great country who faught a terrible fight to achieve these much...thankyou mother INDIA . ❤
Population and country was different, different time, different business, different lifestyle
@@tiestokygoericprydz3963 it was always the same...
The only difference is that we changed our path.🚩
true
8th largest economy not 5th why gandians lie all the time? What's yall problem? 😂
@@hossainayon9588 lie? come to senses bruh Gandhis are gone. its BJP era now
2021 now India is self sufficient country. And a worlds largest democracy. 👍
Only equaled by another British colony, Nigeria, for internet scammers.
Democracy given to you by the BRITISH !
India is designated as only being partially free
@@Mrc172 cry son on what you do,
Because if you don't cry than we will make you cry soon...😚
@@mogznwaz everyone knows what British gave us. So don't make yourself fool anymore...😅
Next month's theme: Australia and Canada
+DAWN LUSH no! it shud be about john wayne heehe
In your dreams
And the United States
Nandan Bhat no videos in 1776😢
Not foolish australia
The 1950s and 1960s were the best time of Indian nation post Independence. So much enthusiasm, patriotism and sense of duty to build the nation in the hearts of every citizen! 🇮🇳
why so ? poor economic growth , corruption , failure in indo china war ,
Yes because you had the benefit of British legacy but weren’t bitter and twisted about it - unlike now!
@@mogznwaz We are ahead of you unlike then !
@@mogznwaz Your legacy is famine and poverty. Glad to see we have gotten rid of it.
Including building more rail, playing hockey, cricket, studying at English schools
That was patriotism
Even the tradition of burial of soldiers is English tradition
I think Malaysia, Egypt have similar
The flag wrapped around the coffin and when a huge person passes , the flag flown at half mast
I am very grateful to be part of such a ... incredible country ...that was nothing ...during those days....and now....one of the best countries in the world....
0:59
4:11
5:44
Arrogancy at it's Peak
Those were the days british left and india starts his golden era 🇮🇳 though poverty is still there but we all stand out make india a nation 🇮🇳🇮🇳
@Tyt Xlx
Ok Brit
@Tyt Xlx lol 😂 statistical facts and peoples opinion say the otherwise.
India wasn’t a nation until the British made it so. You are celebrating a British creation in British language
@@mogznwaz we are celebrating our freedom from the shackles of exploitation of colonial rule.
@@Googolplexian01 Scotland and NI are in the UK by choice. Scotland had a referendum. Your narrative is backward and ignorant
Really sad day for all the Indians of 1947 when our great Mother Land was divided and made Independent. Really this magnificent ancient country got it curse finally ending with a mammoth bloody communal riots of 1946 started which took millions of lives and marked the history of India with blood spot. The British in the final stage of their leaving India gave the extreme blow which made a great country into two parts. A magnificent country faced a mammoth shocked.
apparently the starvation was caused be the redistribution of grain out of India to British troops so?
the truth is a bit off and have taken liberties to justify deeds and acts morally exceptiable at the time
Most British troops in India were Indian.
@@denverbritto5606you r right. And when the loyality of those Indian soldiers changed, they revolted against their British generals (British called it Naval & military mutiny). British understood that they will not be able to recapture India, as they lacked enough European troops, so they decided to retreat.
To harness the best out of Geostrategic position of India, they divided it among two power hungry British loyalists.
@@catlover9865 lol that's a nicefantasy
@@denverbritto5606 Sometimes truth is so unbelievable that fools swayed by their little learning don't believe in it.
@@catlover9865 so all professional historians are fools
"Britain has fulfilled its mission" and "In India, nearly everyone is hungry". Two statements that so compliment each other !!
Britain have rails and roads to India. Really? As if, India was a desert before the Britishers came.
Do you mean Britain built rail and roads in India I am not disagreeing with you but that sentence made no sense
I don't know about the future. But India is still standing and will keep standing.
YS
💪🔥❤🇮🇳
"Britain has done her part"... Such Audacity.. wow..
They are saying Britain made roads and railways in india and then they say the people are hungry, but they never tell us that people are hungry because Britain has looted india for 200 years and British rule is one of the major reason of indias poverty what is the use of railways when people were not allowed to travel, what is the use of roads when the monopoly of trade was in the hands of the British authorities.
@For Queen and Country True..... The excuses that british give for looting india are rubbish!!!
Then how did India’s population EXPLODE during the Empire from 300m to 750m?
@@mogznwaz I don't know from where you are getting your stats..... Indian population was 169 million in 1800 and was 353 million in 1947 when british rule ended............ And after the British rule ended indian population started to increase with a rapid rate.......... It's a fact that during the British rule thousands of indians died due to their negligent and inhumane behavior towards us indians...... It's irony that those Britishers who looted not only india but God knows how many more countries give lectures to other countries about democracy and liberty and doesn't even have complete democracy in their own country......... Just accept what your ancestors did to us and apologize on their behalf instead of trying to justify what they did to us..........
@@mogznwaz try to read the real history not your filtered, filled with lies history!! Which is being tought in Britain........
@@mogznwaz more than 3 million people died in bengal femine of 1943.......and your british crown used bengals food and resources to support their world War......... Leaving all those poor men, women and children starve to death........... Those poor begalis didn't even used to get what they themselves used to grow in their own fields..... How inhumane you guys are trying to deny or justify these incidents!!!
So proud of great grandfather Kedar Nath Saigal ji India’s freedom movement struggle.
Even though Indians are racist, I respect them...they have suffered from Invasions and probably is the 2nd most suffered country in Asia
Why can't reporting be like this today?
Actually it's a lot more honest today."Britain has fulfilled her mission!" the narrator proudly proclaims. What was the mission? Invasion. Colonization. Exploitation.
Exactly.The Vice King of India is looking like a Russian Governor in Poland on 19-th Century.With a help of his own army of Kossacks,and sending milions of peoples to the Siberia-for heavy work.
Look for U.S. embasys in the Middle East ;-)
Biased and racist? Hahaha
Brave Men Behaving Boldly
You must like propaganda
Much love to India from Istanbul! ❤❤❤
Love to Turkey from India
You guys lost too much in ww1 seems too unfair to me.
@@jai598 All empires come to an end. It was not an empire based on nationalism, in the end all nations have the right to govern themselves, so nothing unfair about it.
@@precursors I am not worried about you losing it the problem is west taking over all of them and creating unnecessary wars in the middle East and northern African countries
@@jai598 Ahh yes that is true.
India was a young nation back then. We could have done so much more but we let a handful few decide what's best for us and they decided on what was best for them.
Britain fulfilled her mission (of looting)! From a hunger state to self sufficient and food exporting country! Contribution of agriculture scientists is immense!
What *specifically* was "looted"?
Heart breaking for poor people and small kids 💔😢😔
When the Neighbours kid leaves your Home after breaking all your toys
🇮🇳English gayi tel lene humari rashtriya bhasha hindi hai and I am so proud to be an indian 🇮🇳
We have not become superpower but we are able to feed almost everyone and who still don't get food will surely reduce to zero in upcoming years. We have come a long way in these 70 years. Maybe I won't live upto the moment when we truly become a clean developed nation but I'll give my 100 percent to improve the conditions.
Britain left a 'wreck' in 1947 which today stands as the world's largest democracy with 7% of world GDP in terms of PPP. The wreck as then British PM Mr. Atlee had termed India has left behind Britain in Cricket, Economy and English.
Hockey 🏒
Cricket since 1983
Britain GAVE you cricket, economy and English ffs. Plus friendship of the Commonwealth and stopped Mughal empire taking the whole subcontinent. 100 million Hindus and Sikhs slaughtered before the British arrived.
@@mogznwaz 😂Economy already existed in India, we had our own economy, and we were not Idiotic cavemen alright, India was very advanced, excluding Warfare her through. Britain might have introduced many things, but you cannot disagree with the fact that more harm was done than Good... I can assure you that and believe me, there is absolutely nothing you can do to change it... Besides, this commonwealth, its just a way to keep the British empire without any atrocities or slavery.
It left a unified country with a fully functioning state and infrastructure. I really don't understand why you're lying about the past
@@pixelite43 What harm was done? And if it was, why did the local Indian rulers allow it??? What was the state of India before the British arrived? The Murghals
Happy 75th Indian Independence Day in advance🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
5:44 building magnificent monuments was not the only mission i believe.
They built those magnificent buildings from the taxes collected from indians not their own.
@@SrikanthGBCom So? The Romans, Danes and Normans taxed the Britons / English when they colonised us. Are we still crying about it?
@@OnlineEnglish-wl5rp Britain was a good for nothing land at that time but india is the 2 nd largest economy in the world at that time , English thieves looted everything from us . If saying the truth pains the thieves ,I am happy. A thief is a thief.
Thank you for this film clip of historical significant events
This exclusive documentary showed the young Lady Pamela Hicks nee Mountbatten with her parents Lord Louis Mountbatten and Lady Edwina Mountbatten during the Indian and Pakistani independence back in 1947. As of today 29th may 2023, she's over 94 years of age. As for India, it has gone past that era of widespread poverty and is now one of the leading economies and a member of the G 20.
"Britain has fulfilled her mission!" Britain fulfilled their own interests and limitless selfishness, pushing the country to its limits!
Yeah, that's what every country has done since the dawn of time. You think India doesn't have its own self interest at heart? Grow up.
4:17-5:51 .
Real comedy....
They divided "INDIANS" (Bangladesh, Pakistan, India). And now look we are fighting with each other. We are fighting with our own people. "Britain has fulfilled her mission"
Who will make people understand?
I am happy that our country is doing great, inspite of suffering form terrible/incompetent leaders now/earlier. Our country is slowly getting better. Still many things are needed to be taken care of.
The happiness that all of them must be feeling at that time is beyond measure.
"In India nearly everyone is hungry", "Famines takes 7 million each year" and guess what they did with this knowledge: increase taxes and fines for not paying taxes. Do the unfair and label the victims hopeless, that's what they did. And guess what the Indian leaders were competent enough to uplift India from a broken slave to a cruel governance into a potential future super power.
Only recently I found out that India and Pakistan weren't the only countries that the British have left after kindling the fire of conflict. Israel and Palestine were also similar.
5:43 "Britain has fulfilled its mission". Yes stamping down a world economic trade center and super power into poverty, famine, fear and worse of all - communal riots: sadly this final mark by the British prevails to this day and takes many lives every year.
What a load of ridiculous bullshyte you are spouting
You are quite obviously a man with deep neuroses determined to re-write history to suit yourself.
If the British were deliberately imposing hunger on India why did their media openly report it?
India would have become a developed country by 1980 if Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose led the nation. He had a great vision and he was the one and only person by whom the Britishers were frightened.
Jay Hind 🇮🇳
We were GIVEN a womaniser, and Leftist looney to run our country for the next 50+ years.
Whats this Indian obsession with Subhash Bose and hate for Gandhi? To me Gandhi was better, Subhash was also a good freedom fighter but his alliance with Japan and the Nazis ruined his reputation.
@@janbazgamer9246 that was the only option. Non violence was never a option. British ran away because of Netaji's Azad hind not for Gandhi's non violence. Use your brain before commenting.
@@SusantaHazra-dc9xw I am using my brain, you should read some history first, Boses rebellion was all sponsered by the Japanese and it was on a very small scale, theres no way azad hind forces could have defeated the British even with Japanese support.Hideki Tojo himself was not impressed by Boses war strategy and military skills. The Real reason British left india was the sailors mutiny in 1946 and Gandhis self determination movement. I am not hating on Bose, he was a great freedom fighter but overshadowing gandhi before him is not historically and morally right.
A fair sensible factual presentation of challenges needing solid attention to pursue them.
4:11 the British gave India famines. The British gave India Jaliawala bagh masscare.
The British gave India tortures.
The British gave India kala Pani.
The British stole Indian Money and took it to there country and build railways.
The British made India From richest country of the world to one of the poorest.
4:32 yes can live harmony although British tried their best to seperate them and promote violance.
The British made India to fight their own Pakistani brothers after dividing them.
We all know that The list is huge and i cannot write everything here.
They could have taken their railways and dams with them and left India the way they had found it - without hunger.
That's a rather hysterical comment to justify resentment you have no need to feel. The population of India doubled over the time of the British period.
Children dying on the roads is an unimaginable horror. Today with 1.3B people, 99.99% of Indians are not starving and on top of that, we export food. Proud of how we transformed ourselves out of the clutches of British imperialism and became self sufficient and providing to the world. InfoTech, Steel, Chemicals, Food, Clothes, Ayurveda while taking the trash of the first world and recycling it back. We are just beginning...
And where did you get the ability to do all of that you numpty
Due to what reasons Britain was forced to leave India, this subject was discussed in detail with Attlee.
I asked them directly that "The Quit India Movement started by Gandhiji in 1942 was losing its edge.
There is no other reason in 1947 ?
What was the reason that suddenly the British government decided to free India ?
In response, Attlee gave many reasons, but the most important of them was the British in the Indian Army and the Navy ...
Growing dissatisfaction with the government and breathlessness. The main reason for increasing this distrust was the Indian National Army of Subhas Chandra Bose.
I asked Attlee at the end of the discussion how much influence Gandhiji had in the decision to liberate India ?
After listening to this Attlee taunted softly and said '
[ m - i - n - i - m - a - I ] .
-: Justice PB Chakraborty(Chief Justice of Calcutta)
Source: Bose: An Indian Samurai
It's because of World War 2.
I suspect Britain had had a gutful of being held responsible for the world - India cost more to maintain and modernise than it ever made. The British people certainly never wanted it
Not mentioned here but one other major reason was that basically Britain no longer was even capable of holding on to it's empire Gandhiji might not have directly forced the Brits to leave but he did certainly provide a spiritual leadership and common ground to the INC this allowed diverse leaders like Jawaharlal Nehru and Vallabhai Patel to work under a single umbrella as they all respected him
And looksnow India's gdp and Britain gdp 😁😁😂😂👍
Was looking for this comment.
But still there's long way to go🙏🙏🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
Our companies provide most jobs in britain, housing provoded by hinduja and most jobs by tata group, if they pull out, britain falls... Also indians are in their govt now...
@@inco9943 true, but tell me why do you all piss your pants while confronting with china? they have like 1/4 th of the per capita income. You see, per capita income isn't everything...and dont worry we will improve on that too.
the days of west are numbered.
@@inco9943 oh hell no , no ones saying that for 2000 years lol, actually no one even thought of replacing west till the 21st century. tbh i dont want any country to replace some other country but when you guys straight up deny all the atrocities that you did on us , we feel like cheated.
Considering the hand India was dealt post-empire, I think they did really well for themselves. Always room for improvement, but still, well done.
They were dealt a GOOD hand. British ex colonies always do better than French Spanish or Mughal ex colonies
Mughal ex colony?
@@mogznwaz 'Good hand'? Excuse me? At the time of independence, India's literacy rate was 14% or lower. Indians starved, in spite of having 60% of fertile land in the country which today produces 3× the required food. Just admit it, Brits cannot digest the fact that they used to be (and a select few like you who still are) white supremacist imperalist arseholes who cannot see a thing wrong with the empire. Guess you must have enjoyed the Mau Mau massacre too right? Jallianwala Bagh? Killing unarmed people including women and babies? Guess thats what they teach you in British schools, huh? You do realize you OWE Indians who gave their lives for YOUR cause in both World Wars, and that too because of your two faced lie of giving independence to the country both the times? Railroads and other infrastructure was built in order to better EXPLOIT India, not for its people. Read about the Rowlett Act too, and the amount of treaties and promises you've broken throughout the years. No wonder y'all are still two faced bigots.
And what exactly was so bad about that hand??
@@matheenarifkhn3548 What did the Murghals do before the British arrived?
I think the British Empire was a mixed bag, some great things came from it and some terrible, but it all belongs to history now. India and UK have had strong influence on each other's cultures and I hope both will maintain a great friendship throughout this century! 🙏🇬🇧🇮🇳❤️
That is a very civilised mindset to which all can aspire 🇬🇧🇮🇳
Indians are the most forgiving people IMHO. Yes, British Empire was a mixed bag, more terrible things and very less beneficial things came out of it. But we had embraced everything and moved on without holding any grudges.
What was terrible?
@@Komal_US Quite clearly there are massive grudges judging by some of the hysterical comments under this video. What "more terrible things" were there?
@@OnlineEnglish-wl5rp For starters, I would like you to watch Shashi Tharoor's speech in Oxford University. Its only 10-15 mins. After you have watched it, then we can discuss more.
Ghandi, the 78 year old mystic 😆
Whom are you referring to? And if it is Gandhiji then plz get ur history checked so that you gain back the post respect for him. in case you forgot the history or got manipulated by the history that's being created these days.
Obviously you guys will say it.... can't digest the truth!right??
Gandhi the sexual deviant
INDIA HAS BETTER ECONOMY TODAY. 👍🏽
Thanks to the legacy of the British.
You’re welcome.
@@mogznwaz 🤡🤡💩
@@mogznwaz you mean looting?
@@mogznwazThis did not happen with the grace of the British rule. This became possible after independent India due to the efforts of Indians and the policies adopted by the Government of India.
Britain left us in very worst situation. We grouwed up very rapidly in just in these 70 years. One day we will be best in the world. Love india thanks to our leaders.
In our high school , they teach us history but it wasn't this painful. but realising that British/UK torn apart India and USA always supporting Pakistan ( favouring them ). Our country without Ussr/ Russia is incomplete
Yes
Its all because of Britain, that we suffered alot.
But after all these, we still able to place our country in the top ten lists of Economic development, military power and many others indices.
Proud to be an Indian 🇮🇳
@Thakur Veeru | it is also the British who TAUGHT you the *_very language_* you are abusing them with !
The boon in disguise was without Britain we might end up with many small sovereign states, and never stand as a Federated States of India.
@@dasalekhya we can still abuse you in our language, but you stupid asses won't understand.
You are only competing at all because of the benefits bestowed on you by Britain. Or do you think 500 kingdoms speaking different languages, fighting over religion, ruled by maharajahs dripping with diamonds while the peasants starved, caste system and female infanticide are good qualifications for global influence? Oh hang on you do pop out a lot of babies so there is that 🤔🙄
Your country's population doubled under the British
As we stand in 76th Year of Indian Independence Azadi ka Amrit Muhastav we are self dependent on ourselves we are the 5th largest Economy in the world Supparssing the Great Britain once Ruled India
We are Diversified and we are living in Unity in Diversity unlike Britains economic crisis
4:08 listen carefully what he said. What about the wealth they stolen from us. Money resources and soldiers in world war 2. They won't talk about that. Nearly half of the money and food used in WW2 by British was sent from India leaving Indians starving during war. As it's been said "History is written by the victor"
If they didn't protect UK and Indian border we will be under nazi rule so thank Winston Churchill and Britain
@@fluffygamer7644if India were under Nazi rule there would have been no difference bcoz Britishers did the same thing what Nazi did. Attack Capture Exploit
@@arpitsaxena6365 Where did the Indian railways come from?? Where did Indian parliament come from? Where did the Indian legal system come from? Would the Germans have introduced cricket??
@@Neil-yg5gm and what it cost for indians? Did anyone asked for it?
@@arpitsaxena6365 Don't know. Fact is if the British did not come to India you were have never heard about cricket
Britain has fulfilled her mission! Of what? Simply leaving India as shown in the video for about a minute leading up 5:43!
Long live my motherland glory will prevail
"Britain has fulfilled its mission" 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
Whatever happened in those days we should forget it. But the reasons that brought that tragedy should be kept remembered for being watchful and cautious on not returning of trageடு again. In these days of pandemic we should not leave even only one of our fellow
Indisn brother to die on want of food.
40 million muslim stayed in India and 80 million Hindus in Pakistan in 1947 now in India muslims are 400 million and Hindus in Pakistan are just 2 or 4 lacs However they feel unsafe in india 😀😀
3:25 "Less than a century under ..rule" what bollocks! get your facts straight at least.
British ruled for only 90 years directly. India was ruled by British East India Company before that.
It was officially placed under colonial rule after the revolt of 1857.
@@seemabagwe724 Ohh is it ? Then who was EIC company under then ? Mysore king ? LoL apply some brain just dont vomit slave facts here, you slave blooded peasant.
@@lordraj365 The EIC was a Private company much like Reliance or Tata. The Government had very little say in it.
Actually its 200 years
Leaving after making a wealthiest country the poorest and making people more rival to each other British and Mughals just looted the country still India is moving to world's power wonderfull🧡🇮🇳🧡
The video starts with stating India as THE GOLDEN BIRD and ends with saying IN INDIA NEARLY EVERYONE IS HUNGARY. Yes indeed Britain has fulfilled her mission of impoverishing the GOLDEN BIRD and make fortunes for themselves. How shamefully they brag about their wickedness.
Whenever I think of time machine, my desire comes to go to that moment.. when India was under British and like how many movements were...
And you’d see India was more civilised under the British
@@mogznwaz not tryna be rude but, who says so?
Whatever British did , you think, for India was to benifit themselves not natives of the land. You won't even realise how much of gold and other assets were taken from India, you won't know that before foreign invasion India was way ahead and was at par with other most developed countries of the world(before invasion era)
Now again India is recovering it's economy and soon will be ahead of the world, if good Indians don't migrate to other foreign countries
@@mogznwaz oi m8 look at mEh , i em brIIsh and goT save DA Kween op she already dead
@@Googolplexian01 That would be convenient for you wouldn’t it - to pretend that only you know the correct reading of history. But you don’t.
@@mogznwaz Is making a large population die of hunger, pushing a large population into the abyss of poverty, not paying attention to the development of agriculture, collecting heavy taxes from farmers and discriminating on the basis of race, a sign of civilization?
So much bloody history has been made for the British!
They divided our beloved country into two. 💔
We will rise again 🚩 🙏
No you divided it yourselves through your constant fighting and sectarianism. Creation of Pakistan was REQUESTED not imposed
@@mogznwaz yes just like North Vietnam South Vietnam, just like Germany and many more. We were living together before that. Britain not only divided this land they drained and left us with 3rd most poorest country in the world from 20% in world GDP to 3rd most poorest country. Lakhs of Indian died during World War 2 just because British.
7 million people died almost every year. Thank god this ended 75 years ago… 🇮🇳🤝🇺🇸
Oh yes..UK truly looted india..when people in Bengal were going hungry...Catherine of russia was vaccinating rural russian children...UK and russia were always friend...where UK was always prosperous monarchy...so one can imagine the type of advance life UK ppl would be living when bengali people were starving....
.......Are you a joker ? Before 1914 Great Britain and Russia were sworn enemies for centuries and fought many wars!
@@arthurpozner7701 u seriously do not know history...nepolean started 1813 russian campaign because russia kept doing trade with UK.. so your statement that russia and UK were enemy before 1914 is wrong...russia and UK had family relations at royals level..most important thing that binds russia and UK is that both do not feel comfortable with mainland europe...and minor thing..both are non catholic
@@jagatdave Sorry to disappoint-but Napoleon's "Grand Armee" passed through our area twice in 1812.Yes,twice... This was a result of his ignorance and unfamiliarity with local conditions,compared to those in Western Europe.There were several coalitions prior to that and countries betrayed each other constantly in that era... Every royal house in Europe was related due to intermarriage...That was done through attempts to secure peace and mostly to enlarge their domain. P.S. Even today's the Russia-British relations are leaving a lot to be desired!
@@arthurpozner7701 nope...UK offered help to russia in world war 2...russia and uk has never fought with each other...UK and russian soldiers and kings..and generals were together against nepolean at waterloo...
@@arthurpozner7701 u need to know dna history of russian and UK people...both the country were heavily influence by Scandinavia before christ and till 1000 AD
Video banane wale ka mai bahut shukragujjaar hun ki aap ne Hume real video dikhaya
*Shows mass starvation and famine
That’s a result of British imperial policy!
It is.
Yes...it is
It was an unfortunate and unwanted consequence of having to fight the NAZIS. You can also blame the Japanese in Burma - but you won’t of course
Commentator said that britishers gave law and order they made roads but he did not say that they looted India for more than 200 years
What *specifically* did they "loot"?
India is still suffering from the divide and rule policy introduced by English. The British left India communally polarized.
Video started with India's independence.
Then started British propaganda seconds later.
This hunger n poverty was the order the British left!
Ok guys can we stop arguing and just watch this classic part of history
@John Higgins yeah
No
What Britisher done every one must know it
British are soly responsibil for death of 3 billion people in colonial ara . And pls don't talk about money
@@mrityunjayshukla5167 3 billion?
@@harshbansal7982 yeah 3 billion
And by the greatness of Europe's more the 5 billion in last 2 centurys
@@chiefexecutive1989 nor the queen neither the people said a single SORRY FOR WHAT THERE ANCESTOR WERE done , and using that wealth Shamelessly which are looted by them , still your queen us OUR koohenur , and people the wealth Shamelessly .
Every one have a RIGHT to get atleast a SORRY . Or acceptance that the Britain hay done WRONG with HUMANITY .
No Britain didn't made "decision to leave India" they were thrownn out 😂
They weren't thrown out bruh they left cause nothing was left to take from here anymore and they couldn't afford any more rebalian
Irrigated the land. My foot. Ask Churchil what he said on Indian Bengal famines . Now India's GDP is better than UK .
Before and After INDIA 😊🙏 Thank you Modi Ji 🇮🇳
wow mother india you have improved alot in less span of time...now time is about to come to be super power....
Why so you can be Hindu empire and rule the world ? Hypocrites
It’s remarkable to look back and see this video and imagine for a second how we were and how we are now.
That too when Boris Johnson is in Delhi.
Salute to all our ancestors for being resilient despite going through all atrocities and inhuman crimes committed against them by thieves who looted them.
To all those asking why India is not supporting Ukraine 🇺🇦.. look at this video ..imagine the feeling of helplessness faced by these people.. knowing that there is no one to save them, help them .. but they are just left to die by the British thieves and political stooges and families appointed by them.
My request to all Indians. We should never feel ashamed to teach this history to our children. Teach them what Brits did to us! Teach them what Islamic tyranny did to us! Let’s bring back the glory of this land 🙏
Lol
So when your population was 400m
And when Ukraine was not in trouble is still the problem
But now that you have 1.3 b people and so does china
With all modern equipment
Neither can help , wow
@@tiestokygoericprydz3963 follow Ukraine war with neutral perspective and you will gonna starting to question yourself...
India never saw famines until the arrival of The Great Thief.
Yes it did. It was also invaded by the Murghals. What *specifically* did the "Great thief" steal?
wha a video, seeing so many of our great leaders lively was exciting. sad to see poor people in such condition those days, i feel and see the graves of our grand parents and freedom fighters, somewhere those black n white lands of the video.
Britishers left a deadly legacy of Partition
The story of Indian independence:
A free deer(India) was hunted down by a group of wild cats(rulers before the British), but a group of hyenas(the British) chased the cats away only to have the deer for themselves, and when they were done with it, they left it for the vultures(leaders since 1947) to finish what's left of it.
Hmm interesting. But I would say the British were the lions who drove away the hyena pack
@@mogznwaz In jungle ecology, hyenas don't usually hunt, they prefer to steal the prey of other animals by either shooing them away or just wait until the original hunter has had its share and no longer wants the remaining food. Here the British fits the hyena metaphor because they were not the first predator, they stole it from the preceeding predator.
@@mogznwaz 😂Brits where not Hyenas, they where monkeys.
@@dharmveermodi Are you trying to say that Brits civilized Indians, Cuz that's a bloody joke.
@@dharmveermodi Why do you talk in these hysterical ways and why do you want to be a victim?
After 200 yrs of sacking the wealth, India today surpasses England becoming the fifth largest economy of the world.
“If the fishes are fighting in the same pond,the BRITISH was there.”
Hahah ya I have heard this one😂
You know what the best thing about is, is that it always strikes back. India which was once looted, robbed and severely left to die by the British, is standing shoulder to shoulder and will surely beat them in terms of GDP and growth in the future. Jay Hind Jay Bharat.
from where they left us, it is commendable what our leaders have done to get us here. though we criticize we must accept and acknowledge the progress so far.. lets move further ahead together. Vande Mataram!!
They left you with a functioning state, infrastructure, knowledge, and the friendship and trade of the Commonwealth
@@mogznwazfunctioning state- not completely we were plagued by partition riots, hastily done partition etc
Infrastructure- except railways GHANTA
Knowledge- Ghanta except a few illiteracy was rampant.
Trade of commonwealth- ok that could be a good point.
Overall score- 1.3 of 4
@@mogznwazBut at the time when India becomes independent, there is a situation of anarchy all around India. Was this the administrative efficiency of the British rulers, that while leaving India they left India in a chaotic condition?
@@mogznwazThe British government itself wanted India to remain a member of the Commonwealth after independence. The then British Monarch George VI himself had asked Lord Louis Mountbatten to convince Indian leaders for membership of the Commonwealth. To ensure that India remains a member of the Commonwealth, the rules for membership of the Commonwealth were changed in the year 1949.
As far as railways are concerned, it is absolutely true that railways expanded during the British rule. But its objective was not to industrialize India but to exploit Indian resources at low cost keeping in mind the development of United Kingdom industries. Apart from this, the entire expense of the development of railways was being borne by the then British government from the revenue given by Indians. Apart from this, the then British government paid for the development of railways at a higher price than the actual cost, which benefited the British enterprises expanding the railways. The truth is also that even though railways developed in India during the British rule, everything from railway engines to railway tracks and all types of components were manufactured in the United Kingdom and not in India. By using the money which the then British government used for the development of railways, they could have encouraged the development of agriculture in India so that people would not have died of starvation on a large scale. If this money had been used for India's industrial development, India would have been an industrialized country like Britain. But industrialization in India became possible only after independence. If India is counted among the industrialized countries today, it is because of the hard work of Indians and the policies of the Government of India after independence.
4:58 the British roasted themselves