Poverty in India is skyrocketing under the British -
Poverty existed in India before the British, thanks in part to constant war, food shortages, and the caste system, but in general Indian society took care of everyone.
Wasn't Totally To Throw Me At A Funeral Thing -
Before the arrival of the British, it was a common practice for a woman to throw herself on the funeral pyre of her husband.
Our charter school is better than yours -
Before the arrival of the British, the Indians did have two educational systems already in place — one for the Hindus, and the other for the Muslims.
It was his fault you killed him -
Whenever the British-controlled justice system saw a case involving an Indian versus a British citizen, the courts tended to always favor the British citizen.
Life expectancy in British India was excellent -
When the British took over India, life expectancy for the average Indian didn't just go down, it dropped by 20 percent all the way down to 32 years.
India's caste system still sucks, although the British have reformed it -
The British mostly strengthened the caste system, but they also disagreed with the treatment of the lower castes and the untouchables, and many of those people became educated and actually accumulated wealth under British rule.
There were 31 devastating famines in India under British rule -
Before the arrival of the British, Indian farmers had been growing mostly food crops like rice and vegetables, but rice and vegetables aren't terribly profitable as far as exports go, so the British started compelling farmers to grow higher value crops like poppy and indigo.
He also increased the tax... to compensate for his loss during the famine -
The Indians were already dying because they had no food stores to see them through hard times, but as they were dying the British were banging down the front door demanding their taxes.
Railroads were not really a big deal for India -
The main motivation for bringing that particular technology to the Indian subcontinent was so the British could efficiently move troops from one place to another, which made it easier for them to put down small rebellions and to control the local people in general.
Divide and rule -
Britain's policy of dividing the nation even had a name: It was called "divide and rule," and it worked rather excellently for most of the time the British were in power.
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