An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India Agriculture in August 1974

in August 1974

at the blazing wreckage of their city

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An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India Agriculture in August 1974In the 18th century, India's share of the world economy was as large as Europe's. By 1947, after two centuries of British rule, it had decreased six fold. Beyond conquest and deception, the Empire blew rebels from cannons, massacred unarmed protesters, entrenched institutionalized racism, and caused millions to die from starvation. British imperialism justified itself as enlightened despotism for the benefit of the governed, but Shashi Tharoor takes