India was once a golden bird, but… almost everyone must have read or heard the stories of slavery in their country. But if someone asks you who has caused the most harm to the country between the Mughals and the British, what will you answer? Today we will tell you who had caused the most harm to India.
India’s independence
India officially got independence on 15 August 1947. But before independence, the British ruled India for about 200 years. In such a situation, when the British arrived in India for the first time, the Mughal era was going on. The British had caused a lot of harm to India in every way in these 200 years. Let us tell you that the British started ruling India with the policy of divide and rule.
When did the British come to India?
Now the question is when did the British arrive in India? According to historians, the British arrived in India on 24 August 1608. The purpose of the British coming to India was to do business in India. In such a situation, the British opened the factory for the first time under the leadership of James I’s ambassador Sir Thomas Roe. Let us tell you that this factory was opened in Surat, after which the East India Company opened its second factory in Madras.
rule of the mughals
Before the British, the Mughals ruled India. According to the information, Mughals ruled India for about 300 years. The Mughal Empire in India was established by Babar in Delhi in 1526 AD. The last ruler of this dynasty was Bahadur Shah.
Who looted India more
Now the question is who has looted India the most, the Mughals or the British. Let us tell you that India was harmed in every way by both the Mughals and the British. Not only this, he also did the work of looting the treasury of India. But compared to the Mughals, the British plundered and took unjust action against India, due to which India suffered more losses than the Mughals. Not only this, the British government had taken many unjust actions to loot the Indian economy. At the same time, the Mughal emperors looted Indian groups and institutions in their invasions due to their lust for wealth, property, and ownership. Due to religious intolerance, Hindu and Sikh temples and schools were destroyed.
