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India's current state has greatly improved since the 18 and 1900s. Their government has become a limited government which is slightly unstable, but their population has grown to over one billion. Their unemployment rate is only 8.5%, while America's unemployment rate is 7.5%. They make a Gross Domestic Product of 4.7 million US dollars. India is also home to many religions, including Hindu, Muslim, and Christian beliefs.

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India gained its independence on August 14, 1947. People like Muhatma Ghandi and other nationaist leaders led nonviolent protests and boycotts against British made goods. The passing of the Rowatt Acts stirred up more people across India, mainly Hindus and Muslims, because it was that they were suspected of a crime could be imprisoned without a trial. After British soldiers killed 400 Indians and wounded more than a thousand more, British hopes of along ruling were shattered

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During the time, Britain held almost all the political and economic power. They restricted Indian-owned industries, such as cotton textiles. This resulted in a loss of self sufficiency for many villagers. Cash crop conversion led to famines in the 1800s.

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The completion of the third largest railroad in the world enabled India to develop a modern economy.  Sanitation and public health improved.
British troops had cleared bandits from central India and had put an end to local warfare among competing local rulers.

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India's 'Colonial Parent' was Great Britain. Great Britain took over India in 1858, officially, and they wanted it because of its economic potential. India was a major producer of raw goods at the time, and the population itself would prove to be a large market. Britain took India over by first placing trading outposts in India in 1619. Then Britain created the East Indian Trading Company, which was completely British owned.