British rule in India GK by Franz Materne https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh Different perspectives on how British colonialism affected Indian society. Task: Read the article according to your last name and add arguments. See the argument that I posted and follow the same principle. en-us 2021-01-20 15:15:06 UTC 2021-01-31 23:09:58 UTC hello@padlet.com Britain must pay reparations to India (Al-Asadi-Grießbach) maternefranz https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1106191152 2021-01-20 15:27:37 UTC https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1106191152 Why Britain does not owe reparations to India (Hawez-Wolf) maternefranz https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1106200052 2021-01-20 15:29:22 UTC https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1106200052 Better infrastructure maternefranz https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1106399857 - the British built canals and streets (Mr Materne)]]> 2021-01-20 16:06:46 UTC https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1106399857 explanation not an individual case https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1109072527 -no empire in human history has pursued altruistic policies (Anton)]]> 2021-01-21 08:43:54 UTC https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1109072527 rulers always gain https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1109094964 -policies always benefit rulers (Anton)]]> 2021-01-21 08:50:32 UTC https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1109094964 Mughal Empire https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1109105436 -Indians were suppressed & died unter Mughal-leadership (Anton)]]> 2021-01-21 08:53:17 UTC https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1109105436 Building an elite https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1109117060 -colonialism enriches a tiny elite (Anton)]]> 2021-01-21 08:56:43 UTC https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1109117060 No loss of value https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1109121105 -grabbed money kept in India; it was only distributed (Anton)]]> 2021-01-21 08:57:53 UTC https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1109121105 Equality https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1109131523 -British industrialisation lead to destroyed craft production everywhere (not only in India) (Anton)]]> 2021-01-21 09:01:09 UTC https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1109131523 secure trade relations https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1109138534 -Indian crafts were exported to Britain (money flow to India) (Anton)]]> 2021-01-21 09:03:19 UTC https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1109138534 no physical damage https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1109145425 -Indians were oppressed, but not hurt (Anton)]]> 2021-01-21 09:05:10 UTC https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1109145425 better education https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1109157836 -the British built Western-style universities, a Western-style press, and a large publishing sector
->financial security (Anton)]]> 2021-01-21 09:08:48 UTC https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1109157836 Indian economy destroyed British https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1109165821 -Indian industrialisation destroyed British equivalents (jute)
(Anton)]]> 2021-01-21 09:11:09 UTC https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1109165821 Unifying language https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1109181625 -English as a unifying language
 ->helped to stabilize Indian democracy (Anton)]]> 2021-01-21 09:15:52 UTC https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1109181625 Spending https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1109186063 -British invested much money in the country
->new capital at New Delhi
(Anton)]]> 2021-01-21 09:17:12 UTC https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1109186063 Britain destroyed Indian economy hendrikesser2003 https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1109962700 India had 23% of the world economy –> dropped to 4%
Reason: India governed for the benefits of Britain
India biggest „cash-cow“ for Britain (Hendrik)]]> 2021-01-21 13:32:04 UTC https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1109962700 https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1109975724 territorial boundaries can be extended in India (Taha)]]> 2021-01-21 13:35:17 UTC https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1109975724 https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1109979541 Trade network is being extended ( Taha)]]> 2021-01-21 13:36:14 UTC https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1109979541 https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1109987477 More assertiveness for the British (Taha)]]> 2021-01-21 13:38:05 UTC https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1109987477 https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1109995721 British intercede in the Indian government / Protection 
(Taha)]]> 2021-01-21 13:39:59 UTC https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1109995721 India De-industrialization hendrikesser2003 https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1110007859 -Britain destroyed Indian textiles and fabrics
-Indian world export fell from 27% to 2%
-from exporter to the world to exporter to Britain (Hendrik)]]> 2021-01-21 13:42:45 UTC https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1110007859 Bengal famine hendrikesser2003 https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1110016809 -15-29million people died of unnecessary starvation
-Winston Churchill: diversion of food from starving Indian to 
 well-supplied British soldier (4million deaths) 
-the last starvation in India was under British rule (Hendrik)

]]> 2021-01-21 13:44:46 UTC https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1110016809 Segregation hendrikesser2003 https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1110094343 -no Indian in colonial era was allowed to feel British
-only a subject, not Citizen  (Hendrik)]]> 2021-01-21 14:01:27 UTC https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1110094343 hendrikesser2003 https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1110108113 were used to transport raw material
and British people (Hendrik)]]> 2021-01-21 14:04:06 UTC https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1110108113 Independence https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1110360251 The buildings and innovations helped India to become independent
(Antonia)]]> 2021-01-21 14:51:29 UTC https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1110360251 menisobra https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1110920274 The consequences are very huge and can not only be solved by money but pay reparations would be a beginning. (Marlena)]]> 2021-01-21 16:57:00 UTC https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1110920274 Exploitation franziskabever https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1111294896 Colonialists exploited Indians and they made it look like they were doing good for India (for example Robert Clive).
(Franziska)]]> 2021-01-21 18:05:46 UTC https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1111294896 Railway franziskabever https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1111378109 - for the British and to carry Indian raw materials to the ports for shipping it to Britain
- it was only used for colonial interests 
- British investors made much money with the railways 
(Franziska)]]> 2021-01-21 18:21:09 UTC https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1111378109 Indian soldiers franziskabever https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1111412523 Many Indian soldiers had to fight for Britain, for example in the Second World War.
(Franziska)]]> 2021-01-21 18:27:25 UTC https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1111412523 Railway keyuhan2172 https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1112436662 The cost of Indian railways would have been much higher, if indigenous developers had to seek capital on the world market and bought in technology in a wholly unprotected way. (Yuhan)]]> 2021-01-21 23:45:21 UTC https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1112436662 Investment daniahawez https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1115499178 The British built universities and schools  and invested in education 
(Dania)]]> 2021-01-22 19:04:18 UTC https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1115499178 daniahawez https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1115532342 enriched parts of Indian society (Dania)]]> 2021-01-22 19:12:34 UTC https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1115532342 chichixiaxia1 https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1118931997 - countless people died in famines during the Mughal period
- much of Indian wealth was creamed off for the benefit of rulers
(Seika) ]]> 2021-01-24 15:14:21 UTC https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1118931997 chichixiaxia1 https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1118947980 → the militarisation of the Indian landscape with forts is evidence of this (Seika)]]> 2021-01-24 15:22:15 UTC https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1118947980 Industrialisation https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1123847538 Japan made profit out of the Western industialisation like India did. (Cosima)]]> 2021-01-25 19:33:51 UTC https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1123847538 Reasons for the colonialism https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1123883744 The colonisation happened due to imbalances in environmental opportunities, military and technological power.
(Cosima)]]> 2021-01-25 19:41:27 UTC https://padlet.com/maternefranz/8905p0z57ebk36uh/wish/1123883744