Negative Effects Of British Imperialism

In colonial time there was a positive side and a negative side of Britain and India. Dr. Kartar Lalvani, author of The Making Of India, thought that it was equal between the two. But it wasn’t. The British colony took over the political, economic, and social control of India. The british rule created the world’s largest and strictest democracy. Although the british took control of the indians from 1858 to 1947 this came after the british east india started taking over part of india for the previous 100 years.
The British took control over laws and taxation, leaving the Indians with no say. British imperialism politically had more negative effects then it did positive. The British created the world’s largest democracy, uniting India, and they developed the justice system they still use today.(Lalvani) It established the framework for India's justice system, civil service, loyal army, and efficient police force. However British controlled 900 of the 960 government positions and that meant the Indians didn’t have any say in the laws that were put on their country. Because they didn't have any say in the laws or the way their government was ran became …show more content…
The British took control of the Indians government and gave them no say in what they use their money for, not only did they give them no say in their governmental rights but took control over their land and forced them to grow cash crops and starved millions of Indians to death. The British established schools and museums for the Indians to learn how to read and write but got killed. The British had a lot of positive and negative effects while imperialising India but more negative rather than positive effects. They killed more than 50 million Indians while taking over India and controlled the rest giving them no say whatsoever about any of their government rights or what they could do with their