![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() First, through the 18th century, much of India was progressively conquered by the East India Company, a violent and rapacious enterprise, supported by the British crown. The story of British colonisation of India is in fact at least two stories. For example, Robert Clive, the once (in)famous “Clive of India”, was a juvenile delinquent who arrived in Madras in 1744 as an 18-year clerk, but found his vocation as a thuggish fighter in the small security force of the East India Company. Then there is the notion that 18th century England was a promising model of democratic governance.Īnd lastly is the myth of the English gentleman. First, the myth of the beneficence of British colonialism. As Britain struggles with Brexit, and evokes “imperial nostalgia”, Shashi Tharoor’s book, “An Era of Darkness: the British Empire in India”, demolishes at least three common myths. ![]()
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