>The argument of following the law would have been good IF and ONLY if
had the India also agree to such a law. Did they?
In fact yes, India agreed to the
Law established by the British. You must realize that at that time, there was
not one India, but there were 50 Indias. And the British made
treaties as and when they liked with these states in full agreement with the
states often time to protect one state from another. They never invaded any
state unless the state broke the Law or defaulted on its agreement. If
they attacked a state, they did in 'self defense' like USA did with Iraq.
Whatever they did they did apparently with the support of the
people.
The rest is history as we all
know. All the time the British wanted to do business. It actually as a
side affect, more or less, that they became the rulers of
India.
It will be a good exercise in
history to see what differently things could be played if we are to repeat
the history of British colonialism.
RB
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 11:28
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Subject: Re: [Assam] ME Times: Can you
really compare British in India with USin Iraq/Osama?
Dear Umesh & Barua,
From what I know, the British never really invaded India.
The East India Co. formed by a group of shareholders in Britain came to
India for Business.
They did follow the LAW (British Law, meant to side with the Brit. Crown)
by which the Crown took over the East India Co. They did NOT follow any Indian
Law (not that one existed) , so that is not really a good point.
The following of a law meant to help the crown to take over the affairs
of another country (without asking them) can be undertaken by any
powerful country - and it would look legal.
The argument of following the law would have been good IF and ONLY if had
the India also agree to such a law. Did they?
Like the US invasion of Iraq. The US followed US Law (passed by Congress)
and not Saddam's law. So, in that sense, the British did invade India, albiet
hiding behind a British law.
--Ram
On 5/16/06, Rajen
Barua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
They became rulers of India by
following the Law which I explained earlier.
If you read history, you will
find that the British never actually intended to be the rulers of
India.
But they just happened to be
there at the right time in the right place.
They just wanted to do business
and followed the Law.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 10:27
AM
Subject: Re: [Assam] ME Times: Can you
really compare British in India with USin Iraq/Osama?
So were the British ever rulers in India?
>No Indian ever threatened British Empire -- before (or after)
they invaded India
They never invaded
India
RB
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 10:08
AM
Subject: [Assam] ME Times: Can you
really compare British in India with USin Iraq/Osama?
No Indian ever threatened British Empire -- before (or after) they
invaded India --unlike Saddam Hussein. No Indian ever bombed Britain
before (or after ) they invaded India. No Indian was in any way
responsible for World War 2 - the way Saddam was allegedly supporting
war against Israel (rewarding suicide bombers's families) and US
interests in Middle East.
Neither did US massacre Iraqi/Afghani civilians the way
Britishers did in India (by the thousands - this writer says on 400 in
Amritsar though).
What do you say?
Umesh
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