--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com <mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> , "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The Gurkas of India are still to this> day Loyal fighters to the > British because the British treated them> fairly. > > Which is why one unarmed man in a dhoti drove your asses out of their > country, huh? It was a collective uprising of thanks and appreciation...>>
You are ignorant of history. You have been brain washed. According to scholars, British violence in India was minimal compared to what it has been portrayed as by your propoganda, and the reason Ghandi was able to get rid of the British was because the British would not crack down on any uprising, and when there were violent uprisongs they were reserved inn their use of force. Your understanding of the British in India is skewed. The British wanted the Indians to take their country forward. These are the historical facts, so stop bandying your erroneous high school history education around like it has any meaning. The first steps were taken toward self-government in British India in the late 19th century with the appointment of Indian counsellors to advise the British viceroy and the establishment of provincial councils with Indian members; the British subsequently widened participation in legislative councils with the Indian Councils Act of 1892 <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Indian_Councils_Act_of_1892&a\ ction=edit&redlink=1> . Municipal Corporations <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipal_Corporation> and District Boards <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=District_Boards&action=edit&r\ edlink=1> were created for local administration; they included elected Indian members. OffWorld
