Hi. Thx Oh wow. Good to know that fact finding is done. It depends on how it is all perceived and time lines. What is also actually going on behind the scenes. Once the Portuguese opened up trading routes/sea faring lanes to India -interest was generated within other European powers. (The land route was held by the Ottoman empire for the longest time- an alternative route had to be found ie sea to the countries of the East -not only India) The 1st way to go about checking out a country of course is through trade. That opens windows not only on the materials available, but also the people and its rulers. Religions involved. The behaviour. The langauges. More interest if fragmented. I think India's population was well over 200 mill...let alone it had existed since well over the BCE...India is quoted in the Bible btw; purchase of its elephants and the mahouts! Britain's pop was a mere 2 million or so.
There were all these nawabs, different empires etc ...warring with each other. But also the 2 main faith groups- Muslims and Hindus---sometimes at peace with each other; but quite often at loggerheads. All this was noted by the British East India Trading company officials. Reported back to Britain. Though a few on the ground---they were handpicked for perceptive skills. Britain was not going to send shiploads of its army without strategies. Britain had not fared well with its North American expeditions. It began to look eastwards. The Brits have an interesting way of thinking--insular being an island nation but also subtle strategies mixed with protective, predatory skills. Though huge tracts of land were seized in 1757 (War of Plassey)...much work, speculation, reporting and planning among BEITCo/British officials/ the govt had been occurring since 1600. Could have been much earlier. On how to decimate the richest country in the world at the time...ie India. (To change the Indian economy to a colonial economy. To pit Muslims v Hindus) Hence my calculation of 400---give or take a few years! They could not be bothered with Goa. It was already held by another Eurpoean power! Britain did observe much though. BUT Britain had decided it was going after the rest of India! To make it ---its Jewel in the Crown! Anita...mea culpa! But impressed with the interest generated- I don't mind being corrected either. I am always on a learning curve ________________________________ From: E DeSousa <ejd...@att.net> Sent: January 15, 2022 6:44 PM To: dias_an...@hotmail.com <dias_an...@hotmail.com>; Goanet Org <goa...@goanet.org> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Odds In Favor Of Indian-Origin Chancellor Rishi Sunak As Pressure Mounts On British Prime Minister Boris Johnson To Resign Anita Dias writes: Not only in British EA Mel, but also in British India which then became British Raj (a total of 400 years of ????) and in every country of the so-called 'Commonwealth'. A misnomer if ever there was one. As all the wealth only went to one country! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment: The Brits ruled in India for 200 years . From the war of Plassey in 1757 to 1947 Independence of India. The British East India (Tea) Company was created in 1600, so there were few Brits in India after that. Now when it comes to 400 year rule, the Romans ruled Britannia for about 400 years from 43 AD to 410 AD although Julius Cesar was in Britain with his army in 55BC. When the Romans left, Britain was invaded by the Saxons and in 1106 the Normans under William The Conqueror took over after the Battle of Hastings. The Portuguese on the other hand were in India over 400 years from 1505 to 1961 although Vasco Da Gama visited some Indian ports in 1498. I thought you might like to know. Best Regards, E. DeSousa
