A Study of the British Raj and India

Today, British Raj remains an important part of Indian life and culture. The fact that the British were consciously an advance for the citizens of India does not mean that their possessions in South Asia did not accomplish much. They were not altruistic in their motives. It is not difficult to distinguish how self-interest motivated British investment in India, but this self-interest actually serves the aim of developing India. Nevertheless, the British were motivated by the idea that the economic and political relationship between these two nations could greatly benefit. Use is the motto of modern elite to characterize British imperialism in India but the British tried to find ways to reciprocate their economic activity in the interests of these communities. The primary means of achieving these goals is to invest in infrastructure and increase Indian productivity. It is true that those who earned it by financing these improvements to Indian infrastructure earned income from these ventures, but the means for creating more wealth are in their own pockets. And both the motherland and the colony had major advantages. The reforms established under the British Raj and this economically symbiotic relationship laid the foundations for the explosive growth of the Republic of India in the modern era. The effort to empower their subjects to govern themselves more effectively does not differentiate an empire before that of London. In addition, the Raj wanted to accept anything that would not impede Indian political development, compromise the natural citizens' rights, or provoke rebellion against British rule rather than try and push the Indian people into false conversions, or eliminate the vestiges of their traditional ways of life. There were occasions when a show of strength was necessary, but most people in the Empire were against gratuitous violence and followed methods that represented the actions of a civilized people. In fact in the first days of Company rule, the Raj endured many shortcomings, but attempts to remedy these circumstances and avoid them from occurring followed almost every instance of British imprudence. While the Indian people are now dependent on continuing to support their own culture, the Raj's legacy has made India an international powerhouse and laid the foundation for its sudden increase in the 21st century.