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You as one British person can give such a judgement can you?
One family as you say 'tiny' but yes informed and with extended family living in several states; therefore I respectfully suggest could know more about the 'vast majority' of their own country than yourself and they have been educating me for decades.
If you are discussing intricate political details and mode of government obviously then and now vast majority knew and now know very little.
The original post was about the affects of this government and to say that the 'vast majority' of Indians 'knew nothing' about the Raj is I would suggest not correct.

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So as the whole issue is a matter of opinion and perception, I fear we must differ......


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No J5 it is a case of uninformed opinion versus actual knowledge. To put it in very simple terms evey district had a collector' what do you think the local population thought this 'white person' was doing there taking taxes? He hadn't come down from the sky!! Yes most were illiterate (not the collectors) but they could still talk to each other there was communication.

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To correct an error in this post, the taxes were actually handled by the revenue office (manned by British officials), the collector (British) was in charge of administration of the area. (Just consulted OH).
Apologies B
The British officials would travel to all parts of their area. There were forestry officers who travelled widely and many others also.

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Uproar in Indian Parliament over midnight arrest of Baba Ramdev. "Indian Government has lost its mental balance" (Opposition).

Anti-corruption move doesn't seem to be going too well!! :thumbdown:

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I cant find it on the E paper to link, but it made me chuckle;

Apparently Lily Allen is to be wed, in Cranham (Glos), however paper described it as NE of London.........so that must be to the right then of Swindon as this too was also described as being North England.....seems Geography isn't the strong subject at the local Herald :thumbsup:

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Bipat, the good thing about this is the participation in the anti corruption movement of more and more people who are fed up of corruption and want to see some major changes .
Despite this and other problems, " India among preferred FDI destinations "

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But the Goverments actions have been shameful, today the PM saying they had "no other option" putting tear gas into a tent with sleeping people????
Are they moving towards an 'emergency' situation?

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BBBBBBBrilliant!

Also reality is somewhere north of Cloud-Cuckoo Land?

[/QUOTE]Are they moving towards an 'emergency' situation?[/QUOTE]

They have been in one since 1948, without a break. If anything triggers WW3 it will be these idiots with their matching corrupt imbeciles slightly north west falling out over a suitably minor issue.

And now the usual disclaimer:
no, I don't wish to enter into a debate/arguement/boxing match about this, thank you.
hopefully, eventually we can take this as red

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Are they moving towards an 'emergency' situation?[/QUOTE]

They have been in one since 1948, without a break. If anything triggers WW3 it will be these idiots with their matching corrupt imbeciles slightly north west falling out over a suitably minor issue.

And now the usual disclaimer:
no, I don't wish to enter into a debate/arguement/boxing match about this, thank you.
hopefully, eventually we can take this as red[/QUOTE]

I was referring to the 'Emergency' called by Indira Gandhi in !975. You can look it up.

Are we supposed to take everything that you post without comment? Even on the few occasions that it is absolute rubbish? Will give examples if you wish.

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does sound similar to the emergency in the mid seventies

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Backlash as minister boasts 'Be as proud of our £12bn foreign aid bill as you are of the Army'
Lavish spending on foreign aid is making Britain a ‘development superpower’ and voters should take the same pride in it as they do in the Armed Forces and the Queen, said the International Development Secretary.
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your :thumbdown: seems to have appended itself with the url making it non functional - here is the link again

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Having watched the programme on BBC1 tonight "Poor Kids" a distressing programme about the appalling conditions poorer families live in throughout Britain that brought me to tears on several occasions, I simply do not understand why such vast sums of money are being given away to foreigners.

Am I proud of our foreign aid budget as I have today been told I should be?

Am I ashamed of the conditions of damp and disease that British kids are growing up in?

These kids, bright, well able to express themselves, ALL attempted to justify and rationalise their squalid and cash strapped existences.

I felt humbled and heartbroken by it all. What a stupid government we have......

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The killers who came in from the forest: Two wild elephants invade Indian city and gore security guard to death in three-hour rampage
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ed-men.htmlThe secret world of the child bride: Heartbreaking pictures of the girls as young as FIVE who are married off to middle-aged men