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Many good and bad things happened to the Indians when the British were involved with them and their lives. Despite some bumps in the road, I believe that the British had an overall positive effect on India and its people. When the British were involved with the Indians and their lives the British increased their sense of pride and nationalism. The British also completely industrialized India and opened up many jobs opportunities for Indian’s. Also as time went on, the British disappointed some Indians with the things that they did but in the long run that helped the Indians by teaching them how to cope and deal with something that is not in your favor. Overall, the British had a positive impact on India because of the three reasons I stated above. One thing was this India unit that has really stuck with me, is how India became so united and prideful when Britain stepped into their country. They stuck together and went through hard times together. Their sense of together and nationalism really pushed to be the success that they are today and they have Britain to thank for that. Although Britain's intentions were to take advantage of India and its trading ports, they accidentally helped India find their true identity of …show more content…
Although that might have been their objective, India really benefited from having Britain in their country. Even though the British might have done this accidentally, they industrialized all of India. The jobs that they opened up and provided to Indian citizens in unreal: “British rule also brought many job opportunities (though not usually senior jobs) for educated Indians in the government (Document 3). The job opportunities that the British provided to the Indians helped both their confidence and succession as a country. I believe that the industrialization of India could not have happened with the British’s

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