How Did The British Imperialized India

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Why in almost all of India is English the native language spoken by over 125 million Indians? The British imperialized India after years of the East India company trading with the Indians for cheaply made fabric until the government decide India was useful to the British and stepped in taking India as a colony. British imperialized India, by indirectly controlling India until the Indians could help the British benefit of the Indians politically, economically, and socially. The British realized they couldn’t let the Indians overthrow their role so when riots started breaking out in India, Europe took harsher direct rule over India. India did not benefit from British imperialism either politically, economically, or socially. Politically the

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