What was the influence of colonialism on India ?

1.	What was the influence of colonialism on India ?
Answer» India had been a prosperous country from ancient time. The cultural heritage, economic prosperity and intellectual progress of India attracted the world. That’s why in 17th century, many European companies were attracted towards India. The major objective of the colonial traders was not only earning profits by purchase and sale of commodities but their interest also lay in increasing their production by using their capital and technology and to make goods by procuring raw material in large quantity as far as possible. In the beginning, Europeans had only the purpose of obtaining wealth, increasing trade and propagating Christianity but later it transformed into political propagation and colonialism. As a result of colonisation, fundamental damage was done to the social, economic and cultural system of India.

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India had been a prosperous country from ancient time. The cultural heritage, economic prosperity and intellectual progress of India attracted the world. That’s why in 17th century, many European companies were attracted towards India. The major

objective of the colonial traders was not only earning profits by purchase and sale of commodities but their interest also lay in increasing their production by using their capital and technology and to make goods by procuring raw material in large quantity as far as possible.

In the beginning, Europeans had only the purpose of obtaining wealth, increasing trade and propagating Christianity but later it transformed into political propagation and colonialism. As a result of colonisation, fundamental damage was done to the social, economic and cultural system of India.

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