Ok. So what if they owe billions? Do you really believe that
Britain will payback all of 8 billion pounds? And even if they did, what guarantee is there that all of 8 billion pounds will be honestly used by
our government to uplift India's unprivileged?
Partially true. But we did benefit albeit to a considerably smaller extent unlike what the British speakers claimed who opined that the colonial rule was mutually beneficial.
Like what
@Lord Nemesis said, the Britishers abandoned India for two reasons -
a) Their participation in WW2 weakened them to a point where they were in no position to control their colonies.
b) And let's not forget Mahatma Gandhi's non-violence movement which gave them all the more reason to vacate. The Britisher's were members of the allied powers of WW2. Churchill and Roosevelt signed the Atlantic Charter in an effort to maintain international peace and security; the same charter that would later be instrumental in the founding of the United Nations. Think about it. How could any nation openly claim to support international peace and continue colonialism at the same time? Truth be told, the Britisher's were no match for Mahatma Gandhi's principles. I have always maintained that the Britisher's vacated India because of Mahatma Gandhi (and what he stood for) and not because of the Indian freedom movement.
Look. This speech is supposed to be only educational. Tharoor took part in a debate at the Oxford Union. Please don't confuse eloquence with patriotism.
I really wish this video never went viral. Please don't unnecessarily stir nationalistic sentiments.