‘The British Empire Was Better For India Than We Admit’ Abhijit Iyer-Mitra

In this episode of The Winston Marshall Show, I sit down with Abhijit Iyer-Mitra for a conversation on British rule in India, colonialism, partition, Islam, and the rewriting of Indian history. We discuss whether the British Empire was ultimately good or bad for India, Churchill and the Bengal famine, the Mughal Empire, India and Pakistan, Kashmir, free speech, and what Britain can learn from India about national identity and integration.WATCH THE EXTENDED CONVERSATION HERE: https://www.winstonmarshall.co.uk/LIVE EVENT: Is Islam compatible with the West? Get your discounted first release tickets now before they sell out: https://winstonmarshall.eventbrite.co.uk I can’t wait for you to join us in London for one of the most important debates of our timeChapters00:00 Was British Rule Good or Bad for India?02:24 Did Britain Deindustrialise India?11:49 What Britain Gave India16:15 The Benefits of British Rule28:13 British Rule, Famines & Churchill40:44 Partition: Was It Good for India?43:45 Kashmir & the India-Pakistan Conflict45:45 How India Became an Economic Success50:55 Islam, Integration & British Identity57:22 What Went Wrong With Multicultural Britain?01:03:29 Free Speech & Hate Crime Laws01:08:02 Final Thoughts