tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842185206290989130.post5892768075444783513..comments2024-03-24T12:54:16.636+05:30Comments on Calicut Heritage: Did the British Really Conquer Us?Premchandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12413182610858952040noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842185206290989130.post-49297233275028746652020-01-01T17:56:06.433+05:302020-01-01T17:56:06.433+05:30Points valid but in history , any other possibilit...Points valid but in history , any other possibilities also can't be ruled out . like Maratha power - panipat last war only ruined them . If not they would have become a great force and unite a lot of small states of indian sub continent . I see this argument that British indirectly helped unite India a bit difficult to digest . They looted us nicely and built all infrastructure for that and Sunil Nedungadinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842185206290989130.post-79731943254435619182010-09-26T15:40:22.474+05:302010-09-26T15:40:22.474+05:30Thank you, Radhakrishnan, for the comments. We can...Thank you, Radhakrishnan, for the comments. We cannot agree with you more. Be a regular visitor - we like to hear what you have to say!Calicut Heritage Forumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15493344638807977946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842185206290989130.post-91399910796925043922010-09-26T15:37:44.828+05:302010-09-26T15:37:44.828+05:30Yes, Maddy. It is perhaps pointless to speculate o...Yes, Maddy. It is perhaps pointless to speculate on what would have happened had we stuck together as one nation. The point is that the ethos of that era was somewhat different and the concept of a nation (Bharatavarsha) existed only in the puranas or in the enlightened thoughts of saints like Sankaracharya!Calicut Heritage Forumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15493344638807977946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842185206290989130.post-34754605710814136562010-09-26T15:31:26.185+05:302010-09-26T15:31:26.185+05:30Thanks Devasahayam for the comment. The thesis was...Thanks Devasahayam for the comment. The thesis was that conquest was not a one-sided affair and internecine feud was as much responsible for the nation having been conquered by the British. There is no denying that the conquest has benefited us immensely by integrating our country both internally and externally with the comity of nations.Calicut Heritage Forumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15493344638807977946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842185206290989130.post-83497975273663676852010-09-21T05:42:42.926+05:302010-09-21T05:42:42.926+05:30We, primarily the kings and chieftains, were more ...We, primarily the kings and chieftains, were more than willing collaborators in the process of colonization. Only a fool would have not fallen for such seductive circumstances. Colonization has also given rise to some solidity to the country by virtue of systems such as transport, communication, education and administration, the exploitative eye of the colonizer notwithstanding. The hard-won Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842185206290989130.post-45193501419842882882010-09-19T18:16:50.155+05:302010-09-19T18:16:50.155+05:30Thank the Raj for all that they have done in Creat...Thank the Raj for all that they have done in Creating what we call Bharath-INDIA.Premnath.T.Murkothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04899555419501714340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842185206290989130.post-29246266257874528472010-09-17T17:28:31.622+05:302010-09-17T17:28:31.622+05:30This was a time when there was no India and the la...This was a time when there was no India and the land was but a multitude of small nations.If you look at it from that view, there were alliances and relationships, and there were small and big enemies. The question was if you would be swallowed or seek a chance to swallow the smaller.In Malabar the code of war prevented the swallowing part, but there was still a fear that it might happen in someMaddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163804773843409980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842185206290989130.post-53427782617630461432010-09-14T10:26:28.044+05:302010-09-14T10:26:28.044+05:30I appreciate the blog for admitting (partially at ...I appreciate the blog for admitting (partially at least) that but for the deceit, greed and selfishness of most of the erstwhile rulers of various states, we would have never been subdued by the British and other colonists. But though they transferred a lot of wealth and riches to their countries, at least they gave back so much in return : administration, communication, education, dignity for Devasahayamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02917717395249655431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842185206290989130.post-64655375321063548292010-09-11T11:40:29.735+05:302010-09-11T11:40:29.735+05:30Yes, PNS. We agree. The British probably gave the...Yes, PNS. We agree. The British probably gave the territoriality to the emotional and spiritual India. Otherwise what we would have had is the present federal India without our Constitution! Thanks for the observation.Calicut Heritage Forumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14760552324718923006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842185206290989130.post-76573867751928732642010-09-11T09:50:42.818+05:302010-09-11T09:50:42.818+05:30Quite true. However, the one India we have today w...Quite true. However, the one India we have today would not have been there had they not come.P.N. Subramanianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01420464521174227821noreply@blogger.com