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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (14968)	12/28/2001 7:27:24 PM
From: SirRealist	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

It's funny how people think rule by the Brits was some horror story [usually Americans, I suppose because they have been brainwashed about their great fight for independence and how evil the British are, the monarchy, class systems, oppression of the wonderful, loving, IRA etc]. I thought no such thing. There's nothing wrong with the Brits that some cooking lessons couldn't fix. -Kev@kidney.pee

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (14968)	12/29/2001 9:24:54 AM
From: AlienTech	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

How absurd. I hope your post was really in jest!!! You just insulted over a billion dead people and a few billion alive as well in the worst sense as second class humans and in the same light cast their sorrow and misery as a good thing. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Bengal was probably the wealthiest part of the subcontinent up until the 16th century. many Bangladeshi historians blame the Brits' dictatorial agricultural policies and promotion of the semi-feudal zamindar system for draining the region of its wealth and damaging its social fabric. The Portuguese arrived as early as the 15th century but were ousted in 1633 by local opposition. The East India Company negotiated terms to establish a fortified trading post in Calcutta in 1690. The decline of Moghul power led to greater provincial autonomy, heralding the rise of the independent dynasty of the nawabs of Bengal. Humble East India Company clerk Robert Clive ended up effectively ruling Bengal when one of the impetuous nawabs attacked the thriving British enclave in Calcutta and stuffed those unlucky enough not to escape in an underground cellar. Clive retook Calcutta a year later and the British Government replaced the East India Company following the Indian Mutiny in 1857. lonelyplanet.com