Did crown rule benefit India ?

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I have heard people say that Britishers were the one who made India. How true is this claim?


*I have nothing against the present Britain or British people because most of the horrors happened when none of the present Brits were born. 3 generations have come since the time of Indian independence. I know that most of the present day Britishers are sympathetic to India's struggle.*

Everyone today knows about **Charles Dickens**, the greatest Victorian era English novelist. His works include ‘Oliver Twist’, ‘A Christmas Carol’, ‘A Tale of Two Cities’, ‘David Copperfield’, ‘Great Expectations’ etc. However ignored in the celebrations will be the reality that Charles Dickens, like many of his British contemporaries, was a genocidal racist. 
“I, The Inimitable, holding this office of mine, and firmly believing that I hold it by the permission of Heaven and not by the appointment of Satan, have the honor to inform you Hindoo gentry that it is my intention, with all possible avoidance of unnecessary cruelty and with all merciful swiftness of execution, to exterminate the Race from the face of the earth.”

Celebrated Britishers like this guy openly gave such statements. So, how could you expect any help from them ? All the advantages of the colonial rule like civil services exam, railways, etc. that some people state were started just for administrative convenience of the colony so that they could solidify their administration and drain India’s wealth from the mainland to the ports. The country which once contributed 26% of wold GDP contributed a mere 2% after their departure.

The countrymen who once used to be proud of their culture and heritage were made to accept the racial supremacy of their western counterparts. Even today this inferiority complex exists among many Indians.

Britain pulled India's men into wars that had nothing to do with India. Over 1.3 million men served in the World War I and over 2 million served in World War II (with over 87000 men died in it).
(Read India in world wars )

Finally people who say that India would never come into picture if there was no British rule must know that when British left India, India still had 500+ states and the present day India came into picture because of the ‘**Iron man of India**’.

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Is there a moral need for Britain to commemorate Indian soldiers of World Wars?

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Brits commemorated the animals who lost their lives in world wars by building a memorial ' Animals in War Memorial ' in London. But it seems that they have forgotten the contribution of Indian soldiers who were made to fight for their colonisers. This post seeks to generate awareness among people about the Indian contribution in the allied victory.

In fact, every sixth soldier fighting for the Brits was from the Indian subcontinent. India contributed with more soldiers than Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa combined. 

 53,486 Indian soldiers lost their lives, 64,350 were wounded and 3,762 went missing or were imprisoned. Nearly 9,000 died due to severe winters in France. Apart from men and material, India also contributed with 100 million pounds of wealth. Not just combatants, there were 43,737 men who worked in the Indian Labour Corps. Within weeks of the war being declared, India also supplied 70,000,000 rounds of small arms ammunition, 600,000 rifles, motors and machine guns.  The total value of India’s war contribution amounted to £ 80,000,000. That's about ₹ 7,420,800,000 in today's money. British continued to drain Indian money and manpower which resulted in death of 3 million Indians due to famines. This fact was never highlighted. The army was forgotten.

The Britain along with some other major powers who overlook India as a third world country have forgotten the Indian contribution in their prosperity. The India which once contributed 26% of world GDP before the arrival of British was exploited so much that after their departure India could contribute just 4% of world GDP. 

So, I think it's a moral responsibility of Britain to commemorate the Indian soldiers who fought for them in world wars. 

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