It seems that all colonial powers have apologized for their wrongdoings. The most martial of them all, the Japanese, have also said sorry to the Chinese for the Nanking atrocities. Everyone has apologized. Everyone except the British. In Jallianwallahbagh massacre, 1526 people were gunned down. No apology. They raped the land for over two centuries. No apology for that. The list of their atrocities is rather long. In the article here, Rajeev Srinivasan has said the following about the estimated amount of money looted by the British.
"Intriguingly “financial services” is a euphemism for “the interest earned on the money we looted from your country”. I did a little accounting of the systematic loot by Britain, based on estimates by contemporary scholars such as William Digby and Dadabhai Navroji, and later historians. The number is astronomical, not less than $1 trillion, and possibly as much as $10 trillion in today’s money. For comparison, the US GDP is about $13 trillion. They don’t have much else: they have even pawned the East India Company and other family jewels. Hard times, indeed."
The article can be read at:
http://www.dnaindia.com/opinion/comment_britain-needs-to-show-contrition-about-the-raj-s-depredations_1421101
"Intriguingly “financial services” is a euphemism for “the interest earned on the money we looted from your country”. I did a little accounting of the systematic loot by Britain, based on estimates by contemporary scholars such as William Digby and Dadabhai Navroji, and later historians. The number is astronomical, not less than $1 trillion, and possibly as much as $10 trillion in today’s money. For comparison, the US GDP is about $13 trillion. They don’t have much else: they have even pawned the East India Company and other family jewels. Hard times, indeed."
The article can be read at:
http://www.dnaindia.com/opinion/comment_britain-needs-to-show-contrition-about-the-raj-s-depredations_1421101
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