To be clear, I'm not saying the British Empire is the greatest thing ever. There were problems. But many regions had their most prosperous times under British r

To be clear, I'm not saying the British Empire is the greatest thing ever. There were problems. But many regions had their most prosperous times under British rule, for the people on the bottom, and the middle class, and the wealthy. I would like to see evidence of this. Take the most populous British colonies in a few continents: India, Nigeria, the United States and Ireland. How was British rule better than autonomy? You already dismissed Ireland and the U.S. as British "successes", so just focus on Nigeria and India. What figures do you have for literacy, education, life expectancy, and household income?