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I know Britain exploited the hell out of India as a colony, but what IP did they steal? Or did you just mean stolen resources?

beilabs 7y ago
Stolen resources.
- Synaesthesia 7y ago
  India had advanced steel making, ship making and textile technologies which were taken by the British.
  - lappet 7y ago
    Huh, I am Indian and have never heard it said like this. Do you have any sources to back this up, apart from the rockets and textile industries?
    - oblio 7y ago
      For the steel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wootz_steel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wootz_steel
      - lappet 7y ago
        I think I stumbled upon that a while back. Thank you!
shardinator 7y ago
I don’t have a reference, but high quality steel making would be one.
- onecool 7y ago
  You don't have a reference, because high quality steel was invented in the U.S. https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a20722505/history-of-steel/ https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a...
  - shardinator 7y ago
    I'm talking about an earlier time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wootz_steel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wootz_steel
stevula 7y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congreve_rocket https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congreve_rocket
- beerandt 7y ago
  Huh. It's the source of the rockets red glare.
- puranjay 7y ago
  Huh. So this is why Indian civilization gets a gunpowder boost in Age of Empires 2
gandutraveler 7y ago
India had 25% of world's before Britishers arrived and sucked all the wealth to bring it down to 4% when they left. That's some serious exploitation.