They are not cherry picked, they are have a modern relation to colonialism. If the UK were to have been more deeply involved in India up until 1997 (i.e. a sof

They are not cherry picked, they are have a modern relation to colonialism. If the UK were to have been more deeply involved in India up until 1997 (i.e. a soft political distancing instead of sharp uprising) then India would be wealthier today than otherwise.