> Did life improve in the post-colonial world? There don’t seem to be too many 1950s era success stories in this regard "Prior to deindustrialisation, India wa

> Did life improve in the post-colonial world? There don’t seem to be too many 1950s era success stories in this regard "Prior to deindustrialisation, India was one of the largest economies in the world, accounting for approximately one quarter of the global economy.... The Indian economy specialised in industrialisation and manufacturing, accounting for at least one quarter of the world's manufacturing output before the 18th century." in 1900 it was 2%. There were huge famines under Colonial rule, the kind that would male Mao proud. India is doing so much better now, its not even comparable. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/De-industrialisation_of_India https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/De-industrialisation_of_Indi...