Colonial Britain carried out a well-documented and deliberate de-industrialization of India through trade policy, laws and overwhelming harsh taxes. This is ver

Colonial Britain carried out a well-documented and deliberate de-industrialization of India through trade policy, laws and overwhelming harsh taxes. This is very well-known history - you can reference sources online in Wikipedia and other books to educate yourself. Nobody is looking for excuses. I merely state basic facts - China and India had very different starting points. It is also well-known that China has far better mineral wealth than India due to both natural abundance and no colonial over-exploitation. If you wish sources and references, I can provide them, but I believe you can do this research yourself - this is arguing basic historical facts which are easily found. https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2005616343 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2005616343 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De-industrialisation_of_India https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De-industrialisation_of_India