> Like when you hear how India was on track to become a major industrialized nation until the British decided to turn it into the world's biggest piece of farml

> Like when you hear how India was on track to become a major industrialized nation until the British decided to turn it into the world's biggest piece of farmland. British rule in India started in 1612. The industrial revolution started in Britain in 1760 at the earliest. India certainly suffered from british rule, but this is a stretch.