Who colonized India?

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greÃŸ

Life in India changed dramatically with the coming of European colonizers in the 16th century. Although not the first or the last European power in India (the Portuguese hold both titles), the British had the most profound influence. Over 300 years, a period called The Raj, the British introduced legal, educational, political, industrial and transportation systems that shaped modern India. The British profited from the use of taxes and trade monopolies that left India's textile and other established industries seriously weakened. Perhaps most significantly, the British introduced the widespread use of English and public education.

Swamy

The Mughals, The British, The French and the Portugese. there were invasions before the Mughals too but they didn't settle down. For example, Alexander invaded and conquered many kings but went back.

Read Indian History for more details, maps of different times etc. I have given a brief answer. If I knew your purpose, I could provide a more detailed answer or advise you about the needed references.

super_michael_3001

Great Britain.

Cappuccino

At least the British in recent history and the Greeks and Moguls.

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Hotwad 980

England was the most recent and exploited the subcontinent the most.

Bozzo

India was never actually â€œcolonizedâ€ in the literal sense. The British East Indies Companies brought a semblance of order to a fractured subcontinent in the seventeenth century and profited from their effort. In the twentieth century the British government, having inherited jurisdiction of the areas that were to become known as Pakistan, India and Bangladesh, granted sovereignty to the territories. Gandhi facilitated the transition and was assassinated for his efforts. Go figureâ€¦

fortune m

The first Developer/Planner of India after independece I can say Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru, He is Planning for well planned cities in India and They Created 1st Planned city In India that is call Chandigarh ,More details just log on www.chandigarhinfocity.com and see about chandigarh everything.

mark v

Great Britain mainly, but the Portuguese, Danes, Dutch, Germans(???) and the French all had small colonies established all over the country.

G.reaper

Homo-sapiens.....
by the way do your own homework!

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