India had been one of the richest countries in the world 200 years ago, and now it's one of the poorest. The British looted our gold and diamonds, yes, but is that the reason India is still a poor country ? .. More than our wealth, the British took away our integrity, our self confidence, and broke our will power. They enslaved our mind to believe anything foreign is superior and curbed our capabilities to think independently. Here's a quote from Lord Macaulay’s address to the British Parliament in 50 February, 1835: "I have traveled across the length and breadth of India and I have not seen one person who is a beggar, who is a thief. Such wealth I have seen in this country, such high moral values, people of such calibre, that I do not think we would ever conquer this country, unless we break the very backbone of this nation, which is her spiritual and cultural heritage, and, therefore, I propose that we replace her old and ancient education s...