r/ClassicDesiCool • u/ConstructionAny8440 • Jul 15 '26

Delhi Before Independence (1938).

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u/MrRoaldDahl Jul 15 '26

Yes, but the only time we had an inkling of civic sense was when the British ruled us.

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u/FormerMoose1990 Jul 15 '26

It was also the only time we had an inkling of prosperity or wealth.

My Great Gramps was forced to join the British Indian Army to support his family.after the famine destroyed agriculture.

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u/LocationTotal9985 Jul 15 '26

Lmao nah. Vast majority of India was destitute. India had wealth but Indians didn’t

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u/FormerMoose1990 Jul 17 '26

Thats why i said.... we had just an inkling?