The Making of India: The Untold Story of British Enterprise

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In 2007, the prominent Indian entrepreneur, Jaithirth Rao said: ‘The British gave us a sense of our past, they gave us our feel for the land in real material terms … They mapped our country, analysed and described it. Serena Williams tries to slip into denim Valentino skirt as a 'goal' five months after giving birth. Having travelling extensively in India I continue to be astounded by the dislike so many Indians now have of the period of British rule. There were not many young Sikh entrepreneurs in London in the 1970s, and Lalvani found it difficult to get his ulcer treatment on the shelves of the larger high-street chemists, such as Boots.

K L : Initially, I intended to come back from London after the completion of my studies to join my father in the drug manufacturing business. He founded Binatone with his brothers Gulu Lalvani and Pratap Singh Lalvani, which is currently run by Gulu's son Dino Lalvani. Bloomberg Investigates takes viewers on an immersive journey to the heart of our most powerful reporting. He then approached the UK’s larger pharmaceutical companies, hoping to license his formula, but they too chose not to work with him.By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. In the year 1947, Britain left behind, the world's largest and sustainable democracy, with some great institutions like a unified world class Indian army besides an excellent Indian civil service with impeccable judiciary, Parliament and the legacy of good governance.

As the Mail reported last week, the eminent Oxford theologian Professor Nigel Biggar has come under ferocious assault from academics for the thought-crime of daring to argue we should take a more balanced, less negative view about the legacy of Empire. He worked harder and offered a better level of service than anyone else — and learned to live on a meager budget.It is easy to start to believe this view put forward by so many Indians, particularly the young, who feel that the British did no more than rob and pillage India before abandoning it divided. I pointed to the incredible efficiency of the Indian Civil Service (ICS) which with fewer than 1,000 officials governed effectively a vast land of 500 million people spread over 1. This book is the first to assess in a single volume almost all aspects of Britain's remarkable contribution in providing India with its lasting institutional and physical infrastructure, which continues to underpin the world's largest democracy in the twenty-first century. British rule had its darker aspects but too much emphasis on these failures ignores that the British brought India a unique mix of liberalism and innovation.

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Biography: Dr Kartar Lalvani OBE, FRPharmS, DSc, is founder and chairman of Vitabiotics, Britain's leading vitamin company. More than this the services, the legal system, the language the railways, the shipbuilding, the clean water, the navigation and the amazing architecture that was also undertaken.