How the Colonial British Systematically Destroyed Hindu Charitable Institutions: The Untold Story

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IT IS A WELL-KNOWN FACT that India has never fully recovered from the all-encompassing horrors of British colonial rule. Both the human and the economic genocide carried out by the British against is well known. There’s the famous book published by Columbia university which calculated that the total amount of money that England heartlessly plundered from India was 45 TRILLION dollars in about 175 years. That is 17 times MORE THAN the total annual GDP of England today.

And then there is the other appalling horror: Great Britain under Winston Churchill engineered a famine in 1943 which killed nearly 3 million people in Bengal alone…3 million Indians who literally starved to death and the streets of Bengal were littered with dying and dead bodies of men, women, children, infants…

This episode is the first in a series explaining the history and details of how England methodically and systematically destroyed not only Indian food production but the Dharma, the culture, the attitude, manners, customs, and the conception of food that had been handed down by our Rishis and ancestors since time immemorial. The greatest destruction was the destruction of sanctity that Hindus have attached to Daana or charity in its most sublime meaning.

The details are highly disturbing and makes us rethink and re-evaluate our notions of the whole of Western civilisation itself.

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What is this article about?

The article introduces the first episode in a series about how England methodically destroyed Indian food production and the Hindu institution of Daanam. It frames that destruction as affecting Dharma, culture, customs, and the conception of food inherited from Rishis and ancestors.

Who wrote the post and where was it originally published?

The post is by Anurag Dixit on DharmaRenaissance Blog. The article states that it was originally posted on the Dharma Dispatch Substack.

What examples of British colonial harm does the article mention?

The article mentions economic plunder from India over about 175 years and cites a Columbia University Press book in that context. It also refers to the 1943 Bengal famine under Winston Churchill, saying nearly 3 million people died in Bengal alone.

Why does the article focus on Daanam?

The article presents Daana, or charity, as a sacred Hindu institution with a sublime meaning. It argues that one of colonialism’s greatest effects was the destruction of the sanctity Hindus attached to Daana.

Is this post part of a larger series?

Yes. The excerpt and body describe it as the first episode in a series explaining the history and details of the destruction of Indian food production and Daanam.