The British Rule in India

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Date Written:  1853-06-10
Publisher:  New-York Daily Tribune
Year Published:  1853
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX11002

England has broken down the entire framework of Indian society, without any symptoms of reconstitution yet appearing. This loss of his old world, with no gain of a new one, imparts a particular kind of melancholy to the present misery of the Hindoo, and separates Hindostan, ruled by Britain, from all its ancient traditions, and from the whole of its past history.

Subject Headings

• British Empire
• India