Railway system gifted by British a colonial scam: Tharoor
Congress leader and author Shashi Tharoor has claimed that the idea that the British gifted India a railway system is a "big colonial scam". "[It was] established to more effectively move goods and minerals out of India to Britain," Tharoor added. Tharoor was speaking at the release of his new book, 'An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India'.