It was just pure ignorance. Some of the larger impacts of colonialism:<p>Indian share of world economy went from 23-24% before colonialism to less than 4% under colonialism. India&#x27;s share of World Trade went from 27% to 2% under colonialism.<p>India&#x27;s healthcare worsened during colonialism because all the resources were exported to Europe for cheap and in abundance<p>India&#x27;s literacy was worsened during colonialism and was just close to 10% during Independence.<p>India&#x27;s revolutionaries who opposed colonialism and raised against the British were brutally killed or hanged under British rule.<p>Anyone who spoke against the colonialism were jailed.<p>British Divide and Rule policy still affects India today.