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British Stole Indian Treasures: Colonial Plunder and Cultural Genocide

Britain’s colonial conquest of India was not only political but civilizational. Millions in wealth, sacred art, and knowledge were stripped from Bharat—Tipu Sultan’s treasures, Amaravati Marbles, Kohinoor Diamond, and ancient manuscripts now fill British museums. This plunder erased India’s cultural memory and redefined its heritage as imperial trophies—a crime whose echoes still resonate today.

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East India Company Treaty of Allahabad 1765

East India Company Treaty, 1765, of Allahabad transformed the East India Company from traders into rulers, granting them Diwani rights over Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa. Signed by a weakened Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II, it legalized economic conquest, birthed the Dual System, caused Bengal’s famine, and laid the financial foundation of the British Empire in India.