First Person Research Paper on India

My parents were born in India during the time it was being ruled by the British. Since the main motive for the control of India was commercial, the British paid close attention to developing the Indian economy. They entered into large irrigation projects to bring new land into cultivation and introduced new crops such as tea and coffee. They revitalized old crops such as cotton, jute, to supply raw materials to British textile mills. In order to distribute their goods, the British built a railroad that linked the coast to the interior; they introduced new processing industries and opened coalmines to provide fuel. The railroad was one of the five largest railroads in the world. The British treated India as a place to make money, and its culture, beliefs and religions were left strictly alone.
Religion was a major driving force for us. Hinduism was the religion of the vast majority of Indians. Hinduism taught its believers that each person’s life was predetermined by his or h...