Tag: Colonialism

By Muslim Mirror Desk In the four decades between 1880 and 1920, when British imperialism was at its height, nearly 100 million people were killed in India as a result of British colonialism, according to a recent study published in the journal World Development. The study by Dylan Sullivan and Jason Hickel, "Capitalism and Extreme Poverty: A Global Analysis of Real Wages, Human Height, and Mortality Since the Long 16th Century," highlights the depth of the losses that colonialism inflicted on Indians. The colonial authority began conducting extensive population censuses in the...