Quote Originally Posted by fingers View Post
Absolutely Jon. During the British brutal colonial rule of Queen Victoria, 165 million excess deaths in India between 1880 and 1920. This figure is larger than the combined number of deaths from both World Wars, including the Nazi holocaust. But hey, never mind, send her victorious, happy and glorious …
Is that really true? The population of India was about 200 million in 1880 and rose to 250 by 1920, so how did three quarters of the population die in 40 years and another 200 million spring up? I’ve no doubt things were brutal in many places, they still are now but doesn’t seem to add up.