Talk:India–United Kingdom relations

Economic relations
There needs to be some reference on the claim that India is the "second largest foreign investor" in the UK. According to the ONS (below) India does not even figure in the top ten in terms of UK FDI, much less than the US, Japan and various European countries. This is significantly misleading - I cannot even find an internet reference to this claim?

http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/fdi/foreign-direct-investment/2011-ma4/stb-ma4-2011.html#tab-Net-FDI-international-investment-positions-in-the-UK--inward--by-component--geography-and-industry — Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.246.162.89 (talk) 16:01, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

POV Editing
To the person who keeps adding

"Unlike what happened after second world war to Germany which paid compensation to the victim countries, India did not pursue or seek retribution for British oppression of its people. Essentially India forgave the British for the crimes committed in India during the British rule over India including Bengal Famine, Jallianwala Bagh Massacre. This was a major step forward and allowed the Indians to develop their country without the bitterness of victimisation or hate against the British people."

This is mainly a point of view based around a couple of events. The fact that there was a famine in Bengal or a massacre at Jallianwala Bagh does not mean that your viewpoint that India did not seek compensation which meant they forgave crimes, took a major step forwards and developed without victimisation or hate against the British people. It utterly ignores those Indian politicians / pressure groups who have been very anti British, the large aid budget from Britain to India, or the harm to a number of Indians who did not consider themselves oppressed caused by the end of British rule.

I can see what you're trying to achieve, and even tried to help, but it is your point of view and this is meant to be an encyclopaedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by FMMonty (talk • contribs) 14:19, 24 December 2013 (UTC) Right, I've rewritten what you're attempting to say into a more neutral tone. I've highlighted the opinion parts that need citations to stop them being your opinion, and if you can find those then we're in a good place. FMMonty (talk) 14:41, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

The reference you added doesn't actually cover the sentence that you added it to, and can't really be considered an unbiased source even were it relevant. As such I'm going to remove the reference, and leave the disputed tag. If you are unable to supply references for those statements we will need to remove them as point of view. — Preceding unsigned comment added by FMMonty (talk • contribs) 21:36, 30 December 2013 (UTC) I've actually moved this piece into it's own section and marked it as disputed. This edit war has gone on far too long, and it seems sensible to clearly mark the problematic piece and enable it to be improved. What we need are good references for the two statements needing citation that clearly agree with those statements. FMMonty (talk) 21:45, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
 * The link showing the Prince of Wales visiting India shows that there are good relations. It doesn't show that:

There were numerous pro and anti British elements in India at the end of the Raj, and this section doesn't reflect that reality at all.FMMonty (talk) 10:42, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
 * 1) Everyone in India viewed the colonial period as repressive and full of crimes against the people
 * 2) India chose to forgive those crimes without demanding recompense
 * 3) This forgiveness was a major step forward
 * 4) India was able to develop without bitterness or recrimination against the British
 * Further more, none of these points seems to be incorrect. No evidence that hate against british is prescribed in India or any racism/descrimination. Bladesmulti (talk) 17:13, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

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Lie
" It had a 25 percent share of the world's GDP, by the time the British left the country its GDP was near 4%."

It was 16 percent at the beginning, Indias gdp increased as well but much smaller than in the UK due to Industrialization and the growth rate during the british raj was higher than in the past.

"From 1850 to 1947 India's GDP in 1990 international dollars grew from $125.7 billion to $213.7 billion, a 70% increase or an average annual growth rate of 0.55%. This was a higher rate of growth than during the Mughal era from 1600 to 1700 where it had grown by 22%, an annual growth rate of 0.20%. Or the longer period of mostly British East Indian company rule from 1700 to 1850 where it grown 39% or 0.22% annually."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_India_under_the_British_Raj

Your portrayal of the british impact is misleading. Indias economy still nearly doubled, there was no plundering going on and you cant plunder a country with such a tiny amount of british foreigners living there.

62.226.75.248 (talk) 21:11, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

Unsourced line on History > Republic of India (since 1950)
The following line on History > Republic of India (since 1950)

"Political and diplomatic relations between the two countries have generally been cordial but lacking in depth. Now with the UK leaving the EU relations can be cordial but having greater depth and trust."

has no depth and the citation to it, which simply says

"professional opinion of a oxford scholar"

is beyond inadequate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2804:14C:6586:58B9:2811:6177:B729:9513 (talk) 16:20, 5 January 2021 (UTC)