Building an empire is long and tedious work, but the fall of an empire is faster than the building of an empire. The British Empire was the largest and richest empire the world has ever known. The British Empire occupies a fifth of the world's population and has ruled for over two hundred years, invading country after country. The empire rules many countries no more than the country of India where the British Empire ruled. However, it was the effort of a trader from the British East India Company that took control of the country in 1559, not the British government. They arrived as traders looking for more places to trade. These acted completely normally and would have countered that their intentions were good and peaceful, but over the next 250 years the British presence increasingly adopted the role of conquerors and rulers rather than that of merchants seeking to trade. Not only would the British Empire have a great effect on the history of India, but it would also have effects on the crown jewel of the British Empire and Western civilization. The British, the powerful empire of those times, invaded India. The country is twice the size and is declared Queen Empress of the country, which does not impress the locals. When the British move in after taking control of the country, they look down on them, describe them as dirty rags, and treat them at the bottom of the ladder. Most of the local population considers British rule to be evil and an attempt to drain the country dry. The British Empire in color (2002) Jalal Mayur states that “the British government in India not only deprived the Indian people of their property but relied on the exploitation of the masses and ruined India”. They even prefer Indian royalty more than the population, as a figure for indirect rule. Even the government of In......middle of paper......th. The English managed to establish a mutual relationship between the two empires, this was the first since 800 AD to politically unify two subcontinents. The powerful attitude of the English influenced many Indians and gave them the confidence to unite to drive out the English and achieve independence. Indians also adopted English to communicate with the outside world and added it as a second official language. The British also brought humanitarian initiatives to India, which included vaccination against diseases, provision of clean water and public sanitation. They manage to get rid of suttee and infanticide. Successful Englishmen see the destruction of delinquents and parasites on Indian society. It also allows Hindu windows to remarry and provides charitable relief in times of famine. They also introduced partial education so that the population had the opportunity to learn