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the world being conquered by the

Europeans. The British Empire, at

its largest, covered ¼ of the land

surface of the Earth.

The Indians have been part of the

British Empire for generations

by the time Mahatma Gandhi

was born, and many locals were in the area made sure than the

accustomed to the colonial rule locals did not have any complaints.

of the British Empire. Although Furthermore, the educated elite of

the British occupying the Indian the Indian population were able to

subcontinent was discriminative rise to seats of importance in the

and was oppressive, the superior colonial government, and were used

British army that was stationed to govern their kinsmen. Many