India and Imperialsim

An event significantly impacts a country if that event changes the lifestyle of that country's people. For example, the introduction of pop music is not an example of an impact. It may have started a new genre of music, but that did not change anything except for the kind of music people listen to. Jazz, on the other hand, not only introduced a new genre of music, but it gave African-Americans a sense of identity; …

…improvements that it did make contributed to India becoming a more modern nation. The colonization of India by Britain helped pass on several modern ideas and technologies. However, at the same time the British also completely sapped India of all wealth and resources, as well as took away its cultural freedom for the duration of British rule. When India finally gained back its independence, it never again became the same powerful empire it once was.