What would have been historical and economic growth of India if it was not under British Rule?

Question

Still we would have been under Maharaja's Rule? What about industrial growth ?? Software companies?

Answer 1

During the age of expansion, which is generally concidered from 1600-1900, India was not going to be left alone. The British presented themselves as a powerful military alies to the Mughal Empire and by the mid 1700's the Munghals reighn fell apart. If not for the British, India would have been conquered by the Ottemans, the the Chinese, or the Russians. Given the choices, the British would have been my pick to be governed under. The British spent three foths of a century in building roads, raildroads and other serves.