What If India Was Never Colonized?

如果印度从未被殖民过？

The British Colonization of India has earned a key place in history, and is often considered to be a pivotal moment in the emergence of the British Empire, as the various riches of the Indian Subcontinent did well to fuel Britain's colonial ventures. As such, it's natural to wonder what might have happened if Britain never conquered India, both for its potential impact upon the UK, Europe, and the West, as well as for its impact upon India itself. What new kingdoms and states might emerge from India in the absence of British colonization? This is what if India was never colonized.

英国对印度的殖民统治在历史上占有重要地位，通常被认为是大英帝国崛起的关键，印度次大陆的各种财富为英国的殖民冒险提供了充足的动力。

因此，人们很自然地想知道，如果英国没有征服印度，会发生什么，会对英国、欧洲和西方造成什么潜在影响，也会对印度本身造成什么影响。

如果没有英国的殖民统治，印度可能会出现哪些新的王国和国家？

如果印度没有被殖民的话，会怎样？

以下是Youtube上印度网民的评论：

BSinator

A topic which was not talked about in this video was that of cotton. India was a major source of cotton for the British Empire. Without India, the European powers would be much more reliant on the American south for King Cotton. This means the British and French would be more willing to involve themselves in the American Civil War, if it were to start in the first place.

没有提到的一个话题是棉花。印度是大英帝国棉花的主要来源。如果没有印度，欧洲列强将更加依赖美国南部的棉花。这意味着如果美国爆发内战的话，英国和法国更愿意卷入美国内战

Patrick Rooney

The lack of india might also decrease antagonism with Russia which means no crimean war.

没有印度的话，可能会减少与俄罗斯的对抗，这意味着没有克里米亚战争。

John d.

Wasn’t the Crimean war mostly run by France?

克里米亚战争不是法国主导的吗？

IHateMotionBlur

Babur was ALSO a descendant of Timur, and his line chose to assign with Timur's line more than the Great Khan's

巴布尔也是帖木儿的后裔，他的家族选择了帖木儿的血统，而不是大可汗的

James Davis

Additionally, if Napoleon didn't go to Egypt, the Rosetta stone might not have been recognized for what it was!

此外，如果拿破仑没有去埃及，罗塞达石碑可能就不会被发现

Sergio Acevedo

What if the Roman Empire instead of splitting into the east/west, split into the north/south? With the north having Europe and Anatolia, and the south having northern Africa and Levant.

如果罗马帝国不是分裂为东/西两半，而是分裂为南/北呢?

北部有欧洲和安纳托利亚，南部有北非和黎凡特。

Providence

It's amazing how one change can affect so much

一个变化能造成这么多影响，太神奇了

Bulgarian Empire Map

Victoria would be empress of Canada I guess.

我猜维多利亚会成为加拿大的女皇。

The Ultra_27

My Ancestors were Royals and rebelled in 1857, last many of them died but a small amount of them escaped and relocated, My Great-Grandfather was a revolutionary in the Azad Hind army and his brother took part in the non-alignment movement, their father was a Zamindar and his riches are still not found after death, And here we are today, So technically my family is full of revolutionaries and royals.

我的祖先是皇室成员，在1857年叛变，最后很多人死了，但有一小部分人逃了出来，重新定居。我的曾祖父是Azad Hind军队的一名革命者，他的兄弟参加了不结盟运动，他们的父亲是地主，在他死后他的财富仍然没有被发现，所以严格来说，我的家人都是革命者和皇室成员。

Storm Shadow

Interesting fact :

One of the objectives of the northern expedition army that fought against the Afghans at the 3rd battle of Panipat (the largest battle of the 18th century) was to turn East towards Bengal and crush the English.

Prior to this, Bengal was a tributary state to the Maratha Empire, but after 1757 when the British took over Bengal, tributes to the Empire stopped.

So had the Marathas not been defeated at Panipat, then it might have very well been that they would have stuck to their objective and turned East towards Bengal.

在第三次帕尼帕特战役(18世纪最大的战役)中与阿富汗人作战的北征军的目标之一就是向东转向孟加拉，击溃英军。

在此之前，孟加拉是马拉地帝国的一个附属国，但在1757年后，当英国人接管了孟加拉，对帝国的贡奉就停止了。

因此，如果马拉地人没有在帕尼帕特被打败，那么他们很可能会坚持他们的目标，向东转向孟加拉。

Moritami Kamikara

Most of this was pretty good, but I think you're severely overestimating Napoleon here.

I doubt he'd be able to hold on to power beyond the 1820s. He was a great general but an awful diplomat, so this timeline would see constant rebellions and breakaways from his empire throughout the 1820s until Napoleon's death, which I predict would probably happen in the mid 1820s as he died not long before this in our timeline due to heart failure.

我觉得你太高估拿破仑了。我怀疑他能否在19世纪20年代之后继续掌权。他是一个伟大的将军，但同时也是一位糟糕的外交家，所以在19世纪20年代到拿破仑死之前，他的帝国一直处于反叛和分裂状态

Big BreadTime

Love the vid but how could you just not mention the Sikh empire who fought and defeated the mugals multiple times while also battling the British and the Sikh empire was a major player in India at the time.

怎么能不提锡克教帝国呢？

锡克教帝国在与英国作战的同时，多次打败了莫卧儿王朝，锡克教帝国在当时是印度的一个主要参与者。。

Bob McBob

Napoleon actually gained a lot of popularity from his campaign in Egypt and was actually invited into a triumvirate planning a coup right after returning, so no Egyptian campaign might impact Napoleons rise to power

拿破仑通过埃及战役赢得了很多人的支持，他在回国后就被邀请参与策划政变，因此，埃及战役可能不会影响拿破仑掌权

Armandeep Singh

Sikh Empire was also a pretty powerful Empire during its the first half of 19th century it was 4th largest army in Asia at that time

锡克教帝国在19世纪上半叶也是一个非常强大的帝国，当时它的军队是亚洲第四大军队

aasisch

Nepal was already independent and a regional power in Himalayan region  when India was being colonized by the British. Hence I don’t think Nepal would have been part of India.

当印度被英国殖民时，尼泊尔已经是喜马拉雅地区一个独立的国家。因此，我认为尼泊尔不会成为印度的一部分。

3

You forgot to mention The Durrani Empire. The Sikh Empire, The kingdom of Mysore and the numerous Principalities ruled by different Nawabs and Rajas (Apart from Bengal).

你忘了提杜拉尼帝国。锡克教帝国，迈索尔王国和由不同的纳瓦布人和拉贾人统治的众多公国(除了孟加拉)。

R A

The British weren’t liked by the the Mughals who refused to allow the EIC to make trading posts in their territory, so the British sent pirates from the Caribbean  to loot Mughal ships (the had already successfully done this with the Spanish in the Americas). This over the next 100 years severely hampered the Mughal economy, allowing the Marathas to take over (who like the British more).

莫卧儿人不喜欢英国人，不允许东印度公司在他们的领土上建立贸易站，所以英国人从加勒比派遣海盗去掠夺莫卧儿人的船只(在美洲，他们就是这样对付西班牙人的)。在接下来的100年里，这严重阻碍了莫卧儿王朝的经济发展

King of Kochin

1:19 Not only internal revolts. Mughals declined due to countless raids & invasions by Persian & Afgan idiots into the subcontinent in early and mid 18th century. And unpopular policies of Aurangzeb (he was a religious fanatic).

不只是内部叛乱，18世纪早期和中期，由于波斯和阿富汗对次大陆的无数袭击和入侵，莫卧儿王朝衰落了，奥朗泽布的政策不受欢迎(他是一个宗教狂热分子)。

Taylor Lee For Congress

The 7 Years War was literally World War 1. Meaning  the Nazis fought in WW3.

七年战争就是第一次世界大战。纳粹发动了第三次世界大战。

Salman Ananda Chowdhury

Adding one more point, without the British uniting the Indian subcontinent and standardizing things, the subcontinent would likely remain fragmented till the present day with at least 5-10 independent states. An EU or ASEAN like entity will likely appear in 20th century, uniting much of the independent Hindu majority states

如果没有英国人统一印度次大陆，印度次大陆很可能直到今天仍然是支离破碎的，至少有5-10个独立国家。

一个类似于欧盟或东盟的实体可能会在20世纪出现，联合许多独立的印度教占多数的国家。

Jack M

Can u do what if Britain kept Cuba instead of trading it back to Spain for Florida

如果英国保留了古巴，而不是用它来交换佛罗里达，会怎么样？

Evan Joestar

I just wanna see if the entire subcontinent was united under a successful government.

India Pakistan Nepal Bhutan & sri Lanka merged together.

我只是想看看整个次大陆是否能在一个成功政府的带领下团结起来。印度、巴基斯坦、尼泊尔、不丹和斯里兰卡合并在一起。

Conmara

I feel like Britain would have thrown more of their weight behind the invasion of Río De La Plata, possibly resulting in more British colonies in South America.

我觉得英国可能会在入侵Río De La Plata的行动中投入更多的兵力，这可能会导致南美出现更多的英国殖民地。

Torin Jones

If it were never colonised it would be literally hundreds of different nations. There were still 565 princely states during the outbreak of ww2

如果印度从来没有被殖民，将出现数百个独立的国家。第二次世界大战爆发时，仍有565个土邦

Het Zarrow

What if the Marathas & the Qing make an alliance against the European powers!?

如果马拉地人和清朝联合起来对抗欧洲列强会怎样?

LordOstrich

By far the largest consequence would be British access to the Far East during the Second World War and the loss of millions of Indian troops in both world wars.

最大的后果是英国在第二次世界大战期间进入远东，并在两次世界大战中损失了数百万印度部队。

Vishnu Sharma

the british might try to take egypt or panama to control the sea route to australia

英国人可能会试图占领埃及或巴拿马，以控制通往澳大利亚的海路

Manish Sharma

India was the 'crown jewel' of British colonial empire. India was so important for framing the picture of UK as a world-figure, that without having India colonised, Britian wouldnt be what it is today.

印度是大英帝国皇冠上的明珠。印度在塑造英国作为世界强国的形象方面非常重要，如果没有殖民印度，今天的英国就不会是这样。