SUMMARY
The rivalry of the Portuguese, the Dutch and the English to
possess colonies in Malayan Peninsula is dealt with
The Dutch establishment of their base at Djakarta and gradually
extending their control over Java and Sumatra (Indonesia) is discussed
The British from its base in Penang taking in its possession the
Federated Malay States, the Straits Settlements and Burma is dwelt on
Spain initially colonising Philippines which was later taken by
the US is pointed out
Britain conquering first Natal, Cape Colony and later the coastal
states of Gold Coast, the Dutch holding the states of Transvaal and Orange Free
State are described
The British settling in Johannesburg and coming into conflict with
the Boers resulting in Boer Wars are highlighted
Britain founding a colony in Bechuanaland and later crushing the
resistance of the Africans taking over it and naming it Rhodesia is focused on
French with its initial possession of Senegal annexing Guinea,
Ivory Coast and Dahomey (today part of Benin in African Union); Congo being
handed over to the Belgians which was ruled by Leopold, all pertaining to West
Africa, are detailed
British Kenya, Uganda, and Zanzibar, German East Africa, the
Portuguese colonisation of Angola and Mozambique, along with Portuguese Guinea
are dwelt on
How the Indian economy was colonialised in the aftermath of the
establishment of British rule through three different successive phases is
explained
The onslaught of British colonialism on agrarian conditions of
India resulting in impoverishment of peasantry and outbreak of famines forcing
them to emigrate to colonies of British Empire as indentured labourers
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