Summary

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