When the British left after 200 years of occupation, they not only took our wealth but also dismantled our education, industry and many other systems that were crucial to build the nation back. The last few decades since Independence have been a struggle, but today, Bharat is taking its place in the comity of nations once again.

In 1947, our economy was just two per cent of the world’s economy, our literacy was seven per cent, the industry had been systematically broken, markets destroyed, and the average life expectancy was 28 years.

Our trade routes to Europe, Central Asia and Southeast Asia, which were very active for over 6,000-7,000 years, were cut off by Partition and we became an island. All our trade had to happen through the ocean. But because trade was crippled, we became a major information technology power.

Today, we are the fourth largest economy, our life expectancy is at 73 years and in technology, space and many other areas, we have grown phenomenally in spite of various kinds of sabotage that has happened. So, we have used every adversity to see how to........

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