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India would have been much better if we were never colonized. Those who claim that some development happened here because of colonization signify that the colonizers succeeded in brainwashing whole generations. Never forget that when we should have been exploring science and consciousness, we were fighting for independence from invasion and colonization. In fact, the whole Industrial Revolution in Europe was made possible by the looted money and resources from India. I don't usually write this much, but the comments here compelled me to respond.

There's an very interesting alternate history short in the 11th NCERT called The Adventure https://ncert.nic.in/ncerts/l/kehb107.pdf

Lesser tea consumption and underdeveloped railway network?

As they say “Joh hota hai ache ke liye hota hai” We had some flaws and some Strength we lost some we gained some!

Ultimately, it's impossible to know for sure how history may have unfolded. But thinking through these alternatives does make you appreciate both the costs and benefits of India's colonial experience.

It's hard to say if Indian regional kingdoms and empires would have unified into a single nation-state without the independence movement that brought them together against the British. We could have ended up as several smaller countries..like oceania

I disagree that we wouldn't be good at cricket! It was the British who introduced the game, but we clearly took to it. Games like gilli-danda and other regional sports may have been more prominent though.