Confessions Of A British Spy

and baser than Russia; the statements he makes in his book British
Domination in India can be paraphrased as follows: “The British,
who claim to have bestowed welfare and happiness on the living of
the Indian people, sent millions of Indians to their graves. This
nation (the British), who boast everywhere that they instituted law
courts and disciplinary forces, robbed India to the core through a
political embezzlement. ‘Robbery’ may sound somewhat too
tough a term, yet no other word could depict the British atrocity
more explicitly.
“The conscience of the British people, who claim to be
Christians, is not willing to hear the Indian Muslims’ call for
help.”
Mister Hodbert Keombtun says in his book Life of the Indian,
“The Indian is tormented by his master [the British], yet he
continues to work and serve till he loses everything he has, till he
dies.”
The Indian Muslim workers being employed in the other
British colonies were even under worse conditions. In 1834 the
British industrialists began to employ Indian workers instead of
African natives. Thousands of Muslims were transported from
India to South African colonies. The position of these workers,
who were called coolies, was worse than that of slaves. They were
bound by a contract called indentured labour. According to this
contract, the coolie would be indentured for five years. During
this period he could not leave his work or get married; he would
have to work day and night under continuous whipping. In
addition, he was liable to a taxation of three British gold coins
yearly. “These facts were announced all over the world through
publications such as Labour in India, Post-Lecturer in the
University of New York.”
Ghandi, a widely known Indian Ruler, received his education
in Britain and returned to India. He was the son of a
Christianized Indian. In fact, his father was the Archbishop of
Porbandar city. When in 1311 [A.D. 1893] he was sent by a
British company in India to South Africa and witnessed the
heavy conditions the Indians were being employed under and the
barbarous treatment they were being subjected to, he put up a
struggle against the British. Although he was the son of a person
brought up and even Christianized by the British, he could not
bear the sight of this British cruelty and savagery. This was his
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