Comments by "agon noga" (@agonnoga6100) on "'Dutch king has apologised for Indian Ocean slave trade, time for India to own up to its mistakes'" video.

  1. The Europeans replaced African slaves with Indian labourers whose condition was no different from those of the African slaves. A large number of Indians used to be enslaved and sold in the slave markets of central Asia. During the journey to central Asia, a large number of Indian slaves died in the Himalayas which led to the name Hindu Kush which means dead Hindus in Persian. The Indian troops in the East India Company and British India army were treated little better than slaves. They used to be whipped, hanged or shot dead for even minor indiscretions. More than a lakh Indian troops died in world war one as they were forced to rush German positions defended with machine guns. Even today, the jawans in Indian army particularly the sahayaks are treated little better than domestic servants a legacy of the colonial past. These parts of Indian history have been deliberately hidden by all governments which have ruled New Delhi after 1947.
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